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Jacques D.

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  1. Sugata + measurements help to détermine the era but it's still a gamble . That said, there are many indications that a sword may have been made to resemble an older one. The thickness of the nakago, the size of the machi, the patina, the shine around the mekugi ana or on the nakago shinogi; the cleanliness of the inside of the "old" mekugi ana. The location of mekugi ana which is often fanciful. The number of mekugi ana is in no way a proof, nakago of the sword below is suriage and has only one mekugi ana whereas the Tomonari I posted on a previous post has several nakago ana and is ubu. I've provided a drawing showing the position of the nakago shinogi on a nakago ubu and on a nakago suriage (I've exaggerated the positions of the shinogi of the nakago suriage so that it's easy to understand) which is explanatory enough.
  2. Okay you are putting words in my mouth. You say (hope) this sword is Nanbokucho, and you asked for opinions. I say it's probably recently made due to size of the machi nothing else. I'm not the one who buys things without knowing what they are. I've given my opinion and I'm waiting for someone to prove me wrong. Send it to NBTHK shinsa and we'll see who's right. In fact, your problem is that you're afraid you've been fooled and you can't accept it. Ended for me
  3. Colin, Thanks for sharing, as i said, i said absolutely nothing about an era, a school, or a smith. What I did say (machi) is clearly visible in the photos. So please don't put words in my mouth. Worth reading http://www.militaria...articles/Suriage.pdf
  4. I would love to see by myself what i wrote; provide the topic please. However, It's not the same thing at all, there are things you can see on photos like mekugi ana and their placement. I'll be clear for the last time: it's impossible to attribute a sword (era school and smith) solely on the basis of photos wich are mostly bad.. Brian, I'm attacked, I defend myself and I wait for someone to prove me wrong, I add that I didn't ask for anyone to spoil my topic.
  5. I made a kantei from one of your swords (hada hamon) ? Which one ?
  6. Well yes, at least if you really want to learn, the rest is just talk with no real content. I'll skip your insults, I know who I'm dealing with. Come back with real arguments and facts.
  7. To illustrate my point, here's a photo and oshigata of a Tomonari (Bizen) tachi and kokuho (book is Osafune taikan). Despite the quality of the photo, you cannot see the hamon (nioiguchi) and its contents. Once again, a kantei on a photo is nonsense. The same cannot be said for mei A lot of people come here for information about their swords, and I find it dishonest to tell them anything. Kantei must be instructive, it must allow you to memorize the particularities of a blacksmith's work, otherwise it's useless. If you do what you do, you'll never learn anything.
  8. A tobiyaki is part of the hamon in the ji, surrounded by a nioiguchi. What you take for a tobiyaki are just the marks of folds in the steel. Talking of kantei, it has to be done without the help of books, and my Japanese nihonto teacher always told me that after 2 minutes you can't find the name of the smith because too many ideas are intertwined. How can you judge a nioiguchi when you haven't seen it? In shinshinto they have a milky appearance, and that's a kantei point at least for the time. Appearance of the steel also has to be taken into account: Silky, luminous blackish, Whitish etc.? All things you cannot see on pictures. In fact you even don't know what kantei is i'm pretty sure that you can't read a hamon correctly (an you are not the only one).
  9. Katori Shinto ryu techniques are designed for armored combat Otake sensei shows the different weak points of armors (inner wrist, hock, neck, femoral etc.). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenshin_Shōden_Katori_Shintō-ryū
  10. Smith is 一貫齋正行 Ikkansai Masayuki who later changed his name to Kiyomaro
  11. Answer We have here the proof that it is impossible to have a valid answer based on even good photos. With the sword in hand and even with the nakago hidden, an educated person could at least find the era. No tobiyaki on this sword.
  12. It's not Muramasa, his katana has a more prononced saki sori the (torisori for the sword in kantei and he did'nt produce this kind of hamon. One mentionned (who is afraid to try an answer) the boshi is not visible but for this swordsmith the boshi is in accordance with the hamon. That said, I don't think it will help you much.
  13. It's not Nosada even if some time he produced a jihada wich is itame slightly zanguri mixed with straight grains. His hamon is gunome midare or gunome choji. It's not Kotetsu, Kotetsu's hada is a ko itame very tight and without straight grains. He did'nt produce this kind of hamon his gunome being coupled by 2 (yotanba) and the hamon starts with a short yakidashi parallel to the hasaki. ps there is no nidait Kotetsu.
  14. It's not Kanemoto. Kanemoto's hada is more tight and his hamon irregular with togari
  15. I think most people have a misunderstanding of how to use kakana.
  16. Nioi deki or nie deki is not the only criterion to be taken into account in determining a sword's effectiveness. The architecture (shinogi or not), the length, the width and finally the thickness must all be taken into account.
  17. Your turn to play 3 stages : 1 jidai - 2 school - 3 swordsmith (a big one). Nagasa 69.7cm, sori 0.7cm
  18. Would love to know what kind of research. Personally, if I don't know, i don't buy.
  19. Okay, which schools did you study at ?
  20. Perfect nonsense, we just have to know our limits (i perfectly know mine) and those are far away from expert's ones. If I put 2 swords in your hands, one from shodai Tadatsuna, the other from nidai with the nakago hidden, would you be able to tell which one is by the shodai? No, the experts can. They may be wrong, but you don't have the knowledge to judge. I don't have this knowledge too, even if I know a lot more than you and the majority of the members of this forum. That's why I'd never question their judgment. It's the same thing with climate skeptics: they know nothing about the subject but reject the work of real specialists.
  21. You don't have all the knowledge you need, even if you think you do. Buying an object doesn't make the buyer an expert. As you quoted me, I took the liberty of enhancing an essential part of what I'm saying. I'm a physicist, specialized in fluids and especially atmospheres, but I'm not good at solid-state physics beyond the common basics (photon and phonon are quite different). The same goes for experts: a Nihonto expert is not a firearms expert, and vice versa. We must know where we belong and stay there. Unfortunately, the Internet pushes people to believe they know more than they do (some people even go to their doctor and say: "Doctor, I have this and I need this treatment") and, no, not all opinions are equal.
  22. Do you have the necessary knowledge to judge? I don't.
  23. A papered Kiyondo with the same mei https://www.touken-world.jp/search/22350/
  24. In addition to what jussy said, you have to take into account the number of swords that exist for a given smith? If it's few, it's harder to distinguish whether the mei is shoshin. The works of certain smiths like Go Yoshihiro are judged by existing literature . in short, it's a world of which we know almost nothing, and to criticize it is to show a certain audacity, as they're real experts, and we're light years ahead of them..
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