Lukas K

well, don't think i'll ever will with this one though my appraisal is that it's not worth it

Stephen, unfortunately some 'brave' soul at soime point in time tried to 'clean' the nakago so apart from the shape all other possibly helpful information helping me identifying the sword has now gone. Lukas

Hi John, I understand exactly why would you want to polish the blade, it is a quite exciting journey bringing something to live and even if i think Grey is right that mumei blades are not worth all that then other side of me say go for it I did the same thing actually! I went for it and got the blades in good hands to be polished only because i have seen something in that blade that was telling me it would pay off + the fact the i bought the blade super cheap as someone though it was a junk. It was a gamble but i am happy with all that journey and it gave me a lot more that just nice blade on the rack - and after polish bladees shows quite a lot of characteristics of Hizen Tadayoshi blades...will never know for sure though but who knows Have a look on the photos before and after and maybe that will help make your mind up Lukas Before: After:

Finally my new rewrapped tsuka met its blade. It been long but was worth it only seppa left to make it nice and tight and this project will finally be done. If you look at the first post the blade has come a long way and a bit of gamble deciding to polish it but something was telling ne that it will turn out to be a quite nice ko wakizashi. I really enjoy the process of bringing this one alive. Thanks to all involved!

Hi guys, I have pick up this wakizashi sometime ago as it was a good deal, even though there is quite a lot of fixing to do to the fittings and tsuka ito i rally like the blade itself. I was wondering what could you tell me about the wakizashi? Well it does look a bit osaka shinto but might be wrong. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, Lukas

Thanks Geraint! yes there is a seperate soft metal on the fuchi on both sides; it does have two little bumps that go into the tiny wholes onthe fuchi to keep it tight. I assume that similar thing is happening at the kashira side. Ito maki is on the fragile side but it still in quite good shape.

Thank you for all the information! May have few more questions regarding some of my finds and projects on the future as i am creating small display cabinet and wanted to have small notes under each item with as much info as i can find , this will help.

Hi there, A year back during my visit to Japan i bought this koshirae. It was a small antique shop in the middle of nowhere in Nikko...it wasn;t breaking the bank but had good feelimg about this. I was wondering if you guys can tell me mre about it? Period? It might not be a big deal but definitely best souvenir i got Would appreciate any info. I posted tsuba translation topic way back and i can tell that there is two mei on both sides - Tadayoshi & Tadanaga, do know if it's genuine. Any information woukd be helpful. Thank you! Lukas

thanks Stephen for nice detective work!

Not to my knowledge Stephen.

Thanks a lot, that helps! I have a chance to by it for around $400 so i was thinking it is a quite good buy but i would have thought that it is worth much more therefore wasn't sure about it's authenticity. What do you guys think?

Could any one help me? I do have a chance to buy it but not sure how genuine this is. Any info would ge great.

Thanks guys! It really feels good! There is still some work to be done as i need to get seppa done as the is quite a big gap , i will post the photos when the project is completed. I also have another project on the way , but would have to get habaki and seppa done so it might take a little longer to post the results.

Shoelace is off and i got newly wrapped Tsuka Slowly it comes along great!

thanks for your answers!

Hi, It might be a silly question but was wondering how actualy big horns were mounted on the kabuto? Does anyone know? Thanks

It being done as we speak thanks

I have gambled and gave the blade to polish. It Paid off in my opinion as nice konuka hada showed and suguha hamon with. Blade has quite a bit of Hizento characteristics of Tadayoshi. What do you guys think?

Fuchi on the other set in quite small so was looking for some bigger one.

I have pre ordered mine about two weeks beofre the release date. Now it sayd delivery estaimated between 7th Feb and 10th March but it says "not sidpatched yet". Don't undersand this to be honest.

thanks!

thank you all for you opinions.

Thanks SAS! I know the jihada is gone pretty much i could see some "polish" attempt on the blade. Would be nice to get it to nice shape but i dont know if there are any sword polishers in Poland.

Thanks Fuuten! Wasnt sure about the blade , still not sure but thought that fitting are still worth it. If anyone could say little bit more about it would be great.

Hi, Here are some photos of the tang. Thanks