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Hi Ray: Are you making the point that the blade was bought for 1.6 M yen and then was put through juyo shinsa. If currently for sale for less than $11k it is a super buy.

Congratulations! Looks to be a great blade.

The summer heat, a broken AC unit all seem to make translation difficult for me today. All help will be appreciated. , ,

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Real blade. You are seeing a horimono not a mei.

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Two different tsuba look at the rim.

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Nice find Peter

Nice bohi and tang. The blade seems as if it is good enough to polish. Someone knowledgeable needs to see this in-hand to confirm.

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They are called kojiri (bottom piece) and koiguchi (fits at the opening of the scabbard). Finding a match will be quite difficult.

Can't be as this person has always been a buyer never a seller.

Hasebe Kunishige squeezed the mei near the bottom of the nakago. The writing is not his and the tnag shape is not typical of his work.

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HI Curtis: It takes a lot of uchiko use to make a significant change. Jim Kurrasch made the use of uchiko famous many years ago. We now think that Darcy's approach is the way to go. The question is can the shinsa team see the hada and the hamon? The shape will not change, the nakago will not change so if the hamon and hada is clear then do not use uchiko. The problem is can you tell if you have enough there to see or not. Beginners at this, see far less than more experienced nihontophiles. For year I was impressed that my seniors see things in my sword that I did not see until they pointed them out. I now do the same for newer collectors. It is amazing what a well-trained eye can actually see. So it seems that I have taken a round about road to tell you not to uchiko the blade unless you are sure that it needs it.

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It looks like the habaki was moved up to cover the hakko bori (chips in the cutting edge).

Thanks for the translations. Any comments on the possibility of two different people signing this blade?

I was asked to translate this signature. The date seems to be done with a thicker chisel and more square formal writing than the name which seems to be done by a thinner chisel in a more fluid style. For the date I got Jowa go nen ? (Masa) gatsu hi. 1349 does not seem possible for tang that I'm seeing. The name eludes me except for the third last (Yo) and the last character (Saku). Your help is appreciated.

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