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  1. Ray Singer
    I agree regarding the habaki. It's magnificent. I have always had a love for beautiful, well-made habaki.
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    Any time
  3. Ray Singer
    The most basic mobile device. Motorola G4. I've actually never used a dedicated camera for sword photography.
  4. Ray Singer
    Thank you all for the kind words. Standard lighting track with floodlights aimed down at a 45 degree angle towards the sword.
  5. Ray Singer
    Additional photos.
  6. Ray Singer
    Just sharing the results from my new camera (which is still a fairly basic mobile device). Very happy with the results, and in particular was trying to capture the depth of activity in the first sword below.
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    Appears to be gimei
  8. Ray Singer
    Bishu Osafune ju Yasumitsu
  9. Ray Singer
    Kiyomitsu. Perhaps Kaga Kiyomitsu.
  10. Ray Singer
    Kanekage - 兼景
  11. Ray Singer
    This sword, which had been put on a long-term hold, is now available again. Please move back to the For Sale section. Thank you, Ray
  12. Ray Singer

    500 Million Goal

    Ray Singer replied to BIG's topic in Nihonto

    The Sanchomo's nakago patina is intact. Any sense of the nakago having been cleaned may be an illusion from the lighting. Note added: I was referring to the Sanchomo and not the utushimono by Yoshimitsu.
  13. Ray Singer
    The situation I encounter most frequently is collectors who show me their nidai (Inoue) Izumi no kami Kunisada and can't believe their luck to have purchased a Shinkai for half or one third market price.
  14. Ray Singer
    The mei Kiku Ichi / Kiku Ichimonji seems to also be seen quite a bit in late (Showa) pieces. A factory/mass production of sorts I believe. The name is still being used. http://www.kikuichi.com/about.php#En
  15. Ray Singer
    Rayhan, Mike did suggest Eisho Kanesada when viewing the sword at a recent show.
  16. Ray Singer
    Definitely not sanbonsugi. Here is an article which describes an Ichimonji utushimono by Kanesada. https://yuhindo.com/ha/40-degrees-kyoto/#more-848
  17. Ray Singer
    Quickly, this is a tameshi-mei by Yamano Nagahisa. Do you own Markus Sesko book on tameshigiri? If not, it's recommended. Best regards, Ray
  18. Ray Singer
    Cleaning tsuba can be handled much less invasively, using ivory, antler or bone. Best though to send it to Ford Hallam to evaluate first and potentially handle the restoration work.
  19. Ray Singer
    Using the oven cleaning cycle is a new home restoration tactic I have not heard before. Please do not attempt this again if you acquire another tsuba (or Japanese sword). Any such restoration work is best handled by a professional.
  20. Ray Singer
    Fukure will impact value and is more affecting of value in later blades. A licensed polisher may be able to reduce the visibility of this, however there's also the question of whether the sword is worth the additional restoration expense. If it were mine and made by an exceptional shinshinto smith, I would have it at least evaluated by a good licensed togishi.
  21. Ray Singer
    68cm is 2 shaku 2 sun 4 bu (二 尺 二 寸 四 分). Here is a link to a conversion tool. http://www.kampaibudokai.org/Script.htm
  22. Ray Singer
    This is a link to the NBTHK standards. They do not specifically reference having an ubu nakago, only "good workmanship and state of preservation". They may consider the sword to have sufficient quality and be sufficiently well-preserved even if suriage. http://www.nbthk-ab.org/Standards.html
  23. Ray Singer
    https://www.aoijapan.net/katana-hizen-koku-ju-musashi-daijo-fujiwara-tadahiro-first-generation/ https://www.aoijapan.net/katana-hizen-no-kuni-tadayoshi-first-generation/ https://www.aoijapan.net/katana-hizen-koku-omi-daijo-fujiwara-tadahiro/ https://www.aoijapan.net/katana-hizen-koku-ju-mutsu-kami-tadayoshi-3/
  24. Ray Singer
    Suriage swords by a noted smith with the mei fully intact may pass. There have been a number of Shodai Tadayoshi which have passed Tokubetsu Hozon and been for sale on the various dealer sites.
  25. Ray Singer
    I would think that the menuki are intended to be a copy of a Bungo Yukihira tachi. I have seen a number of menuki done in the tachi koshirae motif, but not with the detail / quality of these and not with the blade itself featured.
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