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Domo arigato Morita-san!! I will take a look at the top kanji and try to figure out the province. Shouldn´t be to hard, fingers crossed. Thanks again for Your quick reply! Jan

Hi guys! I´m studying a teppo and ran into to this mei. Sorry to say, my camera broke down so I couldn´t take a better picture. Part of the mei on the side of the gun is missing. But perhaps it´s enough anyway. Otherwise I will get back the camera in 3-4 days. Any info is as always highly appreciated. All the best! Jan

Well Anthony, first You beat me to the teppo and now this thread :lol: I saw this blade this morning and almost fell of the chair. Its a joke. This auction is running 8 more days and it´s already up to 2000 dollars. The listprice is almost 2500 dollars. I think Bukowskies should stick to art and old furnitures in the future... Jan

Thanks Chris! I def agree on the shinshinto-age. Couldn´t place the hamon. Thanks again! Jan

Hi guys! Here´s a tanto I picked up about two years ago. Nagasa 23 cm. Sori 0,1 mm. Gunome hamon with three "doublepeaks" on each side. Kaeri fukai. Based on the Yasurime I would call it a shinshinto-blade. But can perhaps also be a late shinto. Any other help regarding school or other useful info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Jan

Thanks again for all the intresting input on this subject. The clip was really funny to look at. Thanks Malcom! Jan

I think You can be on to something, Malcom. I wonder if this is a quiver for a hunter or for a soldier? Also the age. 17th or 18th century? Thanks again, Malcom!!! Jan

Thanks for Your input. It was a friend who knows I´m into old Japanese things that mailed me some pics. Here´s the last pic. God only knows what that little container on the side is? Thanks again for Your valued info! Jan

Hi guys! Came upon this arrowcase and got stuck on the crest. Have looked everywhere but not been able to match a name to this crest. All help will be appreciated! Jan

Thanks, Chris! I was on the right path Thanks again! Jan

Thanks a lot Adam! How do you read 1798? I thought the third kanji is "Jyu" and the last one is "Hara" 1798 is during the Kansei-era if I´m not mistaken (1789-1801) Your commenst are higly appreciated! Jan

Hi guys! Been practising a lot on reading mei. Getting better. Got stuck on this one. Would be great with some assistance. I def see the mei "Jyu" and "Haru" regarding the date. Thanks a lot! Jan

Nice for an old negative dude like myself to be wrong once in a while. My faith in humanity is restored :lol: Thanks guys! Jan

My bad feeling came when I saw that the seller had no prior history of selling anything. Always a black flag in my book. I agree that it´s a nice tanto. All the more reason for the black flag Thanks for the info, Mark. Jan

What happend with the url http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nihonto-Tanto-S ... 500wt_1413 Jan

Hi! Just saw this tanto with a kinpun-mei "Sadamune" on E-bay. At a bargin 850 dollars. Why do I feel a bad wibe here? :D Jan

Thanks again for all Your input. Before I posted this I tried to find some more info in my books and on the net. But good info about naginatas is hard to find. I also agree with Adam about the hamon. Couldn´t find one picture with a suguha in my search. The shirasaya in very fine which means someone spend some good money taking care of it. I acctually bought this from an old antique-dealer in Japan from which I bought some yaris over the years. Some of this yaris have acctually turned out to be 1 class blades. He seems to get his hands on good blades once in a while without knowing it. Most is of course rusty nails :lol: Making this naginata even more intresting. Thanks again!!! Jan

Thanks guys. A lot of intr info. Looks a bit like the naginata in the pictures. Thanks Geraint for the link. It´s a really heavy piece. The tip looks unaltered, but who knows for sure. Would be great with a shinsa near Scandinavia in the future... Thanks a lot for taking the time to help me!!! Jan

Hi Mark! Perhaps the "O" in O-suriage is bit to much. Looking at the nakago there is sujikai-yasurime down to about 2-3 cm under the middle mekugi-ana. Below that it turns into more of a higaki-yasurime. Based on this I felt that there is a large piece missing. But that´s my humble 2 cents Otherwise I like it. Most of the naginatas I see is often in really bad condition. It would be great to get an age and perhaps a school if this is possible from the pictures. Thanks again! Jan

Hi Guys! Picked up a naginata a while ago. I normally try to focus on swords. But sometimes it´s nice to stray from your comfortzone :D It comes with a silver habaki and a very nice shirasaya. O-suriage with three mekugi-ana. Nagasa 43,5 cm. Whole length is 84,5 cm. Please look at the pictures. I´m happy for ANY input on this one. It´s cut down so any signatures is lost. Thanks! Jan

I will ask my friend to take this sword to someone who can look more closely at it, sword in hand, so to say. He lives in New York so it should be easy to find someone with the knowledge. After looking at some more of the pictures I guess the blade def can be early to mid Muromachi. But it´s impossible to judge it from only the pictures. Jan

You are right John. There are a few Masahira working in the Muromachi-period. If I just look at the saki-zori and the o-midare hamon I would probably guess early to mid Muromachi But I´ve been wrong before :D I wish I had this blade in my hand for a closer look, but I only have picture to go by. Here´s a picture with a closer look the hamon. Any extra help would be very appreciated. Jan

Thanks Ted! Then we are talking about the Odawara Soshu, I guess? Thanks again, Ted! Jan

Hi! I´m helping a friend with a tanto he´s got. I got half way with the mei. The pics ain´t super because he has a really bad camera. I´ve been able to make out the three first kanjis: So shu ju... But the two last ones Anyone out there who can help? Also some additional info would be great. If I would take a stab at it I would put it as a Muromachi-period Soshu-den. But that could change depending on the smith. The tanto is 10,5" Thanks in advance! Jan

Thanks a lot for Your answers. I´m acctually helping a friend with this sword. He was told that it was a Moriyasu-mei. Well, who ever told him that is no expert on kanji :lol: So it´s one of those Sukesada-blades... Looks pretty solid anyways. Great job with the sayagaki. Thanks again!!! Jan