Stephen

George is spot on, on the lot, # 3 does have the Seki cutlery stamp on the saya, mass produced blades for the war, dont have F&G anymore bit about it in there.

Dustin any scanners close by? you can get good results from a scan, be sure to cover with something dark like a blue folder or cloth.

yea you got the last two right, first its noshu id guess yama?? i cant read the rest, ill look around for him.

might help if its fliped, yoshimichi?

dog thats him in the photo

one for shinsa id say.

Simon I think a few of us would like to see the nakago.

To George, id take it to the bank what Chris Bowen told George, he spent years teaching in Nippon and that was his field of study (Gendaito that is) while there.

Kaneaki and Kanekado offen are confu :? ised as aki and kado look alike. all i have on him

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none better http://followingtheironbrush.org/

last name Amahide

John its better to shoot down the blade with a light bulb off to the side that will show any hamon, the mei is soshu scrip and i dont have a clue sorry.

Justen if the blade is not worty of polish a good togi wont do it, im sure he could find someone to take his money, not all history is worthy of restoration, I think i see a big honking crack...could be a stain....only a expert should make the call. one could put 50K into a cutom yugo....itd still be a Yugo. the old silk purse out of sows ear saw.

its a wakisashi from 1600s to 1800s many gen. of this smith signed Miutsu Daijo Miyoshi Nagamichi edit to add pix, when showing the nakago blade goes up, rotated this one for you, i think the handle is a redo or added

Sorry to say all are copies.

Jesper thats good news, better recovery than expected im sure.

Gods speed kind sir, Dean always had time for me at shows when i was asking questions others might just give me a pass on. Semper Fidelis

id like to see full shots of the nakago, is there three holes or just two? top one half pluged?

Ron who then will be left to speak up? I hope i am and can still grunt a pack and gun. Not very Nihonto related is it, mod edit a will.

Congrats Peter came out very nice.

It was just ok, keep waiting for him to say ALIKAZEEM!! (sp). He used clips of few old samurai movies, SS ect that was not in tune to what he was talking about, showed one smith didnt catch his name but our own Paul Martin was there tellling him what was going on in the forge. also relied on cartoon telling the Story of Musashi Miyamoto that id like to see in its full showing. some nice shots of the town and Masashi station id go to if i was ever in Nippon. if your surfing and it comes up it will kill a hour or two, id not go out of my way to find it.

sorry to bring back the dead, i see hes selling off swords now, short notice but sound blade at a fair price with ten hours to go. http://cgi.ebay.com/Shinto-period-Katan ... 3efdcc599c sorry mods did not find his thread if it was moved to Ebay,, move at will.

Matt maybe Kanetaka... id like to know the other side of the mei on the Gunto Masafusa, if anyone or Nobody cares too. http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?c ... on&lang=En

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