Jacques

there are also tsuba for yari

越前住宗次 Echizen (no) ju Munetsugu. According to the literature, there are 2 generations working in Kanei (1624/1644) for the shodai, and Kanbun (1661/1673) for the nidai.

All that i can say is that it is impossible to see if this sword was suriage or not without having it in hands. All that you say is pure speculation https://www.nihontom...articles/Suriage.pdf

In science, all it takes is one example to disprove a theory and they are not so rare specially in some schools . Back to the sword in discussion, suriage or not, is has the sugata of a kinnoto (勤王刀).

I often use this one https://www.jishop.com/

Brian How many swords have you actually really held? Ubu nakago (one mekugi ana filled)

Oh, i forgot that https://dictionary.c...onary/english/appear

A picture of the nakago of a showato which was arranged to look far much older (i cleaned the mei) this sword is not suriage in no way just the nakago jiri was cut down and another mekugi-ana was drilled. I've a big doubt about the hi you mentionned

You wrote :"That clearly appears." Don't add dishonesty to your incompetence

I would like to know your method for determining whether this sword is suriage or not? I'll reassure you right away that the number of mekugi ana doesn't enter into the equation.

I don't care, I'm not a psychiatrist and reading your nonsense is enough for me.

Only the blade is papered, As for the rest, I'm out.

It's not kanbun the sugata doesn't match, but it's typical of what could be done in Meiji.

There's a big difference between listening to a patient suffering from illness and listening to the bullshit spouted at the local bar. In any case, thank you for showing me that she was right.

https://www.samuraim...u-hozon-certificate/

My grandmother, who was a psychiatrist, used to say to me: “Don't listen to what most people say, it's often nonsense”.

Lack of machi says that sword is almost "dead", let it aside

Let your sarcasm aside, if you can guess the age of a sword without the measurements, you'll have to teach the method to the experts at NBTHK.

lamentable, there are no other words

I don't see anything wrong for the period under review.

This sword is tokuho

The samurai who could afford a daisho made by Inoue Shinkai with a high-quality mount could be counted on the fingers of one hand, most low-level samurai or ronin wore what they could. A daisho is a long sword and a short sword worn at the same time, everything else is a matter of fashion and flattered ego. I remember a “daisho” sold by Nihonto.com; it was a “daisho” with two Shinkai blades (different Nengo) and the koshirae had attachments (tsuba and fushikashira had different certificates). The whole thing was sold as a daisho at an exorbitant price. Clearly, they were collected pieces from all over to make a whole.

I can't read chicken entrails, without measures (sori, motohaba, sakihaba, kasane), I can't say anything.

Daisho comes from the obligation for samurai to carry two swords (some non samurai were permitted to carry a wakizashi), one long and one short, the rest being a question of aesthetics and fashion...

Dee@ Nengo on your tanto is the same than the one of the oshigata : Juji ni hachi gatsu ni hi (torokusho is erroneous on this) I am with David on a shinshinto blade. Is the mune mitsu or iori ?