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That is very sad to hear. He was allways looking for the best quality in collecting Tosogu and Swords and shows us very fine pieces for our pleasure. I hope eternity has the same quality.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ninja-swords-banned-by-summer-as-manifesto-commitment-delivered I think they talk about these swords.

Non-traditional seki blade. Nothing wrong with it. Condition is good. Price is good. Why not?

The patination is gone. Sad.

@Bruce Pennington since i know he was starting as a smith 1940. His real name is Toki Akinobu. A swordsmith commissioned by the army in Seki, Gifu Prefecture. He belonged to Seki Swords Co., Ltd. and made swords under the names Niwa Kanenobu, Niwa Kanenobu, Kounobu Kanegami, Murayama Kanetoshi and others. He is a master swordsmith who took second place at the New Japanese Swords Exhibition in 1941 and achieved the rank of Sekiwake (high-ranking swordsmith) in the ranking of sacred swordsmiths.

I would take it too. If Dimitri don't want it.

The hadori is very bling bling but anyway the hamon looks like modern camouflage. This blade could be state of the art in a Dune movie.

Nice sword.

Peter i think that little crab application could be in sliver or shakudo.

It's a nice blade. Nothing wrong. Mei looks not bad for me.

Looks good to me. Boshi looks fine. Nothing wrong.

Very nice Soten Tsuba in perfect condition. We don't give here any value price options because collectors want to buy cheap too. For example this Tsuba is much lower qualitiy https://www.zacke.at...-scholars/?lot=73336 Another example https://onlineonly.c...hakudo-tsuba-1/12085

@Lexvdjagt Your sword is old and it has Tokubetsu Hozon. So some trained people have judged it before and rated it tokubetsu. It is a proud sword.

Its thin but its there. reshaped

He was very gentle in his comments.

The price of everything in ancient times was affordable for the target group. A samurai with deep pocket could buy nicer stuff than a poor samurai. Its the same like those days It's like building houses today. Everyone complains that they can't afford a house, but they don't want to save and still want to afford a vacation and a car. Our parents built large houses with high interest rates and low incomes. They didn't go on vacation but worked for their dream. And that's exactly how it is in all cultures from the Stone Age to today.

With some fantasy i could imagine that there is a star stamp to see. Ask him for better pictures Did you see it?

Colin i think i misunderstood you, sorry. I thought these doubled color tsuba was the work of the artist. No i understand it was obvious the reason of a long time presenting.

The side is longer treated with niage. There is no mystery in making one side darker.

Not a big deal - mähhh

Yanagawa 柳川 school Someone of the shimizu family. My guess.

Sodomist Samurai

After looking deeper on PC on those pictures i go with Bruce its a total fake sword. But its a very good made. With some nice paint job it could fool me.

Bruce I'm not sure with this that is a fake. I would need better pictures. From my point the nanako is not inverse which shows mostly fakes. The menuki looks sharp. The hi looks nearly correct. The number looks not bad. The seppa has the original looking cherry blossoms on the rim. The clipper looks authentic. I'm not sure. If its fake its one of the best fakes i saw so far. Thanks a lot for showing it Bruce. Really cool. By the way i would not buy it because of its brass tsuka

Maybe the ura side got an extra treatment with niage?