Jean

I sold my Juyo Ryokai to a German guy. It took more than a month to arrive at its destination and when my friend received it, he told me the package was koshi zori. Grev bought 2 tsuba from my collection. It took more than 3 months for the parcel to cross the Channel and when Grev received it, it had a sole print on it….

Really a wrong move. Proper training is needed and not everyone is able to become a good polisher, there is a big selection. I am really surprised. I remember 20 years ago, a French NMB member visited Aoi Art shop and told me that he found a bucket full of water and at the bottom polishing stones. Tsuruta san indulges himself in polishing.

https://www.aoijapan.com/Japanese-sword-study-meeting-7/

Just to precise, my former NBTHK Kanekiyo blade, had 2 sayagaki one by Honma Junji and the other one by Tanobe sensei, both to Hosho. It is very very rare that NBTHK overwrites Honma Junji opinion (without mentionning Tanobe). It happens more often with Kanzan Sato’s.

Yes, and the main problem comes from the fact that NBTHK does not precize in the kanteisho the smith generation. First generation Kanekiyo forged in Masame. http://www.sho-shin.com/yam8.htm KANEKIYO(1) -1326- KA-REKI (f: KANENAGA 1): Made HIRA-TSUKURI, UCHI-ZORI MITSU-MUNE TANTO. Running MASAME veiled in JI-NIE and NIE-UTSURI. HADA shows CHIKEI. Shallow NOTARE KO-GUNOME HA in KO-NIE and NIOI. SUNAGASHI and KINSUJI. BOSHI runs TOGARI on the grain, with HAKIKAKE-KAERI. KURIJIRI NAKAGO with HIGAKI YASURI.

Hi Ray, I titled this topic remembering Jim article 🙂

How NBTHK can kantei? is kantei so easy, when we refer to Tsuruta comments? https://www.aoijapan.com/119465-2/ Tsuruta comment: « Ouei swords usually is Muji style and has Bizen style Ko-Itame-hada like this sword. » My former Oei tachi signed Yasumitsu: is it really muji? https://www.aoijapan.com/katanamumei-tegai-kanekiyo/ Tsuruta comment : Tegai’s Jigane does not have Masame Hada. It has Itame Hada and Mokume Hada. my former papered tegai Kanekiyo: my former NBTHK papered Kanekiyo is pure masame with sayagaki by Honma Junji and Michihiro Tanobe to Hosho. NBTHK overpassed Honma Junji and Michihiro Tanobe’s opinion..for Kanekiyo who according Tsuruta san did not forge in masame.

Just remember that koshirae need some humidity at the opposite of blades which need a dry atmosphere.

Taking into account the size of the kissaki, the question should be: can a togishi polish only the kissaki (and not the boshi). The answer is yes of course.

Congrats Dave. Award to one of the best dedicated Japanese armour restorer👍

Condolences

Typical sue Soshu hitatsura, not Mino. Can be Odawara Soshu lineage (Tsunahiro) or Shimada. Shinsa is a must.

Jake, have you ever seen a Rembrandt on e-bay?

For what I Know, to go for Juyo, you need to have a tokubetsu hozon kanteisho, you cannot, as decade ago, go for juyo with a Hozon certificate.

Congrats to Jussi and his incredible work👍

Condolences tofamily and friends😢

IMO, shinsa for tsuba is very different from sword shinsa: - Hozon: very easy if it is a genuine tsuba, (as for sword shinsa) no great interest, IMO, not worth the expense. If it is for a school attribution, just ask NMB specialists. - Tokubetsu Hozon: very very difficult, a mei is really a plus. Have a look at the price of TH tsuba - juyo: often kinko by major schools and artists. Price equal to some juyo swords There is a huge gap between Hozon and TH, which does not exist in sword shinsa and between TH and Juyo an abym. has anyone the stats of tosogu shinsa, It can be very interesting. Of course, it is only my opinion and I don’t know anything about tsuba.

Not nihonto

Lower part of a broken sword

Stephen, As Hamlet I can only approved

It smells… Nakago looks wrong, shinogi (central ridge linel) looks wrong, yasurime (file marks) look wrong. It looks like a gunto but the mei (signature) is far from the ones I have seen. of course, I admit I don’t know a lot about gunto🙂

There is also: http://www.jssus.org/nkp/index.html

As says Stephen, JP, this to shall pass, time will soothen wounds, we have all suffered from «slings and arrows of outrageous fortune » but have overcome them. Take time for crying, it helps and come back to us any time you need help.

Deep Condolences 😢

I had the same experience Pietro.🤬