remzy

Reinhard hit the nail on the head , ive seen shinshinto swords with rustier nakagos than koto blades' nakagos and vice versa, it all depends.

Technicaly, yes and no. But in practice, a loving nihonto-phile will always handle the nihontos under his guard with much care, so there is actualy very very limited chance of the nakago snaping while admiring it or reoiling it. I think that the dark rust (patina) stop the active rust development and serve as a protective coast against red rust that is damaging to the steel.

Thanks alot jacques, mon sauveur!

Greetings again, sorry to ressurect this old thread but i would like to know if anyone here could provide me with a scan or a picture of an oshigata of a Noshu Mutsu no kami Kanenobu Mei. I would like to print it and keep it on file. I searched the net for a while with very limited success. thanks in advance. Remy

Thanks for the clarifications guys.

To what "obvious" are your making reference to, mister? I thought this out ( yes, yes i do think...) and getting the end of the bohi end fixed by a well established togishi : -wouldnt ruin the artistic value of the object, on the contrary, -wouldnt modify that school characteristic of the blade, i dont remember seeing anywhere that "messy bohi end" was a part of the bizen tradition etc..., -wouldnt prevent you from figuring when the blade was made. IMHO this isnt a case of "preserving the aesthetism envisioned by the smith" like you can say when the kissaki tip is broken and you have to reshape it... since this was done wrong in the first place. Even if a mistake is 1000 years old, it still is a mistake. Point take Mr Stuart, i just didnt realise this was acceptable, so to speak, i am just having a hard time beleiving that someone who can carve beautiful horimano cannot make the end of his bohi terminate smoothly.

Seriously?? i know that it was common practice to let the apprenticese carve the hi .. but most of the ones that i have seen were, shall i say, more pretty?

Greetings everyone, i was browsing some nihonto selling site (yes, i am tempting the devil and training my temptation endurance!) while at some point i came upon a nice looking tachi in great mount.. then i see the picture of the Bohi end and went "oh my gosh... yikes!" http://www.sho-shin.com/hitch1.html Do you think this would be a good idea to fix it? in the event that you got the money, could it be concidered a "crime" against the blade to tamper with the original ... rather crude, carving?. Just looking for impressions here.. thanks for looking, Remy

Pssst Brian, Mr Skebo, whom you refered to me, is into polishing yari, it would seem! Oh and, im counting 4 yokoto!

^Yes, as i said back then, it look etched and i find it ugly... but do we really need this kind of harsh tone in here?

The hada looks Hizen.

Comment bousiller une antiquité...

Did the "polisher" use acid to etch the hada? *grumbles*

First, i am a nooblet. Second, this kind of "false publications" might be a serious problem for someone "investing" into tsuba and those looking to make a profit but for the others that appreciate them for what they are (aesthetical art objects), i see no problems as long as they are aware they are buying modern made work of art. Good art is good art.... after all, a repro of the mona lisa can possibly fetch a hefty sum. Id like to precise that i didnt see the formentioned tsuba and only speak of the situation "at large".

Holy cow.... Could you imagine how long this possibly took to make? Superb!

http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread.php?t=88162 Nice sword but, as Mr. Ottaway pointed out in the other forum, why is it for sale on ebay if you like it so much as to post it on two forums at once

Pretty nice shishi! but... it looks like they are trying to get away! :lol:

I cannot give you any information on this but i think this look more like copper than brass.

Ive bought a couple nihontos and i noticed that when you deal with well respected sellers, this sort of "accident" rarely happen. No matter what some think or say, it is the sender's job to insure the blade is proprely packed and ready to witstand the onslaught the shipping crew might put it thru... and if you cannot ensure that it will survive the shipping then for crying out loud, pay a little extra and deal with a more gentle shipper. the only time something like this happened to me was when i received a satsuma rebellion mounted nihonto that had no mekugi at all, so the blade poked out the saya, luckily there was no damage because the shipper proprely packed the blade and insured it couldnt poke out with extra shielding on the kissaki side. Bubble wrapping is cheap, nihonto isnt, wrap it up!

I think that once you have all the part that visualy fit together, it could be very easy to do a short tsunagi to make it all hold together for display. Assuming you are somewhat agile with your hands and can carve some wood without damaging anything, it would take some time to make sure it all fit perfectly, of course... but nothing is quick in the field of antiques. Is it worth it? only the interested person (pleasemx) can answer that... i wouldnt mind having one of those around, but i am lacking the fittings!

Im not a tsuba person but i find this one to be suspicious, the edges arent sharp and the patina doesnt look right... hmmm coupled with the ring to make it a pendant... im wondering.

Ooooooh i like that, i like that alot!

Thats probably a high end imitation, the mei carving and sugata isnt all that bad compared to most chinese imitations out there.

...For now!

Hello there and welcome aboard! Id say that this is a good one, especially for the price! I am not a connaisseur but to me this look to be shin shinto or newer.. i really cannot tell so i will hush up. cheers