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  1. Ilovekatana
    It is paperless. The owner says its Sa. The seller gave no real proof other than the signature.
  2. Ilovekatana
    There a tanto that currently has my eye. I would like some help figuring out its age if possible. Here are the pictures.
  3. Ilovekatana
    I mostly want it for the blade. Also out of curiosity do have any idea what era it might be if possible?
  4. Ilovekatana
    Here is one more
  5. Ilovekatana
    Here are some additional images
  6. Ilovekatana
    I found this sword online and wonder if it would be worth getting? Also what should I spend for it? Note it is not papered.
  7. Ilovekatana
    Thank you for the help.
  8. Ilovekatana
    I found a listing for a sword with this kicho paper. I am curious about the smith it is attributed to, but the page only uses machine translation(it translates the smith as jusuke) which is of no help. Can anyone tell me what the attribution says?
  9. Ilovekatana
    Apologies for the quality of the photos as they were taken via phone. As the title asks, does anyone know what these sparkly patches are? They are found throughout the jihada. Are they possibly ji nie?
  10. Ilovekatana
    Does anyone know what type of horimono these are? I know one seems to be sanskrit
  11. Ilovekatana
    Once again thank you for the info. That at least gives me some hope.
  12. Ilovekatana
    According to this article here http://nihonto-museu...blog/soshu-tsunahiro apperently the first generation Soshu Tsunahiro signed like that minus the 作 at the end.
  13. Ilovekatana
    Thank you for the help. I take the sword is likely a gimei?
  14. Ilovekatana
    Here is a link to where I bought it from https://www.jauce.com/auction/x1122072219 . I do plan on submitting it for shinsa when I have the chance.
  15. Ilovekatana
    Interesting. It was being sold as being a late nanbokucho sword.
  16. Ilovekatana
    Fair enough. I mostly bought it because I like how it looked. I do know at least what the signature said which was sagami kuni junin masahiro saku. But other than that as a relative newbie(This is my second sword) I have very little knowledge on how to identify swords.
  17. Ilovekatana
    I recently bought a new wakizashi and would like some help identifying it(Or at the very least a clue). Since I am currently waiting for it to ship out of Japan I only have the pictures from the seller.
  18. Ilovekatana
    Thank you for the info. Now I know not to buy it.
  19. Ilovekatana
    Here are some additional pictures
  20. Ilovekatana
    I found this tanto signed masamune(I know its most likely a gimei) on yahoo auctions Japan. I am somewhat inexperienced and was wondering if it was worth grabbing in spite of its flaws? And if so what should I be willing to spend for it?
  21. Ilovekatana
    Okay. Once again thank you for the info.
  22. Ilovekatana
    Thank you for the info. Also one more question. Would it be a bad idea to get such a blade polished?
  23. Ilovekatana
    I found this tanto online and find the shape odd. Is this this shape found in other tanto or was it just a the result of a flaw in the forging process?
  24. Ilovekatana
    I recently found something that somewhat confuses me. For a while I always thought Masamune was held as the greatest Japanese swordsmith and thus the Nihon sansaku, but according to yuhindo the best of the Nihon sansaku is toshiro yoshimitsu. I have been having trouble finding the source of the claim,which is apparently the nbthk's token bijutsu, as I can't find an archive. So is yoshimitsu held in higher regard than Masamune? https://yuhindo.com/awataguchi-yoshimitsu/
  25. Ilovekatana
    I must have used a wrong source.
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