Stephen

think it was Chris Bowen...remember he did alot of research along thoese lines back when he liven in Japan.

I think Moriyama sama is right ...in a rush again. sorry

maybe Kanehiro late koto

A tutti gli miei amici italiani, prego tutto sono bene.

maybe Tomoyuki

Not sure if Kamikaze dirks will come into play but for the folks who get PBS, you might want to catch this May 5th. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/wing ... index.html

maybe Kanetsugu

id date it before 1926 not much to tell with no name on the nakago, blade is out of polish to pinpoint it to one smith.

dont know how well this translates, but babled it. Hello with all, I inform you qu' a tachi pertaining to a friend comes d' to be stolen on March 29, 2009. C' is a blade of 71 cm nagasa, style koto but the Edo period, hada in itame, line of hardening as a gunomist midare, point enters the KB and the chu kissaki. Detail important, it misses one or two mm with the point. Old polishing but without trace of rust; some marblings, left by a torsion. Blade mumei and suriage, nakago of brown patina/maroon, with 2 mekugi ana, termination in kiri (right). Mounting of tachi in paillettée lacquer, with dragonflies in low-relief, all them metal elements are engraved into cursive and copper covered d' however. Handle covered with silk with floral decoration and braided out of silk blue glossed, tsumami maki. Tsuba in three distinct and superimposed plates, and 4 seppas. Herewith a photograph. You can diffuse this message with all the people in the Japanese sabre, arts of the sabre or antiquities, thank you. If one presents this object to you, thank you to contact me immediately: Aurélien Frayssinhes 06 74 45 66 54

for those who have not seen Doc S site on this forge, TT lovely nakago and mei please give the link so we can see the rest of the story (blade) when its up. http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/ritsumei.htm

would like to see the hamon and hada if you can photo Barry, ill third Katsumitsu

GS I understand you want a koto blade on the cheap, i am sure down the line that hunking fukura will bother you to no end, think about shoping around, my two marks for what its worth.

maybe you should have keep this sword in its own thread, it looks to be more than just a machine made blade, it would be nice to see the nakago on it, if your up to it.

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Barry starting with the date I think it starts with Gin ji ji nen? maybe a zodiac date, not likely ji nen as I have been told the same kanji repeated would not be the same.

Top work who may i ask was the togi?

As we approach our 1K member id like to point out the latest, none other than Sir Clive Sinclaire. A honor to have you aboard Sir.

first off id contact your favor sellers and ask on fittings not to include sword in the auction. second I'm working on being a buying agent for all you blokes over the pond. paying details and fee to be worked out. PM me if your hot on something, I would need monies in PP before I bid as I cant get caught with your not wanting it when I win it for you.

Did a member get that gendaito with the long nakago. Looked like a deal, if so please post the mei when you get it.

went thru JS book, this is the closest i could find to what it may be, i keep thinking ive seen a flaming ball somewhere on a kao like stamp, oh well here it is. youll notice you kao/ball does not have same amout of lines coming out as the one you posted.

seen another habaki with bats and a star sign this AM, not a bad price for mid level stater blade also, a Kanemoto. anyone know the star pattern? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26ps%3D35

most kokuin i have seen are like Kanezane hot stamp, yours and the one posted does not have the same feel to me, more of a kao...this looks like a flaming ball?? any other takes....forgot the rest of the mei ...it has a seki stamp yes? if so i dont think its going to be the exception gindaito that your hoping for. F&G last book has a page with kao,,,sorry i sold mine or id post it.

always been fond of telling Westerners that in the East they see a rabbit in the moon instead of a man. In remembrance to Paul Harvey......the rest of the story. The reason why a rabbit is on the moon is described in the Buddhist story "Śaśajâtaka", where a monkey, an otter, a jackal, and a rabbit were friends. Together they resolved to practice charity on the Uposatha day (the day of fast), that was to occur on the following day. In the tradition it was believed that one who stood fast in moral practice and alms-giving on that day would earn a great reward. When an old man begged for food, the monkey was able to gather fruits from the trees, the otter was able to gather dead fish from the river bank, the jackal wrongfully pilfered a lizard and a pot of milk-curd from somebody’s house. The rabbit, wanting to offer something acceptable to the man, was only able to gather grass, and therefore offered its own body instead, and threw itself into a fire that the man built. The rabbit however did not get burned. The old man then revealed himself to be Śakra, and being touched by the rabbit's virtue, drew a picture of the rabbit on the moon to be visible to all. It is said that the smoke-like substance surrounding the lunar image is the smoke that rose when the rabbit cast itself into the fire. This story can be found in the Konjaku Monogatarishū, a Japanese collection of tales from India, China, and Japan. In this version, however, the rabbit's friends are a fox and a monkey.

Steve im not so sure thats the answer, this may be moved to a new section in the near future. id still would like to see it sans chalk.

going back and looking at the other post on this, in my minds eye it looks like the mune of the nakago was shaved at one time, the mei looks so very close to it, some of the stamp looks to be lost. to save board time if you can get me a crisp shot of the stamp ill see with i can come up with.