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  1. I don’t know, but, to me, looks like the copper casting sloppily painted with white glossy paint.
  2. Not a expert either, but it looks dubious, very rough.
  3. Indeed it does, that’s why this guy is a crook. He mixes real facts with his fantasy story. He knows what he’s doing: look for a fool with money to part.
  4. My first must have been around 2000, probably a little earlier. It was a Seki, unsigned blade remounted in civilian koshirae. I bought it from one of my student’s father who had bought it around the late 1970s. Previously, I’d read what I could find about sword. That was the beginnings of the Internet, so what I had was a photocopy of yumoto's, a few magazines, and two or three webpages, namely Jim Kurrash's and Roger Stein's and the first incarnation of Aoi. I even contacted them to buy a sword, but giving my credit card number to people at the other end of the world, that could only speak a few words of English sobered me. Then, as the web developed, I found more web sites and read as much as I could. I even discovered NMB at its earliest, was tempted to register then forgot about as my knowledge was so poor in comparison I felt useless. Years passed, I read more, bought books from Amazon, went through moments of hype and despair at my slow progress, bought a sword, my first real Nihonto (the one that is being polished at the moment), read even more, bought some Chinese repros because they were affordable, became fluent in Chinese repros until I was fed up, turned myself again towards the real McCoy, bought one or two swords and read again. ...until it became clear I had crashed into the wall of knowledge and needed something new. So, this forum, where I’d lurked for years became the answer. Still far behind and frustrated knowledge wise but found people I like, new horizons (WW2 swords), focused my collection on what I really want, bought more books and finally came to terms with the notion I’ll never progress as much as I’d like.
  5. Us post is a mess at the moment. What took around 10 days before C19 and elections now t’as between two weeks and three months. So it should come, but expect some time. I’ve lost two parcels over the last’s months (books) and one even came 5 months after, so...
  6. As fake as they come... ... and that description.... priceless! A piece of work!
  7. ... but a much better one. Still going with Gendaito. There’s activity there. and no dark spots that would make ,e feel of water quenching.
  8. I would think the trade off to be minimal. Ashi were mainly used to avoid the blade to crack during yakiire. I think a swordsmith (there are some on this board) would be better able to answer your questions. Besides, sharpness is a relative thing, a blade with more niku would be less sharp that a blade with no niku, yet better suited against an armor while a very sharp, no niku blade would probably develop more hakobore or even break in the same circumstance. Envision the whole process as different means to different ends.
  9. No they’re not ,but could be muji and the Hada (if there is any) is obscured by the poor polish.
  10. Actually, the nioi/ nie line is the transitional area where the hardened steel meet the less hard steel. So ashi relieve stress on the blade and supposedly makes them less brittle in those areas
  11. No stamps, right? Somehow, I "think" it might be a Gendaito, but it’s more gut feeling than anything else.
  12. Could be. Coarse, dark Hada, thick midare Hamon with sunagashi, Hamon not too bright. Kane boshi...I gotta admit that I wouldn’t have thought about it, but it’s in the realm of possibilities.
  13. Hamon isn’t clear enough to tell. What is the nakago like?
  14. Might be me, but the signature looks off and more recent than the rest of the nakago. And the Hamon looks like a Seki blade.
  15. I know Alex, I said so in my first post. I just wanted this to be educational and let people discover a potential new talent. The ruffling of feathers was anticipated. So long as I don’t get out of this with said feathers and tar!
  16. That is certainly true and I can’t deny any of it. But you also missed my point! My point was mainly, Don’t do it yourself. I wouldn’t want this thread to incite people trying to polish a nihontō by themselves. It would run opposite to my beliefs.
  17. Take a look there Matthew By the way, always loved the humor in your videos with Chinese repro. EDIT: or this...
  18. And once again, I do agree with you Jacques, but in this case, what are you supposed to do when the swordsmith is an unknown? just to be clear, after John L.’s post: I DON'T CONDONE OR ADVOCATE ANYONE WHO WOULD WANT TO POLISH A NIHONTO BY THEMSELVES. YOU WILL RUIN YOUR BLADE AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT YOURSELF. IT'S A JOB BEST LEFT IN THE HANDS OF PROFESSIONALS. IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING IT, WELL DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! Now, that I’ve said that, Pierluigi introduces himself as a professional. His work will be his judge and his calling card. I would never have attempted this by myself. The only issue is: what is a professional? Can’t you be one if you haven’t been Japanese trained. Surely, talent isn’t limited to a country and and art that has been mastered by some can be mastered or rediscovered by others.
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