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Jacques D.

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  1. As far as I can see, hada and hamon are typical of the Kongobei school. I should add that all smiths in this school have the Mori kanji (盛) in their name.
  2. You have to ask yourself whether the cost of polishing exceeds (or not) the value of the sword , which seems to be Muromachi and suriage. This type of sword is the least sought-after on the market.
  3. You can have masame, or itame and mokume with one and the same starter kit. You have itame on the top and bottom face and masame on the sides. For mokume, the itame is hammered to round it off.
  4. There are two generations of Kunimichi.
  5. Who'd rather buy a fake Rollex? This is as far as I go.
  6. According the Nihonto meikan. Student of Awataguchi Tadatsuna shodai work period Enpo. He, at first, signed with the kanji 兼. No other ofhigata found Location of the mei is too close to the nakago mune
  7. Mei reads : Harima no kami Fujiwara Tadakuni 播磨守藤原忠国. (Hizen school)
  8. I don't like to give advice on purchases, but in this case, I'll leave this sword aside. https://www.aoijapan...ubetsu-hozon-tosogu/
  9. Masakiyo is a big name, and this sword is obviously gimei.
  10. No need to check oshigata, this mei is a bad counterfeit which makes the Kajihei option invalid.
  11. Answering these questions requires a real knowledge, and this knowledge can only be acquired by having held hundreds of blades in your hands.
  12. I wonder what people are talking about when they talk about study pieces. To me, all shoshin blades are study pieces, especially those made by highly talented swordsmiths. What is there to learn from a clearly gimei blade? In my opinion, not much.
  13. Sandai Kunisada was an unknown swordsmith who was a student of Masanori himself student of Inoue Shinkai.
  14. Unfortunately gimei. https://www.aoijapan.com/wakizashi bishu-osafune-tadamitsu(hikobei/
  15. The gimei is part of the history of nihonto, and has been performed in all eras, although not all of them were intended to deceive. The most famous is that of Kagemitsu by Munetsugu. Signature length has nothing to do with gimei
  16. I'm not optimistic about the validity of this mei, it should be close to the mune and the characters are too large for the time.
  17. Adam @ No, I mentioned these smiths because they're the most renowned, but there were of course other smiths who worked in this school, such as Kanetaka, Kanemasa, Tsuguhiro, Hirotaka and others.
  18. The Echizen Seki school is a Shinto school, and the swordsmiths of this school (Kanenori, Kanetane) have worked in collaboration with the Yasutsugu school, so there are certain similarities in their work (dark jigane, for example).
  19. Uchigatana was designed for one-handed use, so the nagasa is 60cm or slightly more, the kasane is thin and the nakago short.
  20. Who cares if it's another swordsmith? It's not a Horikawa Kunihiro, as the owner of this sword hopes. As for your attacks on NBTHK, when you have a thousandth of their knowledge, you'll be permitted to talk. And if I'm an arrogant troll ask yourself what you can be,
  21. What is the title of this topic ? HORIKAWA KUNIHIRO. Learn to read properly before trying to be sacarstic
  22. 1000% false signature. As these oshigata are from NBTHK they are not contestable.
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