jason_mazzy

gimei

these above are the only real flaws.

Agreed.

Mark the habaki seems very thick and well made for a china reproduction to me, second the tang is finished with the right seki smith file marks, and third that little black stain seems to me to be the same ones found on many of those world war 2 era blades .

Seki made non traditional forged blade. most likely oil quenched, tho' some western steel were water quenched. Made after 1926 thanx to the showa stamp, and most probably during the 40's. Make great cutters, strong swords.

This is what I suspect also

Looks to be a machine made, possibly oil quenched blade. is there any activity at all? edit* though a couple spots look forged, can I get closeups? at best i would say hand finished not traditional. is there anything on the other side of that nakago?

Just from seeing the different styles of kogai, from wari to plain, I think it was a multi purpose tool. it was used for feeding, hair, and probably 100 other daily tasks. I think it was the Samurai equivalent of a spork.

Yes I see the difference. What a shame to add this signature to a beautiful sword. There are some hammer marks, and it almost looks like they erased the original signature to add this fake one. The blade also is cut down and seems older than this mans known smith years. I am determined to get some decent pictures of this sword, because the flaws are very minor. only a few very small openings and really nothing but a couple scratches. and a very nice nie and nioe blooms throughout what looks to be a running water type grain. Anyone with photo skills please help me out. I have emailed a few sites that have nice Nihonto posted but they seem to use a proffesional photographer. I just have this kodak 12 mp I bought to snap up photos of the new stuff.

平長成 Maybe I taira naga nari ?

Here are some pics. My photo skills are absolutely horrible so don't expect much. but the black or gray stuff is nie. alot of frost nioe and good nie.

Please translate this for me. And nex to each character can you tell me how you knew how many strokes it was? Thank you. edit what I have gathered and know I am wrong is: 井 I don't know second. am I close? 貞 Sada 成 Nari

Thank you Guido. I have been studying pg. 75 all day but I am not convinced of much since the only things I have found I listed. I have been able to determine it is a single wide bohi (bo bi) that ends 1/2 way down the nakago in a point (kaki-nagashi), and that as far as the mune goes it has narrow shinogi ji on both sides (ryo-chiri). Now what I don't know is the real difference between Hisaki agaru and Hisaki sagaru. From what I understand it is one is farther up, perhaps in the kissaki the other is not? Is that correct? Also still not sure what or which term is the double bohi (one on each side). They are equal so it gives it a pyramid appearance from the mune. I had seen a few blades with a fuller or Hi on 1 side and some with the hi on both sides so I was not/am not sure which is more prevelant. They are equal so it gives it a pyramid appearance from the mune.

If you click the products link at the top, you go to the page. i think the page layout was confusing. You only need to signup if you want to be on the mailing list. The confusion is that the links up top are kinda easy to over look, so when you scroll down it looks like you have to sign up, but u do not. http://www.crescentmoonantiquesandsalva ... ductID=195 is the direct link so no one sees the opening paage.

How common is 2 bohi opposite each other on a nihonto? More or less common than a single bo hi? Is there a certain term (name) for the attribute of 2 bo hi? Are there any specific Koto or early shinto schools known for this technique? attributes of bohi: Ryo-chiri, Bo-bi, kaki-nagashi on an ubu tang

Looks chippy to me, perhaps a Seki smith? any stamps? looks shin gunto 1944 officer scabbard fittings

Thank you. I will be in touch if it works out.

I was looking for a tourist piece to hang in the basement. An aquaintance found this and shot me some cellphone pics. I was curious what the mei on the handle said. When it was translated as a known smith I was thinking "What in the world I expected it to say peace love and harmony or some other funky chinese box saying. So that is why I asked any chance these r real? ". I knew the kabuto was a decorative piece, and that the blade looked shiney. Since it was from an estate sale. Like I originally said, I thought it was funky looking and reproduction, just wasn't expecting a famous name smith to be caligraphy on the handle, So I had to ask just to double check. besides being form far away on a phone who knows what the pieces actually look like.

that was my thoughts, I was looking for a wall hanging piece and shadow box ideas, and found this. I thought the blade was chrome plated, but the tsubas looked thick. I do not have this in hand. An aquaintance was looking for stuff for me and found this, and sent me these phone camera shots. For $40 I think it will look good on my basement wall.

Didn't think so. but I liked the look of the tsuba as a wall piece. Fun way to display without using real antiques. Post started as a translation of the mei, but yimu did that and then I was curious about the rest.

looks like something I wouldn't mind hanging in the asian room.