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Yes, I just found an interesting fact about the mei. It shown as nobuhide but it resembles with Horii Nobuhide in Hokkaido. Stroke seems pretty confident as if it real one on the other photos. It might be gimei but what do you think? As a Kanji user, to me, the style of stroke, starting point of each stroke, the down forces of each stroke are all very similar. In fact, I see very fine Nie and nioi activity on this blade so at least it is indicating me now it's from Japan or black market as you said. It is also water quenched. I am keep looking at the blades many days but this blade is too good to be made by someone who is not trained by Japanese tradition. Is it gimei? Thank you. Jason C

Hi. I was wondering how hard it is to make a blade with meteorite such as gibeon to compare to the general tamahagane. I know there is the Tentetsutou created by Yoshindo Yoshihara but is that the only example? I hope it's not so much different from tamahagane so that I could make it by commission to a smith in the future. It's been always my dream to have one made from meteorite katana or tachi. If anyone know about it, please let me know. I have been searching to get any information about it but never able to get anywhere so I am asking here. Thanks. Jason C

That a beautiful suguha. Jason

I think you're right. Brian T even hates email communication. I remember he said he doesn't like computer things and stuffs. Oh wow, it's cool. How's the nihonto community down there? Just curious.

Thanks Ford. I've read your message and haven't got chance to reply. So it sounds like what I was seeing is a natural phenomenon on any metal so be it with any metal if it has nanakoji like texture. Btw, when do you expect to get done meteorite tsuba? Is it go na be a one of kind sale to one person? Please me know if you have the firm price for it yet or would be in auction. I was also wondering if you could do a commission work if I provide my Gibeon plate? Let me know Ford. Thanks A lot. Jason

Hi. Kevin. Thank you I've check it out already. He said he would send out a notification once it's done. Thank you. Jason

Hi. It's alright losing the pattern on the blade but want to keep it on the tsuba. So I'd like to have my shinsaku "Tentesutou" like the photo. For the tsuba, as your recommandation, I would buy a nicely patterned Gibeon and might ask Ford make one for me. Thank you. Jason

It's pretty awesome resource. Thank you. Jason C

Hi. Dr. Joe As smilar as your idea, the seller has strongly believed it as Japanese made. However, all the words from here won his belief. The seller refund me 200. He is a very nice seller, in fact the one of the best. I told him if this turn out to be Japanese made in the future, I would repay this amount. Lol. Now I am bery happy with the purchase. Now I want to know if it's maru mono blade or other. Do you have an idea? I'd like to get it mounted as MA quality and use it for the cutting. In a way, I am looking at jigane again and again, the jihada looks pretty too sophisticated to say it's from China. (Personally have never exprienced chinese one) Mokume through out the Ha and masame through the ji. You're right. Jihada seems very finer and interesting fact is that the tightness of it get tighter as of going towards kissaki and lossen towards munemachi smoothly as if it was the smith's intention Theough the entire blade. Is it just coincidence or intention? Also like the mokume patterns well spreads thru the hamon. I might have to ask a habaki and koshirae for Mr, Heistings and Larman for a good MA koshirae. I have an appointment with Brain Tscenerga in Aug for the habaki for one of my hozons, not sure if he would be willing to do such as this blade . Any other habakishi recommandation? The habaki is the most headache thing here. . Sorry for the crazy questions.

oh that's good. I shouldve known you earlier. Ah In fact, this blade came off from Au. The seller nicely discounted me another 200. So Now I am very happy with what ever it is. It doesnt matter now if it's china or Japan or russia wherever. I think this itself has its own beauty. I like its masame on ji and mokume swirl on ha. Moreover, this blade feel strong as hell to compare to my other nihontos. Thanks Kam! Without your wisdom, I must've return it . Now I finally have a cutting one that looks better than any other production blade. In the next year, however, I must get a new original Japanese shinsakuto with Choji hamon with some brutal tobiyakis on it Haha. I want exact the original feeling as same as when a samurai received a shinsaku katana from oyakata sama. Lol

Oh Kam, btw, are you in the restoration business?

Hi. Kam. You're right. That's why this blade is in dillema. I am sure I would 100% return this unless the seller makes $250-$300 discount from what I paid for $860. Lol. He misreprented this as "genuine gendaito or shinsakuto" . it was my fault I disn't demand more photos and believed him. If it's around 500-600, i am willing to take. yea. There is absolutely no way to spend above 2G for me for this blade. I mean i like it as it is, but yea. I'd rather get a nice Japanese shinsakuto and would do all on it. Thanks.

Just took some more pics under the sun light. Is this the right jihada some Japanese smith use you' mentioned? Very curious. Thank you very much. I have a Brian Tscenrnega appointment for this summer so I wanted a blade to make a full koshirae. in your opinion Kam, would it be worth to spend about 2G to make koshirae for this blade for a practical sword? Have all the fittings. Or you would return it & buy a cheap real Japanese made shinsakuto and do the new koshirae? Jason

What i meant by Hanwei was not to put them down at all but rather I meant I could get a Hanwei one as full koshirae set with habaki because the blade was about less that 1G. So you mean you do possibly see this blade could been made by a real Japanese smith? Do you have any photo example of Japanese smith Jihada like this? I would be great if you have any . That sounds make me all of the suddent interesting about this blade. It's strange blade because I feel it's well made and even yokote line looks so clear. If I compare it to my hozon to, i really don't see nie nioi activity. Kissaki off might be shown due to the light reflection but it's straight and seems good.

I thought about it but the worth vs cost of making koshirae and habaki for this blade is now obviousely so ridiculous. So now to me this purchase became worse than just buying a hanwei katana .

I thought about it but the cost of making koshirae and habaki for this blade is no obviousely ridiculous. So it cannot even be used as just martial arts. Ah.

I think what Komozo sells is better than this...... Lol Jason

Ok. Thank you guys. The return is the answer. I bought as Japanese made shinsakuto and the listing photos were really like a shinsakuto. Thanks. Jason

Thank you Brian. I bought it on the ebay long time ago from an estate seller who didn't know anything about tosugu. Unfortunately, it's been pinned in back for the use of women's accessory. I can simply get rid of it with a dremel but would let the kogai shi do it when the time comes. I was wondering if you're Brian Tcsernega? Jason C

In fact i have been looking this every weekend under the different sun lights ever since I noticed. It's very micro effect but just so beautiful. It's good to know it's common effect on the well made nanakoji surfaces. Jason

Haha. Makes me feel good from the morning. Lol

Hi. I bought off a bare blade from the ebay that supposedly be a shinsakuto. But while I am looking at the blade, i really need someones help to figure out what it is. It's suguha hamon and shows very strong jihada pattern just like production ones but I have no idea . So what do you guys think? Is this production? Or Japanese made shinsakuto? I don't feel like seeing any nie nioe activity? Thank you very much. Jason

Is there any tsuba shi in the states who can make a nice Gibbeon meteorite tsuba? Just want to personally have one soo much inclduing a meteorite ( instead of tamahagane) katana as well . Thanks. Jason C

It's a fake. Just look a lot of the real ones by visiting many onlineshops on the vendor link pages or local shows and you will gain the power to distinguish whether a tosugu is fake or not. Jason C

I just reflected one of my kogai plate into the sun light and I start to see this beautiful color spectrum patterns which seem appeared only on the very fine carved and good condition ones. Although the photos seem exaggerating the spectrum than the looking it in real, I think it's absolutely beautiful. The middle pic is more the natural angle of reflection that does merely show the spectrum of it but the other two are the angles showing the a lot more of it. I'm guessing that small pyramid pattern of nanakoji somehow bend and break the light into a rainbow spectrum just like a prizm but not sure because I am not an expert on the light. Just it's amazing to know Tosugu shi back in the days could carve it so this small without modern technologies Do you guys get the same thing from your tosogus? This is the only very fine examples of nanakoji i have. Thanks Jason C