Stefan

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

In  my humble  point  of  view the hada  points toward Ko-Uda. 

The school of fencing did have an strong influence  of the shape and weight  of the blades. By  example. Satsuma blades, thick, heavy, strong blades.  The reason  for this ? The  jigen ryu kenjutsu requires  extreme strong blades. In the  old days, while Samurai did their training with sharp swords, they used also trees for their training. Today there are still cuts visible on them. The Jigen ryu was most popular during the Edo Period, and just in that time, the Satsuma toko developed their style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVSONNESfyE

It  would  be nice  if  we can find out how to  purchase one book-

Stefan

Your are  joking. Before intact patina, after a ruined surface.

I would  prefer  a litle dirt in the  corners.

Stefan

The  curator  of the Museum in Armour. Nice viewing. A nice Person  wearing  an  nice armour.

Stefan

The signature looks good, the workmanship of the the whole tsuba does not. The birds are clumsy, wrong chiselmarks. I would buy this only as gimei

Stefan

Far  as  I can see, Takaka-no ha Yasurime. That does point to Mino. The  Hamon  looks like Kanesada School etc.

Stefan

Thanks for sharing this.

Stefan

Nr 5, simply for the quiet atmosphere

Haha the ghost story

Form the unfortune of the present  owner, this happend really. I do have several scars from the friendly blade. Before this, I called all the legends, as we say in  german "Mumpitz" , or in english nonsens.  Nowadays. being  gray int he beard, i do know that there is a glimpse of truth in those legends.  I cant understand why´, but  to deny those experience, it does not make sence also.

Sengo Muramasa. Over two decades ago i bought  a blade by this smith. It has been pretty cheap. At  the moment of buying I did not  know the reason for  the low price.

I learned the reason  very fast....Each time I handeld  the blade it  cut me deeply.  At this time I did  have over decade experience with sharp nihonto. Therefore it has been  very unusual for me to be cut by an blade.

A year later, I sold the blade , pretty cheap. 

Afterwards  I called the old owner if did have made the  same  experience with this nice sword. The answer ? Of course , it was yes. Therefore  he sold it  so cheap.

Years  later  , I ve been told that  the  man to whom  I sold it, also sold the blade pretty cheap after a year....

The best  way in my opinion is the classic electric light  bulb in an darkened room. 

Ich schreibe das mal auf Deutsch. einfach Spiritus, Küchentücher und viel Geduld

Gruß

Stefan

Muji ? I can see super fine ko-hada. Hitatsura ? Do not  think so. Looks  more like an shirake  utsuri. I have seen this on an Amahide blade many  years ago. I  was  surprised to find  an utsuri on an Gendaito. But, why not. I have  also seen  an classic Sudare-Ba  on  an Horigawa Chikamitsu.

Stefan

Im Zweifel, einfach eine neue Shriasaya machen lassen und die alte als Dokument bewahren. Aber niemals, unter  keinem Umstand  an der Kalligraphie  herumfummeln. Auch nicht von einem  Profi.Warum ? Es gibt z.:B  zu viele  gefälschte Sayagaki. Also lieber alt und echt , als den den Nimbus der Fälschung durch  Auffrischung. 

Gruß

Stefan

It is Kanabo Masazane , Sue Muromachi Jidai. 

Very goog blade and  very  good  polish

I can see it . Greetings from Germany

Stefan

Ray was faster than me. It is  hitachi no kami muneshige.

Stefan

Tsuba removing  tool. That  is new for me. Ist dies not make sense. Tsuka removing tool, O.K, but Tsuba ? 

Here is a Tsuka removing tool. http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/tools.html

Stefan

It is  Chu-Mihara in my Opinion. 

Low grade blade, gimei.

Stefan

I am speechless.

In my Opinion, an poor down ground Sue-Koto Tanto. 

Stefan