Jacques

You're lying because in this video you claim to have graduated in Japan, which is false. ps you don't know me but i know you. Thanks Michael for clarification.

Traditionnaly trained ? https://www.sudouest...-france-21459120.php

You don't know that the term handashi applies to a koshirae, not a sword, and you don't know how to read a signature . For an NBTHK-recognized expert and polisher, that's not good enough. https://www.proantic...11440-handashi.html# For your diploma, the organization's last kanji is different, the stamp doesn't match and neither does the color, and I've never seen an official NBTHK document with so many ink smudges. An expert as you claim to be finds something interesting that is not at all traditional, you're a clown. https://www.proantic...11475-wakizashi.html What did Laurent die of?

there are some things that don't fit with your diploma; and you would have been Laurent's apprentice from what date to what date?

Laurent Milhau has never had a student - there are at least a dozen people in France who can confirm this. You'll show us

Don't' trust Patrice Sabbah who is a self trained polisher and a pseudo expert

Notare midareba = notare midare; no need to repeat each time the ji ba/ha wich means hamon. we know we're not talking about sausages When you read "hamon wa gunome midare" it means "hamon wa gunome midareba".

It seems that Fujishiro himself agrees with me, but if you don't know that the Japanese like shortcuts, you're forgivable. Shinto Hen par 481.

He's one train behind

I'm with Piers on this one

Miss the lower part of the hamon and the yakidashi. However i'll try a guess

I found also this one which is papered but also with a kikumon (I don't own this book : Showa token mei mono Chiyo). This doesn't prevent this sword from being gimei, especially when you look at the quality of the engraving. https://www.nipponto...swords3/NT327636.htm

Many thanks Moriyama san, is it papered ?

Nakago looks to have been artificially aged

Never seen a Yokoyama Sukenaga with a tachi mei, and at this time he inscribed kikumon ichi on his nakago https://www.touken-s...2/K-sukenaga-01.html https://www.sanmei.c...31085_S5216_PUP.html

It's been done for a long time. I never had any illusions If any of you would like to continue, please send me a PM.

The small number of responses is very enlightening.

If i'm not wrong saiha is allowed for Hozon but not for Tokuho.

It means suguha is mixed in (with) notare . I didn't say the hataraki weren't important. I said they could be overlooked because I haven't yet tackled the subject, which for the moment is the shape of the hamon. This one should be easy to find.

3 波平安元 Naminohira Yasumoto are recorded in the Nihonto meikan one Koto (OEI) and two Shinto (Kyoho, Tenmei) Due to the nakago shape, Oei is a possibility.

Brano Sure ?

So what? Is it written midareba 乱刃 ? No. Once more midareba is not ko-midare which is a kind of hamon like Gunome, notare etc. Last words on this subjetc i would say / MIdareba 乱刃 : irregular hamon. All hamon excepted suguha can be midareba.

Answer (you are not so far from being atari)

Just false Sugu-O-notare, should be written: suguha ni notare majiri (suguha mixed with notare) Sugu-komidare should be written suguha ni ko-midare majiri.