Stephen

Javi is looking for a OS on the QT I have advised him to take a bit longer but he has the itch, we all had it in the beginning, this shot was the killer for me. I drew a line to show how far off the machi were. He wants a sword NOW.......so if its a old blade in WWII mounts its got him going. Now he'll hear from you the folly in that way of thinking.

I dont think Javi is worried to much about the mei, just that it is a older blade.

looks like some great work in the blade, nakago (tang) pix?

it sure looks to be so far, well need to see the Nakago and some more of the blade, please.

remzy wrote:At first i thought you meant to say that this was too good to be true. Ditto above, i thought the same thing. _________________ James Reinig well that too

the link, not sure we can say this one is SS http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0324847075

Thanks Steve but in all modesty my knowledge is minute to some of the board members, and in the case of this sword Moriyama sama deserves most of the credit. I believe he is one of the most dedicated and relentless member we have.

old saying if wishes were horese beggers would ride, if i had money id been bidding, might want to book mark the seller look at his completed sales, the tsuba book went dirt cheap.

Thanks Moriyama sama and Jacques, one reason I could not find it on that site was its all in Japanese. Still very interesting sword and would like to see if it turn's out to be true nihonto, I bid my gas bill money but its past that now, thank god, if a member wins this please keep us updated on activity of the blade. we have seen some were Stainless Steel and not true nihoto,

Thanks Scott id like to start a folder on Takayama so if you dont mind post pix here on email me the mei, i remembered it but could not find the post. Hai domo!

Since the font of mei of "Emura"and army commission swordsmiths"Nagamitsu", was alike, some persons of a sword community had the view of identifying both in the same category until now, but it can be said to be a mistake. 1. Mr. Emura is the head of the Okayama prison. He is not a chief warden. Emura was a person who loves a sword. He was the personal character with personal magnetism out of character with a government official. perhaps this is where some of the Taka mix up started.

please more pix, this looks like it could be very interesting.

ppl may get tired of our volly back and forth LOL, that was the thinking years ago, now not so, Omura sans web page may have more info...looking there. we still have not found a Takeyama prison forge, just ppl making the statment. nothing wrong with a Sunday afternoon dust up lets see what the trans comes out to be, i have also written Chris Bowin about Takayama to so waiting on that bit of info also. from this web page. http://www.k3.dion.ne.jp/~j-gunto/gunto_062.htm

not quite true, maybe reread this http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nagamura.htm i scrolled the whole page and never found that Ujifusa sword, Think he made a mistake about the forge at a prison...., just one line in the search does not make it a fact, anyway back to the mei maybe R S will come in on this, as well as K morita san.

I think we just need to go back and translate the nakago, I have stuied Nagamitsu and Emura only have found that Emura worked at a prison. I thinks someone down the line read about other Nagamitsu and added he was at Takayama I have been wanting to do some more reading on Takayama To and , will look forward reading this translation. I am thinking there was a Takayama forge, but not at a prison.

diff search sites did not bring up Takayama prison please add link so i can read about it.

Not that i have found.

Yes id like to know as well, maybe next time Koichi sama gets on.

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/samuraimaniac some hot prices, if wishes were horses id be bidding.

I think there is a bit of confusion on the post there, THE Nagamitsu never used Takayama in his mei ..other Nagamitsu's did. reading the thread a fellow posted, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think the swords with the Takayama-to (高山刀) markings with the smith and polisher name marked in parallel are the rust-resistant metal made swords (I wouldn't say stainless on these) that was initially invented by a person called Takayama (a navy martial arts master), and hence the Takayama-to naming on them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I still don't see where the prison came it to play with the Takayama to maybe a forge.

k morita (Offline) Forum Family Posts: 107 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Japan 03-15-2006, 07:11 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perhaps, this sword was manufactured between 1935-1945. I have not understood what "Takayama-Sword" means for a long time. What does Takayama mean? , I was guessing that it was a name of a place or a name of the mountain or a family name. But, I understood that "Takayama" is a family name recently. Mr. Takayama who was the master of martial-arts(Takayama-Ryu,Takayama school) of naval forces, and he designed of those swords(perhaps, material, length of sword, and length of handle etc,). Therefore, these swords seem to have been named "Takayama Sword". http://www.webdiva4hire.com/kenshinkan/ph_toyama.html this was what i was thinking about, any other pix to share.

was the Takayama a prison or a training in the martial arts camp. we have had a post by koichi san on this some where. need to do some searching.

IMHO none scream true nihonto, looks like a gimmick to me

must have been thinking else where when I looked at the star stamp, a little 101 on handling the sword, always keep the sword cutting edge up. The sword is made to be pulled out on its back or mune. Please check the links for proper care. Surprised that this was not caught by others. If you have time it would be nice to see the full blade sans mounts as its always a pleasure to see well made gendaito and from the looks you have a fine one.

where the word barber came from? Like Barber Rosa is red beard