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Blade is a long-signature Sukesada with nengo and gold-foiled two-piece habaki, in hitatsura, with TH:

Not Omori level waves, but still, a pretty handsome package:

So, I think I found another bargain on eBay that I purchased. Price was $85 U.S. ($100 including shipping and taxes). Just saying if you search for bargains on eBay, you can sometimes find them! Pictures attached.

Hi, "Based in Japan" - very unlikely. You are probably dealing here with an associate of the infamous '100M $ tachi' swindler which you can look up on this board. No Japanese dealer in his right mind would put such a banner as visual identity for a sword shop. Even if you got it at the auction hammer price, trust me - you dodged a bullet. Avoid Ebay, avoid YJP. You will get burned. Your best bet to find a decent entry level sword is to buy from a reputable dealer on this board. Best, Hoshi

Hi Carlo, This is confusing I know. Back in the days, when I drew my first Oshigata, I drew the hadori outline of the sword... From this angle, what you see being at the yellow line is the outline of the hadori, the whitening finish that the polisher applies on a traditional kesho polish. What you see in red is the boundary of the true hamon. This is a rather intense hadori job that has been done quickly, and the hadori line doesn't follow the hamon accurately. It is emphasized here to create an undulating impression (the default for hadori, which is created by small circular motions of the thumb following the hamon with a piece of shaped whetstone underneath), whereas the hamon of your sword is composed of angular gunome with deposits of nie. It's a common occurrence to find rather quick and intense hadori works for swords where it is financially irrational to invest thousands of dollars (3K-4K$) and wait for a year to have an appropriate, character elevating hadori finish. This is why western collectors drum sashikomi as the only right finish, with hadori often painted as being untruthful 'make-up' to mask things. Top tier hadori is wonderful however, and appropriate for many types of nie-dominant blades interpreted in a shape that the finger can realistically follow. When looking at the sword under an angle at the light, the hadori will visually vanish (Going from light to dark) and you will see the light reflecting at the nie (Going from dark to light), forming the real border (nioiguchi) of your sword's hamon. Hope this helps, Best, Hoshi

not sure about that second chain you have. but the smaller chain looks to be similar to this

I can answer about the chain i think, it's very similar to the chain loop from a high class Kai Gunto, I have a gunto with the full chain mountings. Let me find a picture

A beautiful example of the third Jingo masters work. I regretted not buying this one when it was offered to me by Choshuya many years ago. Congratulations.

Isn't that just formations of nioi?

Here's some more pictures with some more effort on lighting in such a way that the activities have more contrast.

80. Started collecting in 1982.

For clarity here's a picture of them. 2nd gen echizen kanenori echizen chikugo no kame Fujiwara kanenori Found nothing in any of my books. Markus et al.

Thanks! best regards John

Yes, kyu guntos have a ball type corded knot. But these swords saw service until 1945 so I do not think that the owners took care about which Pommel they used. May be that the former owner took whatever was at hand, esqecially later in the war. Or it was added postwar. I got this sword directly from Japan...so, nobody can know. But due to the cover the saya is in a very good condition!

I would clarify METHOD TWO - the tip should just clear the floor if you like a longer sword, it should be about an inch above the floor if you like a shorter sword... -tch MJER 7 Dan

This is the question. The only thing I can say is that someone put a lot of effort into this star_border

The Type 8 was commissioned in 1875, the 19 in 1886, and there were no changes that I am aware of through the end of WWII.

How tall are you? 74 for laido? I got this picture to estimate what length is best.

Japanese Yahoo is inaccessible for European IP addresses You can find an identical offer on Buyee - enter the item ID in the search if you know it Or use a VPN for Yahoo I think Yahoo.co.jp is accessible for the US market

41 here started with 38.