Stephen

Eric got a bit carried away on this one...no Kizu??? the bidding reflects this swrod, he does have good sword from time to time this is not one of them, cant make it out does it look like a seki stamp to eveyone?

you bring up a good point, Tsuba are most often looked at for their artistic merits and not the weight or balance it brings to a sword, that also came into play for the samurai, not just for the blissful Zen moment before he would cut off someone's head, he would be sure of the balance and fluidity of his cut.

Yes

hes high bidder on the first one if that tells you anything.

smith watching you drink too much wine.

they also have a new option of showing the bidder as bidder 1 bidder 2 and on....not everyons using it but expect more to follow.

on ebay tsuba what is everyones take on the new bidder id, no longer can i see that muramasaii is in on it and id just as soon back off than get caught up in a sniping war. I understad the reasion behind it as alot of second chance offers was making a muck of it. My self id like to know who's on first. how about you? Ronin the one your bidding on looks more of a copy than the other...guess thats why i stay away from tosogu. thanks for pointing them out.

why would anyone want a Lincoln when you can get that kind of work from a Ford. :lol: Really what I want to say is very well done and second the phrase of the mei. Sir if you would not mind I and I would think other members would like a small excerpt of how you got started, how you approached your Sensei, any apprentices time, the ups and downs, anything you may care to share. Maybe post it in GD. Thanks for sharing.

FYI pix from the Nihonto Koza and Yoran and yours rotated and croped so you can do a side by side

I think I have a solution here, you have had the sword to long in your possession, it needs to come visit me for a few months then when you get it back you'd say wow do I own a nice Sa Yukihide dont see any cons to it in my mind.

i beleave you have a Kai gunto or navy sword..see link KAI-GUNTO id find someone in the States that you can trust and have him take it to a show, or contact a togi via the links here. http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/military.htm

Welcome to the board thanks for sharing, very interesting as to where Nihonto travels. If you can get some clear shots I would and I'm sure others would like to see some pix of the blade. looks like you did while I was posting ....yes id say if your mounts are neglected you can put it into shirasaya or buke if you want to go that way. a togi would have to have it in hand to tell but a light polish may do the trick. the tsuba looks like it was from a Kai gunto is that correct. if it is in good shape its very collectable that way. Its your sword and you can do what you want with it. here your pix reduced cropped and up and down so the members dont get a crck in there neck :lol:

bushes i need to trim this spring ...i might go for it.

Barry how about each link does that work? http://www.nihontomessageboard.com/competition.html http://www.nihontomessageboard.com/tagane.html http://www.nihontomessageboard.com/honjo.html

I have been watching this on Ebay, IMHO its right up there with three of the cleanest I've seen. The anchor without the circle has been thought to be other than plane arsenal blades but I cant get a confirm that. It would be great in any collection. PS just seen more than two navy blades with a anchor with out circle...id have to say for sure there arsenal blades so id have to cancle my self out on that.

Not qualified to make a call but looks dang close to me

do it your self tapes are scary hate to think what may happen, anyone know who this is? http://www.islandnet.com/~gaijin/guide.htm

Moriyama sama your the best.

looks to be a very intersting sword...can we read the tsuba kanji...tada at the top?

I was hoping Nobody would add his take on the first part ...something to do with the Emperor?

This is from a new member, I'm in the middle of some personal matters please help him in the translation. thanks for your help.

to the board lot of nice folk to help you out, please dont for get to sign your name per the rules. please check them. If you have a hard time getting your pix up you may send them to me and ill crop size if needed, good luck and have fun. Stephen

Mo may have not taken his time it can look like the other Suke not the one you posted. look in Samurai Sword Hand book by J. Yumoto...page 120 the nori that is rule not law. sorry i dont have kanji on my PC. Mo may have did a quick look ant thought it was the second Suke down on page 123 of SSHandbook. heres a fujishiro Nagamitsu which looks like the mei in question. i keep this up ill have the whole book on file.

i think your right did not take time to check it just posted Sukemitsu.

page 614 is from 1444 sukemitsu file page 616 is from 1555 sukemitsu616 file