Jacques

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 ?

I've always wondered what you mean by “study piece”. For me, all quality swords signed, shoshin and in good polished condition are worthy of study (blade in hand, of course as you can't learn anything from photos).

It's good enough to know Heisenberg's principle, it's not very common. I've checked the author's website. He points out that the shodai probably never put nengo on his nakago. http://www.nihonto-m....com/blog/mino-kinju

The oshigata from the Kokon Meizukushi taizen is said to be a nidai's tanto and no one has ever seen this tanto. Official Japanese literature makes no mention whatsoever of tanto by Kinju with a nengo and authenticated. For me, a blog isn't a reliable source, you can say anything (invoke Heisenberg's principle of indeterminacy about a Norishige tanto, for example). I would add that hamon does not correspond

I spoke about Kinju, no one else.

There is no such thing as a tanto with a nengo.

Obviously gimei

Kinju blades are extremely rare and are tantos. This is the only example I've found, and it appears in several books.