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Just to clarify, for a modern smith Its not a question of whether his blade is flawless or not. Up till now other than some (not all) Ningen Kokuho it pretty difficult for a modern smith to recieve TH. I've not yet seen a Sumitane Masamine or Osumi Toshihira recieve TH. Its a question worth asking, has there been a re-evaluation or a shift in standard from the NBTHK recently because I can see a lot more TH being awarded to shinsakutos and could Juyo Token be next for smiths such as Amata Akitsugu because his swords are price the same as some Juyo blades?

I'm more than a bit surprise a Sadayoshi blade has achieved Tokubetsu Hozon. This appears to be his average work from 1972, he made better swords than this especially his ayasugi https://www.aoijapan.com/katana-zushu-mishima-ju-yusuishin-sadayoshimukansa/

A perfectly forged sword, and in the UK too

Find something that is selling for $12k and wave that $10k under their nose

Actually it is $76k but agree its still a lot of money.

Or donate Y20.2 million and guarantee a replica placing an order for one being made

He says "People who donate around Y28.8 million could recieve a replica of Yamatoriage worth Y8.6 million" while gesturing the sword on display made by Ono Yoshimitsu.

NBTHK 2018 Sword Contest result Mukansa Yoshihara Yoshindo Gassan Sadatoshi Kanbayashi Tsunehira Yamaguchi Kiyofusa Kawachi Kunihira Ono Yoshimitsu Miyairi Norihiro Yoshihara Yoshikazu Matsuda Tsuguyasu Matsuba Kunimasa Kubo Yoshihiro Long Sword Prince Takamatsu Award Takami Kuniichi Kunzan Award Komiya Kunimitsu Kanzan Award 25th Kanefusa NBTHK Chaiman’s Award Takahashi Tsuneyoshi Award for Excellence Sone Masanori Morikuni Kiyohiro Award for Effort Kamihata Muneyasu Komiya Kokuten Kimura Kanemitsu Kitagawa Masatada Matsukawa Kiyonao Takada Yoshikage Kuromoto Tomoki Miyagi Tomoyuki Haneoka Shinji Miyanoshita Masayoshi Sugiyama Masatoshi Nyusen Okamoto Kazumune Kashima Toshifumi Kanada Kunizane Kojima Naohiro Komiya Yasumitsu Takaha Hiromune Tanaka Sadatoyo Katsumura Toshie Yoshida Masaya

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It was his nephew Yoshikazu

I believe Fujishiro oil are mineral oil. Traditional Japanese sword oil are tsubaki or oil of camellia. Regarding choji oil depend on who you ask. Tsuruta san told me years ago choji oil came into popularity around WW2 because there was a shortage of mineral oil for the war effort so plant oil such as clove became a substitute. Others claim choji or clove is a useful insecticide.

Tsukamoto Okimasa, he died just before the post war sword boom so his extent work was very few around that time, his reputation probably precedes him. There were suggestion that he made fake Kiyomaros that were papered so if he was that good. However the best smith of the postwar era who left many works and have excelled in different style would be Amada Akitsugu.

It looks like promising sword

Hayama Enshin made many swords with similar shaped nakago often with a screw thread at the tip, unsigned. I think it is also partially to resemble an old cut down sword.

Its probably altered to fit a Western style D guard that became popular in Japanese military in the late 19th century.

Marco what is the new Macro lens?

That is a nice sword Ray Okimasa has been called "Showa no Kiyomaro" Wah

Probably not but camera lens has coatings which do tend to scratch and flake off when rubbed against anything that is abrasive. So I would say lens coating is less robust than either glass or steel. Japanese polish has a nugui finish, if Microdear is safe on lens coating then it should be safe for nugui finish. I use it on blade when the alcohol is either almost dry or dry.

I have to say not all microfiber cloths are the same, some are cheap scatchy stuff, they are not made from the same materials or refined the same way. Microdear are premium cloth that are sold by camera retailers for use on lens so I would say they are quite safe for swords. I don't use it to remove oil directly but use it to wipe the blade after oil is cleaned off with alcohol. It is useful for use as a fakusa during sword appraisal. I bought my first Microdear cloth back in 2003 from Adorama when I got into photography. A few years later Paul Martin mentioned how good they are for swords so I got him to order me some more and it was cheaper than buying from the US.

They use to have a suicide girl "Olivia Black" hired to create stories for the show and pretend to fire her because of her modelling photos.

They had a UK version of the show a few years ago and it was based around Cheshire and Merseyside region. Rick was in the pilot episode as a visting friend and customer. The "staffs" are not real pawn dealers but actors who found work in reality TV. They even create fake portfolios of were they live and previous occupations. One "expert" at the UK shop claim to use to be employed by a well known local firm for 20 something years and when I queried with them they said their firm never heard of this man and were very puzzled why he would make that claim.

Paul is one of the leading expert on nihonto kantei, in both western and Japanese sword circle. I really admire what he has achieved.

I have just read it. Thanks. Darcy credited Fujishiro Matsuo the LNT polisher. I think he meant his son Fujishiro Okisato who was responsible for all those excellent photos in various publications as a well as a top level togishi.

Richard, You have reminded me Canon 5DMkII is almost 10yrs old. Times have flown That camera uses line skipping to achieve 1080p its codec and compression really put it out of suitability in videoing blades. You may also experience jello effect when panning due to slow rolling shutter, this effect motion cadence and details. Red with dragon sensor can do it but there are many cheaper options now that are more suitable. Get one that shoot 4k or better in 10bit 422 codec or Raw video with 13+ stops of DR.

George, The choppy effect during pan can be caused by low shutter angle and the smearing of details can be cause by high shutter angle. There is also the rule of 7, that is the speed of the pan not less than 7 seconds over a given frame. What camera are you using? Youtube compression are pretty bad but their 4k is better. What I have in mind for videoing nihonto is from a more naturalistic view of the blade as appose to what we see in standard nihonto photography, such as viewing at an angle. Cheers