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Stefan

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  1. Typical Keicho-suriage. therfore the blade is earlier than keicho. If we see the original sugata ( simply foll the line of the mune up to the point of suriage ) we will have an strong saki-sori. Middle to late muromachi. Can not see the hamon or the jihada. From the first impression i would say mino, but I do not see enough to confirm.
  2. Stefan

    Kantei challenge

    Shinshinto, cleary by sugata etc . Bizen ? There is one fine point in the kitae to see the Yokoyama. The swirl like Yokoyama kitae, an whirlpool mixture of moku and itame. in ko-hada format. Bo utsuri in Yokoyama, not so unusual. Seen on Sukekane and so on. Suguha dito. The double machi miracle, are Youre joking ? That is not original, that is machiokuri in gruseome style. Please keep in mind. Every nakago has an minimal nakago funbari. If this is gone, than something is wrong. To jugdge the quality of this piece higher than Rai Kunitoshi, well; some say chemical pear aroma is better than the original pear. By the way, Yokoyama Kitae is not Yamashiro hada, An nie utsuri in bo formation is not the same as an bo utsuri in normal form. The ko nie-deki of Yokoyama ist not to compare with the elegant nie of Rai. The great differance in quality is the balance between the elements. In these terms, there are worlds between Kunitoshi and Nanabo Yokoyama. Sorry for the , probably harsh words, but sometimes study together is an hard time, isn it ?
  3. Each sword is worth what some one is willed to pay. It is not the job of the seller to do the homework for the buyer.
  4. Late Sue Koto. Sugata is neither Kanbun, Keicho, Keian, Genroku or what so ever. The nakago is sligjtly machi okuri, please see the nakogo funbari by example. Hamon, Looks like the typical Sue-Mino mixture, but not the typical Kanemoto-Style.
  5. Bad news first. the blade is gimei. the shape is wrong, the horimono is not in the Kotetsu manner. The hori is of no good quality. -Atobori ? I do not konw. Signature looks also bad. Goode news : The F.K are realy good, i would think early hamano.
  6. Rai utsuri is mostly nie-utsuri, not only bo. I never seen a copy by Kanesada etrc with nie utsuri, only with shirake or simple bo.
  7. Hm Looks like an very late Shinto or early Shinshintio blade. All the other things I can not tell. I can see nor the hamon or the Jihada. There is a hardend portion, but the real hamon, nie / nio , i can not see. If You want to know what Yo do have, madoake, openeing a window. Means polishing a small section of the sword. This way is much cheaper than a full polish for the whole sword. Stefan
  8. It is Kamuri Otoshi. Blade quality is pretty low. .Slight scratches, O.K, it is out of any polish. To discuss any signatures in this state...no. By the way, i am not sure if the boshi is there. The polish is to crude.
  9. Wow, how did the great polish ? The uzumaki is jumping in my eye. Stefan
  10. Well, I am the last candle on the cake, my big brother is much older. Therefore, no family to give it. My library as my collection I will give to a museum. The Samurai Art Museum in Berlin. Why ? It is a private collection, open to the public. I do think, fine pieces of art should not be hidden. The other possessions, well they go another way. Well, if I become pretty ill bevor my death, it will take a lot of money, than i am forced to sell. But I hope, that god has mercy and let me go in peace. At the moment, i am in good health. I do hope that will be the future for a long time.
  11. Stefan

    Iron KOZUKA

    A fine piece, no doubt. Stefan
  12. I am sorry, but I am smiling. In my beginnings I ve been taught "Do not buy signatures, do not buy papers, jugde the sword itself" Well now, I am sitting here at my writing desk and i see that we will go back to the beginnings. Last time we reached this point in the eighties, after all the fuss about the Yakuza papers. I am pretty sure in the not to far future, the paper game will start again. So dear friends, one more round and cheerio to the believe in authoritarians
  13. Just a few Moments ago I saw a Naoe-Shizu Ko-Katana witrh Koshirae, Blade TH . Price ? 5000 $. Severral days ago a Satsuma Shinto Katana with Koshirae for 6000, also TH The normal Price for Wakizashi with T.H. 4000-5500 etc. Tanto even less. Nobody will pay your prices at the moment Peter. The Prices are in the cellar, buisness is down. God time for buying, hard times for sellers.
  14. Goto Mitsu ? 19 th century. the text deals with the history of this man which began, fas as i understand in 1816 ( Bunka 13 ). Stefan
  15. Shinshinto, not good quality. Yasutsugu, no. Masamune, never ever. Deki does not match. I do hope it was not to expensive. Stefan
  16. Hakogaki Right colum : Den Nara Left one : Middle Edo Stefan
  17. Wow, a ruined blade. Nice acid polish. I do hope the aoko was not to expensive.............. Stefan
  18. Where is the problem. You ve made an mistake as we all do from time to time. So what. Don´t worry about that. Greetings from Germany Stefan
  19. Stefan

    Horimono

    I do think an nice video about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6gZwdAgV9w
  20. Stefan

    Muramasa Naginata?

    Hm, during oer 30 years in the fields of nihonto i learned :First jugde the blade, than the signature. If the blade says no, than it means nope. On the other hand, I ve seen many stranghe signatures which have been papered by the NBTHK. Far as i can see, this blade is Sue-Koto Mino. Sengo, no. i handled three and i owned once a Muramasa. but this one, nope, never ever. But ! nevertheless, the blade is nod bad, even beeing Gimei.
  21. You re German , therefore : Lieben Dank auch aus meiner Ecke. ich sage meistens nichts dazu, lese es aber sehr interessiert. Viel. kommst ja mal nach Berlin ins Museum, Schwerter gucken. Stefan
  22. Well, now I do have an laugh applicable. My tea is spread over the desk. The best joke this year.
  23. Well, for me, and i do think for most of us, there is a feeling of beeing honered by a master , who shows us how the beauty of kodogu is born. By the way, You are not the only tosogaholic. To introduce myself : Hi, I am Stefan, a kinko-fetishist
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