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  1. Ray Singer
    The sword you shared is unfortunately a Chinese fake. This will help you understand why I am saying that and what to look for in identifying fakes. http://jssus.org/nkp/fake_japanese_swords.html
  2. Ray Singer
    This is Kanetomo (兼知) rather than Kanemoto and there were far fewer smiths who are candidates who might may made this sword if the nengo were absent. There is only one in the Toko Taikan, though the listing mentions that there are three in the Meikan (which I do not have on hand). https://nihontoclub.com/smiths/KAN2597
  3. Ray Singer
    Thanks all, and will give consideration to that Peter. Best regards, Ray
  4. Ray Singer
    This is how it appears to me to be a true dual orikashimei with the nakago sliced omote & ura along the mune.
  5. Ray Singer
    Still available.
  6. Ray Singer
    Still available. This is an incredible sword that can't seem to find a home
  7. Ray Singer
    I think this was done as a single piece, with the nakago bisected (ura vs. omote) into two flaps which could be folded over each other to the opposite sides of the nakago. Crude sketch attached.
  8. Ray Singer
    Unfortunately no John, this was bought for my collection. Kind regards, Ray
  9. Ray Singer
    This is something I have not seen before and thought was worth sharing. This has a dual orikaeshimei, in which both the mei and nengo have been folded over to the opposing side of the nakago (at the time of suriage). Must have been a challenging endeavor and appears very well done. http://www.toukenkomachi.com/index_en_tachi&katana_A111118.html
  10. Ray Singer
    Hi Nick, please see attached. If this is the same smith, his working period would be around Kanbun 1661. Credit to Markus Sesko for this record.
  11. Ray Singer
    I would still lean towards this being 大動 (Daidō). Looks like a nice piece. Jihada may be a bit coarse near the habaki-moto (difficult to make out in the photo).
  12. Ray Singer
    Richard, is this the article you were referring to? https://markussesko.com/2013/02/19/how-honorary-titles-were-conferred/
  13. Ray Singer
    Very nice gunto which appeared at a local gun show this past weekend. Togari-gonome hamon, signed Kanemoto (suriage). The hand-carved kamon is interesting to me (compared with what is typically pre-made kamon that are soldered to the kabutogane). This may be a typical thing for less common kamon, but I do not recall having seen before. Hamon is very similar to a friend's Magoroku, a more naturalistic togari-gonome with much sunagashi in the tani of each gonome. The mei does not follow the typical style for the early Kanemoto, however there was another Mino smith who used this format of MOTO around late Muromachi / Keicho.
  14. Ray Singer
    Unusual for 'nen' (year) to be excluded from the date inscription. The mei (and nakago) looks much more recent than the Tensho period. If you are considering this one, you may want to regard the inscription as suspect.
  15. Ray Singer
    As gimei the sword would not receive a kanteisho with attribution, however if sent to the NTHK-NPO you might receive an opinion on the worksheet.
  16. Ray Singer
    The blade is signed Suishinshi Ama___ (last Kani unclear on my phone but does not look like Hide). Nothing to do with Shigetsugu. Not sure why the seller associated it with that smith. Edit: I did not read the auction description earlier. There were many smiths who produced gimei of Masahide. This does not look like a hamon Shigetsugu produced. Seen on a larger screen, it does read Amahide.
  17. Ray Singer
    His civilian name was 石原金直 Ishihara Kanenao Born 25 May 1908; studied under Amachi Suzuichi (天地鈴市) and worked as a gunto smith.
  18. Ray Singer
    A kitae-ware in the hamon cannot be easily closed (compared with one in the ji where the steel is softer and can be moved more easily). It is unknown (at least me) if further foundation work would remove the kitae-ware or instead expose an even larger kizu.
  19. Ray Singer
    Kitae-ware.
  20. Ray Singer
    Looks like a kitae-ware. Do you have a photo of the other side?
  21. Ray Singer
    常陸守宗重 - Hitachi (no) kami Muneshige
  22. Ray Singer
    Is that the complete mei? Perhaps: 豊後守__大動 Bungo (no) kami __ Daidō
  23. Ray Singer
    The Kanekura is on a 24-hour hold.
  24. Ray Singer
    Thank you again for the kind words. Here are the dimensions for this piece. Nagasa: 31.5cm Moto-haba: 27mm Kasane: 5.5mm I have attached additional photos. Please note that there are a few pinholes on the ura side which can been seen in the photos.
  25. Ray Singer
    As mentioned in post #3 above, the mei appears to be Jumyo.
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