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  1. Jacques
    Disobliging comments from people who have never held this sword in their hands.
  2. Jacques
    If only the person who put me a downvote had a beginning of an argument... But not even that.
  3. Jacques
    This is not a manufacturing defect but just wear and tear due to numerous polishings. It is therefore accepted by NBTHK but only for the hozon, which I repeat is in no way a guarantee of quality. There's only one, but photographied from different angles Obviously suriage.
  4. Jacques
    Shinobi ana existed since Kamakura era.
  5. Jacques
    What said a polisher (now deceased)
  6. Jacques
    I must add that the polisher's job is to highlight the swordsmith's workmanship and nothing else.
  7. Jacques
    According some polishers, a good sashikomi is much harder to achieve than a hadori
  8. Jacques
    I hope i'm wrong but i don't like that :
  9. Jacques
    It's exactly the same blade
  10. Jacques
    Many swords that have come down to us were never used in combat; those that cost the equivalent of a family's food for a century to make were often kept and passed on as gifts, or handed down from generation to generation.
  11. Jacques
    From Markus Sesko's Nihotô meikan translation :
  12. Jacques
    Once more, never buy a sword without having really seen it.
  13. Jacques
    Link ? Maybe the seller has an explanation.
  14. Jacques
    Not only Osaka smiths , and others are missing such Tadayoshi school
  15. Jacques
    Things are always relative, when we speak of little sori it's in relation to the previous or the following era. That said, the major characteristic of Kanbun shinto is on tapering = a notable difference (1cm or more) between moto haba and saki haba (1 cm or more). I don't trust NTHK (once i sent a katana with NTHK papers to NBTHK shinsa and that katana turned to be gimei....).
  16. Jacques
    Kanbun shinto is not only sori.... which is a little bit too small https://sanmei.com/contents/en-us/p2456.html https://www.samuraimuseum.jp/shop/product/antique-Japanese-sword-wakizashi-signed-by-mino-no-kami-jyumyo-nbthk-hozon-certificate/?srsltid=AfmBOoqVUWsHsgkZy6PEPij9PiZLhZ4qD1V6kzd08nsNon0uVIOT1156
  17. Jacques
    Due to the measurements, i would exclude Kanbun shinto
  18. Jacques
    Measurements of motohaba and sakihaba please ?
  19. Jacques
    It's easier to sell a Jumyo gimei (chu-jo) than a big name.
  20. Jacques
    The shinsa team is on the right track; they want to be able to control the work before turning their attention to the mei. As I always say, if the work doesn't match, don't look at the mei, but if it does, study the mei closely. As for what the previous owner said, I take it as a selling point, not a true truth.
  21. Jacques
    A showato is not a nihontö and never has been.
  22. Jacques
    Spend some time looking at as many blades as you can, and once you've had a few dozen in your hands, you'll start to get an idea of what a nihonto is. Being in a hurry is the worst thing of all.
  23. Jacques
    What amazes me is that no one pays any attention to the shape of the nakago....
  24. Jacques
    Nbthk Oshigata book Juyo bunkasai dated from 1320
  25. Jacques
    Hum...
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