Teimei

Stats? Great blade by the way!

I always wanted to do that :D !

Hi Chris, the seller stated that the wakizashi was from the edo period (and priced accordingly). So it could be that i paid for a mumei shinto wakizashi and got myself a quite healthy koto blade? Sounds not so bad to me ! I am now sure that it was shortened somewhere in the past. Unfortunetely they did a pretty sloppy job by just hammering the edge flat (to shape a new nakago). But all in all this "plain old edo period wakizashi" get´s more and more interesting. regards,

Hi Henk-Jan, i´ve always been unsure about that beaten metal on the cutting edge side. The seller stated that the blade is ubu mumei. But i think the fact that the wak was born as a katana, makes the piece more interesting . Thank you for your thoughts ! regards,

Hi Henk-Jan, i have never thought that the wakizashi was shortened, is there any sign to that? I am very proud of my small (but growing) collection of blades and tosogu! regards,

Found the original post about the sadayoshi katana: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17093&hilit=gassan+sadayoshi

Kishu Ju Sadanaga

Excellent job, both teacher and student!!!

Agreed but what is the understanding from the collector community? Are things left better in their original configuration or altered to give a more appealing appearance? Should something be remounted in fancy furniture or kept as close to original as possible? Everything on this sword is iron with the exception of the hilt ornaments which appear to be copper / gold alloy covered in a purple-black application. Nathan, if something has an artistical, historical value or personal value, you should leave it like it is. Of course, you could alter the existing habaki or you could order a new one from a professional maker. But is it really necessary to spend quite an amount of money? I don´t think so. The habaki is functional and it fits the koshirae (imho :D ). Best Regards,

Peter, a good one too! I read my motto everyday, at the entrance of the library, where i was trained. Now back to the topic! Best Regards,

It would look like this.

Hi Peter, thank you for mentioning the vietnamese eBay! Seems like i need an account for your link :lol: . Best Regards, (as many, as you can afford to buy! :D )

Brian, thanks for your comment! Shinsakuto of course . That´s what i thought too, i hope my post here doesn´t ruin the price for me!

Hello dear members, in search for a kogatana i stumbled across this listing on ebay. (yeah i know ebay is the evil empire :lol: ) http://www.ebay.com/itm/KOGATANA-SMALL- ... 20e5e5eceb My problem is, that my experience with gendai smiths tend to zero. Thats why my question(s) is(are): - do you know this smith? - do you have examples of his work? (i could only find his FB page in Japanese) - general opinion on gendai works? Thanks in advance for any comment and opinion! Regards,

Good thing i downloaded them already! :D

Nice!

Hi, just a suggestion: http://www.nihonto.eu/de/restauration/t ... on/katana/ Regards,

This blade, i presume? http://nihonto.ca/gassan-sadakatsu/

My pleasure!

Hi Chad, could this article be of any use? viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16187&p=142535 Regards,

Jean, i don´t know if i would call him helpless (maybe i don´t know him well enough) and he has never told me what to buy and what not. He just gave me some general information about the importing procedure in general (taxes, customs tariff numbers etc.), which was kind of nice and made things a lot easier for me. I have never bought a sword from him to be honest, but all my transactions went smoothly and that was all i wanted to state here . Regards,

Hi, here is another shop/dealer i can only recommend. Like the name suggests it is a shop in europe, germany to be precise. I purchased several tsuba and some kodogu boxes and every transaction went smoothly. Mr. Mike Prill, who runs the shop, was always willing to explain the quality of his items to me. He even helped me when i was importing my first nihonto, without asking for anykind of payment. I would recommend him especially to members in the EU (no taxes, no problem with the customs office ) and in germany HP: http://www.nihonto.eu/de/nihonto/ FB page: https://www.facebook.com/Nihonto.eu Regards, P.S.: Just in case: i am not affiliated to the shop or Mr. Prill in any way! :D

A swap for my whole collection?

Dear Mr. Hallam, thanks for posting all of those great examples of koshirae. Even to my newbie eyes the mei on the yoshioka pair looked fishy and the workmanship was´nt top notch, but it looked good enough to me . Sometimes its good to learn it the hard way, i even prefer the sledge hammer method to be honest. But i hope you can see that my taste in koshirae has changed (from worse to bad :D). Thanks again for your honest opinion! Regards,