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Interesting sword. Blade with no flaws, huge nagasa from a Owazamono smith who is sought after but not often seen on the market.

Nice swords! The Ko-Uda seems like a particularly nice package and at an attractive price too.

I can't quite make out the name (last two characters) 厚真　毛利 （必？毎？？） Atsuma Mori　？？

I'll take a cursory first pass at the sayagaki 1st pic - 脇指　銘　備前長船住勝光　八月日 2nd pic - 備前勝光　初代応永頃、七代文亀頃 ＿有 - 又四代の弟時代明応及永禄頃 　俗名 「太郎兵衛尉勝光」と刻す（別？）く 　勝光の一刀＿有＿作 　時代永禄頃の勝光作刀＿＿珍重

I think it looks like Masatoshi 　正利

There's a Rai Kunizane that also looks quite interesting. http://inishie-kb.jp/2017/02/07/kt0003/

I guess it goes to show how difficult it is for a shinshinto to pass Juyo. Or would this blade more likely to have passed Juyo in the past?

I'm sure some of you folks have seen the Kiyomaro daito that has just come up on Aoi. Anyone got a spare $300k handy?

But blurry but 1st two characters look like 康継(Yasutsugu) which would fit with Echizen

Yep reads as 皇紀二千六百年　為松山喜一氏守護 Japanese Imperial Year 2600 (1940) To protect/safeguard Mr. Matsuyama Kiichi

My guess would be Andrew Ickeringill, as he is the only Japanese trained togishi in our part of the world.

Yeah top stuff Pretty decent chance for Juyo imho. If it was like 5cm longer it would be basically guaranteed. There's been a few good deals on Aoi Art of late - I think there was a Rai Kunizane ?last week if I'm not mistaken.

That was quite interesting. Thanks for sharing. Out of interest what was the sword attributed to? Edit: nvm I saw the sayagaki - Iwami kuni Naotsuna

Tensho 7 nen 2 gatsu hi

兼 ?盛 Kanemori

Musashi kami Kanenaka, Echizen ju

Talking about the quiz.... Was just checking out the hada on the Aoe from the previous quiz... http://www.aoijapan.com/img/sword/2016/16458-2.jpg Sorry for derailment

天池正恒 Amachi Masatsune Probably a gunto smith

勝正　　Katsumasa

Must be one of the highest areas of nihonto density per square metre in the world! Nice package overall. I quite like the kogai and kozuka as well.

Top blade, top polish.

Any thoughts on this one? http://katananokura.jp/SHOP/1512-W01.html

A Kamakura period blade will always be considered more 'worthy of preservation' than a shinshinto blade even if it has some minor flaws, simply due to the age, quality of forging etc. And then within shinshinto, it has to compete with blades by the likes of Masahide, Naotane, Kiyomaro etc. like this blade for example http://katananokura.jp/SHOP/1406-K02.html I hope some more knowledgeable collectors of Juyo/Juyo candidate blades would chime in here, on whether this blade is worth a punt at Juyo. But at the end of the day, to put things in perspective, we appreciate the beauty of swords, not necessarily their level of paper.

Although on the plus side the nagasa is long, and Tanobe sensei seemed to have good things to say about it on the sayagaki....

美濃永禄 Mino Eiroku Can't see kanenobu in the pic