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  1. Jacques D.
    Lucian A yokote is not mandatory on a U-no-kubi-zukuri blade. Could we have a photo of the kissaki (large) area taken from above?
  2. Jacques D.
    A classic sankaku yari, it could have been made in any era.
  3. Jacques D.
    Have a look at Kanmuri_otoshi-zukuri or U-no-kubi-zukuri
  4. Jacques D.
    A regular gunome is not the appanage of Mino swordsmiths; it is also found in Kaga. That said, this blade is rinsed.
  5. Jacques D.
    Whether hadori or sashikomi polishing, both methods include burnishing the shinogi-ji
  6. Jacques D.

    Mumei NAOTANE

    Jacques D. replied to BIG's topic in Nihonto

    The description refers to a moderate kasane, the 0.8cm are very probably just a typo.
  7. Jacques D.

    Flaw or not?

    Jacques D. replied to TenguSan's topic in Nihonto

    it's simple: if this "cut" reaches the nioiguchi, it's a fatal flaw; otherwise, it can be considered a fighting mark.
  8. Jacques D.
    Sorry Nathan some times my memory is not perfect. I consulted the nihonto meikan and it confirms that the yondai did indeed have the title of no kami.
  9. Jacques D.
    According the Nihonto meikan, there is no nidai Kanetsuna.
  10. Jacques D.
    Muromachi era maybe later i can't say more.
  11. Jacques D.
    It's the only one i have found. Description says that at the beginning ot his career, he signed Kanetsuna with this kanji Kane 兼. Hope it can help
  12. Jacques D.
    Yondai Masahiro was granted of the title of Kawachi no Daîjo, not Kawachi no kami.
  13. Jacques D.
    Sorry, when I said quagmire I wasn't referring to your tanto but to the way this topic has turned out. About your tanto I can't say much based on photos (you can only really study a blade by having it in hand). By the way, does it have a sori and if so, how much?
  14. Jacques D.
    I don't really want to throw myself into this quagmire.. I'll leave it to the "experts". Brian, How do you know Markus is right ?
  15. Jacques D.
    OMG
  16. Jacques D.
    Only the length counts, whatever the architecture of the blade. Over one shaku (30.3 cm), it's a wakizashi . Wakizashi in shinogi zukuri only appeared at the beginning of the Muromachi period.
  17. Jacques D.
    It's a wakizashi. On this subject, there is often a misunderstanding of the term sunnobi (even among some Japanese). A sunnobi is a tanto whose length is greater than the average length of tanto (26cm) (Source Kokan Nagayama's book). Ake @ The description of the Monoyoshi Sadamune says it's a wakizashi (Sadamune saku no wakizashi 貞宗作の脇差) as well here https://www.tokugawa...sures/sword/post-18/.
  18. Jacques D.
    It's the shodai, it's a pity because the daimei by the nidai are of superior quality. Talking of quality, one of the major criteria is the uniqueness of the folding. Average quality swords often show tiny defects in the welding of the folds; these are obviously totally invisible on photos and an untrained eye will not see them when holding the blade. Of course, this is only one parameter among many to be taken into account.
  19. Jacques D.
    Can you share a clear high resolution picture of the nakago, it could be a daimei by the nidai or by Kaga Sadanori (according the Shinkai taikan, the nidai wasn't the only one to make daimei for the shodai). I'm sorry but the pictures of the toshin,as usual, show nothing which is worthwhile, so i can't say anything about the quality of this sword.
  20. Jacques D.
    Shodai or nidai (Inoue Shinkai) ? Because there is a huge difference in quality between them.
  21. Jacques D.
    It takes years of serious study (not dilettante) and you need to have had hundreds of swords in your hand before you can begin to tell the difference in level between 2 swords of the same smith.
  22. Jacques D.
    I see no reason why one swordsmith being ranked higher than another should be inaccurate. Besides, everything is relative, and that's precisely what Fujishiro is doing. Now you have to be able to judge the difference in level between a jo saku and a chu saku, and this difference does indeed exist. ps no sarcasm there.
  23. Jacques D.
    I would love to know why these rankings are relative and inexact.
  24. Jacques D.
    I think that this blade has great chances to be shoshin, show it to real experts
  25. Jacques D.
    More than 70 Sukesada - good luck finding the right one...
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