been looking for a Katana to go with my Tsuguhiro wak, is this coming up on Ebay? Mine may be gimei or hopefully a different generation as Nippon dealer told me at a Tampa show.
better to show pix of the tang, i dont get a good feeling on this mei. Pix of all the fittings and blade need to be seen. Im think Chinese copy so far.
Looks like a really nice find, wed want to see the mei. As you may well know he also signed Yasuhiro at the Yasukuni shrine. This was most likly done at his own forge.
hope these two files help what your asking about.
After many years away from being a member I renewed today via PP...thanks for the link Peter and thanks to all at the JSS/US for their dedication and hard work.
Barry looking forward to your other post.
want to share mine, sp order saya with same under the urushi, and yes it does seem to have a backing on the lacqure
Nice find Koichi san
if you go to the home page and click on links youll find other good info ...esp saya making and repair.
http://www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~nbthk-gf/dento-waza.htm
clicking on bottom right kanji will take one to next page without clicking the back button.