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  1. Ilovekatana
    Here are some additional images
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    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.
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    Thank you for the help.
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    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?
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    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?
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    Does anyone know what type of horimono these are? I know one seems to be sanskrit
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    Once again thank you for the info. That at least gives me some hope.
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    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.
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    Thank you for the help. I take the sword is likely a gimei?
  10. 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.
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    Interesting. It was being sold as being a late nanbokucho sword.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Thank you for the info. Now I know not to buy it.
  15. Ilovekatana
    Here are some additional pictures
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    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?
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    Okay. Once again thank you for the info.
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    Thank you for the info. Also one more question. Would it be a bad idea to get such a blade polished?
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    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?
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    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/
  21. Ilovekatana
    I must have used a wrong source.
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    Thank you the links. Do you know any place that sells English translated Nihon toko jiten for a decent price.
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    Is this record on rai kunitoshi correct https://nihontoclub.com/smiths/KUN1410? The thing that is currently confusing me about this is in this record his toko taikan 35 million yen but the record for when he would just sign kunitistoshi https://nihontoclub.com/smiths/KUN1408 says its 20 million yen. Any sort of answer would be helpful as I currently can't find a place that sells toko taikan that has it in stock.
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    Fair enough. I am new to this sort of thing so the rankings are all currently have to compare different swordsmiths. I was more curious as to what made him such a highly regarded swordsmith as I am currently having trouble finding info on his works when he signed rai kunitoshi. Any links to good sources would be helpful.
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    Is toko taikan still a good one to use? Also thank you for the information. I am in particular curious how rai kunitoshi compares to other swordsmiths of his era such as Masamune. Which is why I asked this question as I have no means to compare Sai jo saku swordsmiths of the same era.
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