GrozaB

I'm amature too, so I can't read the signature, but tsuba itself looks 100% Soten to me

I saw lots of tsubas with peony, but this one the first with peony on windy day. I really like it. You almost can how they moving under the wind. Bth, what do you think - does this tsuba needs to be papered? I see a good reason to paper the sword, but not sure about tosogu

I just wish it was mine... I really like this one. With quick search I found few more pieces made by Morimura Atsutaka in museums.

Thank you!

Found in the ground. Tsuba was unprofessionally cleaned and now needs repatination

Asking for a friend. Tsuba was found with metal detector in WWI Russian positions near Bryansk. Non-magnetic, IMHO shibuich with shakudo peons. Size 82x77x4mm weight 195 grams

SOLD. Please move to archive

great masters can predict the future

Hiroshima bombing?

I have 3 year old daughter, so displaying anything in the house become bit tricky - no matter how high I will put it she will move the chair and get it... But most of my bronze in displaying cases I get years ago, when I was living in Chicagoland. It was old gentleman making them and selling at the gunshow.

Very similar one on page 16 of Markus Sesko Koshirae book

I had this one for few years. eBay is flooded with cheap Chinese "antique bronze swords", but I never saw another "Violin dagger" or "Slim dagger" like this. IMHO, it is great conversation piece and very high quality replica for display. And, of course, it is VERY slim chance this one is original. It was brought from Japan before fake bronze artifacts become mass-produced in China

No, Luristan bronze is completely different. I collect antique bronze and have few Luristan pieces. Back in Bronze Age bronze was VERY expensive, at some periods more expensive then gold. so all early Bronze Age weapons was very light. On Far East real Bronze Age started very late, almost on the same time with Iron Age. Plus supply of tin was just around the corner, in Burma. So all Chines/Korean/Japanese bronze almost always very thick and heavy.

Kind of Nihonto related - Yayoi period bronze sword hosogata-doken with shokkaku-shiki tsukagashira hilt. Most likely older replica. Previous owner purchased this one in early 70-s serving in Okinawa, so it is not modern "made in china" for sure. Blades of hosogata-doken was excavated in many places all over Japan in numbers, but hilts are very rare - as far as I know only 4 intact ones was sound so far. Those swords come to Japan from Korea in Yayoi period and was used well into the Kofun period mostly as ritual objects, not as real weapon. Blades almost never was sharpened. Unlike early bronze age weapons, this antenna-hilts was cast from 4-8 separate pieces joined together. Most of swords of this type was excavated in Korea and south-east Siberia. One found in 2006 in Siberia is almost a twin brother down to the casting flaws. Selling as REPLICA, so priced accordingly $300+ shipping

Gorgeous indeed. My favorite sword so far. Here is original thread:

It's from my Soshu Masahiro, I showed this one here few years ago

If USPS want to destroy something...

Actually those triangle boxes are pretty rugged. Geometrically triangle is way stronger, then rectangular box. with proper padding they are pretty secure. But again - it is no packaging USPS or UPS can't destroy... I had package once with clear truck track over it... Luckily inside cardboard box was a pelican case containing the actual dueling pistol...

Oh man... I can feel your pain. I had few items missing in the mail last year. And now I know why: https://patch.com/texas/dallas-ftworth/texas-postal-contractors-arrested-charged-after-8-000-pieces-stolen-mail-found?fbclid=IwAR1A_tx8iizRxC2uJMvOF8DK48M_xJn0ZBBUd7RhTBDYdWImDZsVvrxE1rY

Eel grabbers. I saw few over the years. Some made out of very good swords...

I'm puzzled. All shinto work I saw had no sori and much ticker and heavier blades.

Yes. I but I saw few swords with tsuka wrapped with other skins, snake and salmon with removed scales. I will try to found some photos

On another forum (https://forum.guns.ru/forummessage/188/2736762.html) BurN attributed this sword to Jumyo Mino-Owari, late Edo. His attribution usually very good even in case of bad photos. +/-200 years I spend last few days looking on Jumyo blades from koto to late edo. More or less this one matches Jumyo style. But few things still don't really fit - hada is close match to Sue Koto sword, hamon is more shinto, nakago conditions screams shinshinto... Also almost all late Jumyo I saw had may, with very few been mumei. As I understand Jumyo swords was very popular as gifts and mei played important role in it. Submitting this one to shinsa... I'm not sure it worth it. I defiantly not high end sword, and papers will change very little of that.

Maybe you right, but all Owari tanto I saw was bit on the heavy end, with thick blades. Also all of them had no sori. But again - my experience is very limited.

Here some more photos, hope they are better...