Jacques

Hi, Apologies, It was late in France and i needed a good sleep

Hi, Thanks for clarification Guido and Moriyama san That is certainly partly why, despite the attribution, this sword is only hozon.

Hi, Here there is a Sadatsuna with some hakobore it seems (i'm far from an expert in Japanese) they are called hagire 刃切れ in the description.

Hi, I wonder if there not a confusion between hagire and hakobore. It seems to me extremely difficult in case of battle to lose not some metal and have only a thin slit like one hair. Maybe i'm wrong but it seems we have a good sample with the blade subject of this topic.

Hi, Stephen, Hagire is a fatal flaw which is the effect of a forging mistake. The kizu shown on this blade are not fatal, they result of over polishing and are tiredness aftermath. Hozon certificate is not a gage of quality such many people believes, it only confirms a signature or an attribution and the absence of hagire, that's all.

Hi, Kotetsu always refered when he engraved a blade by the following mention: Horimono do saku - Do saku horu kore . No mention = false horimono and probably gimei blade.

Hi, Many thanks gentlemen, to day i will go to sleep less ignorant, and i thank every day which bring me its little dose of knowledge

Hi, Right Brian :D Comes from the Shinto Taikan by Limura, and seems to be a method to calculate the kissaki lenght.

Hi, Can some one help me? I need the translation of which is written on the right of the picture Thanks in advance

Hi, Yes indeed but you need a very big wallet

Hi, I fully agree A little anecdote (hope it's not too offtopic), Some times ago, i was about to buy a naginata made by Echizen no kami Fujiwara Kunitsugu (Horikawa) This naginata has a very interesting sugata, it is in kissaki- mohora-zukuri that is an uncommon sugata for a naginata and it is hozon papered. I saw this blade on Danny Massey's site and was attracted by it. Another person was faster than me and bought this blade. few months later, this person (whom i know) told me he sells the naginata, i asked him waiting until i see it, that happened few weeks later. Strong was my disappointment when i had the blade in hand. Workmanship (not bad) doesn't show any artistic features, this blade seems to my eyes flat and tasteless. The same day i can hold a shodai Masahiro which shows all the artistic savoir-faire you can see on a blade. It was for me a great chance to refine my perception between that is art and that is simply practical.

Hi, You can try this one (all their blade are papered) : http://www.sanmei.com/shop_e/enter.html

Hi, Gimei? Are you sure Jacques? I'm really getting tired of this never-ending Tom & Jerry stuff ... Sorry Guido, I'm not sure because i had a question :lol: Just a little comment If you want, I do not like too much pub, Aoi art is a dealer like others no more and no less; make him an exceptional one is not very equitably. that is only my opinion of course.

Hi, Not a high ranked smith. Shoshin? Are you sure Jean? It seems there is no other Kii Yasutsuna.

Hi, You have Dieter Schmidt who is a reputed trader in Germany, i bought him some knives made by Hideo Kitaoka. http://www.fine-tools.com/messer.htm

Hi, I would be careful with the Kanemichi, i have some doubt on the validity of the mei.

Hi, I still find this expression on nowadays commercial contracts, This method was in use 50 years ago but the expression has survived (as crocodiles have survived) It's still in use, certainly the faster way for bank transfer (however a little bit expensive)

Hi, Apologies, It seems i am wrong on my first post. I didn't have seen the asayugi hada mention; in this case, this may involve Momokawa Nagayoshi from Echigo, so the atari in the kanji naga are correctly engraved.

Hi, some samples of Heianjo Nagayoshi's mei. I don't see well atari of the kanji Naga, but it seems they are engraved in a wrong way.

Hi, You can see a very nice nata here

Hi, Maybe gendai,

Hi, Hisamichi worked in Kanbun style but also in Keicho style, this one reminds the old Kamakura and Nanbokucho suriage blade, it has a peculiar sugata with a deep sori. To my eyes, the mei looks genuine the sugata looks keisho and the hamon midareba matches perfectly, the boshi too. Of course this is only an opinion from an amateur with a little knowledge and based on photograph. ps; If it is possible to see clearly the start of the hamon, that could be helpful.

Hi, I think you are right Moryama san, i've forgotten a stroke

Hi, Seems to be

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