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This is a very sad news 😢 Condolences to his family.

Hi Alexi and welcome to the forum. You will probably find this thread useful: https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/34023-bibliography-of-Japanese-modern-edged-weapons-1868-1945

Very nice sugata. Thanks for sharing Klaus.

Hamish, did you win the auction ? I could be interested in the tsuba 😊

Interesting the Meiji 100th year instead of Showa 42. Is there any rationale for this ?

I think that this is a jingasa

@Marauder Please find Jean's latest sale posts here

Next time, maybe try automatic bidding if possible, you would have won the auction when away from keyboard.

I think those 3 swords are not worth buying. I don't know your budget but if I were you, I would ask myself: would you rather own 3 average swords or a good one ?

Wow, that's really excellent, Manuel. Definitely something to be proud of. Is the design yours or inspired from a specific school ?

There's a similar tsuba on Drouot right now at https://drouot.com/f...iron-echizen-sukashi. The estimate is between 500 and 1000 EUR.

Tsuba on auction soon: https://drouot.com/fr/l/21673046-hirochika-a-fine-sentoku-tsuba

@Stephen Here: https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/9324-shichisei-hōkoku/#comment-94266

Have you considered buying one directly from Japan ? Searching 刀掛け in Buyee will return a lot of matches. I bought one 2 years ago for a low price.

Here's my Enomoto Sadayoshi. Purchased last year but only photographed this week. Izu Mishima Ju Yusuishin Sadayoshi Saku Kore (伊豆三嶋住湧水心貞吉作之) Showa Hinoto U 8 Gatsu (昭和丁卯八月) = 1987 Nagasa: 73.1 cm Sori: 1.2 cm Motohaba: 3.5 cm Sakihaba: 2.5 cm Kasane: 0.7 cm Weight: 975 g The sword has a very shallow sori, a small kissaki and a very prominent hada mixing mokume, ayasugi (ish) and chikei. The hamon is a choji midare with a lot of kinsuji. One can very clearly see the hada thanks to the use of very contrasted steels. I'm fond of this swordsmith.

I don't know, John. The sword was sold in a shirasaya (no associated gunto koshirae with matching seppa). The 5 looks almost too perfect for being hand painted. Curious to hear what others think.

Interestingly the 2 previous swords are from the same school and this shows in the file marks and the shape of the nakago

Here's a special order blade by Minamoto Moritaka (rated 2 million yen, high to superior gendaito according to Slough). Signed in tachi mei: "Koteki Mu Kotsu Minamoto Moritaka + Kao" / "Oujyu Mitsuda Jirou Shi Saku" / "Kigen Ni Sen Roppyaku Ni Nen Ju Ichi Gatsu" "Our enemy has no backbone" / "Made at the request of Mr. Mitsuda Jirou" / November 1942

I'm not sure that's worth it from an economical point of view. Let's say, you end up buying the lot. Then you need to pay for a new polish and a new shirasaya to preserve your newly polished sword. This is expense. I paid 700 euros for a shirasaya (for a very long and curved gendaito last year). The polish will be even more expensive, the price is variable (depending on who will do the work) but it's probably at least 15-20 euros per cm. Will this cost increase the value of your sword ? A little but you won't be able to get most of your money back. How much are you willing to invest in your wakizashi ? There are usually good offers in the For Sale section here, I'm pretty sure it'll much cheaper to buy from a seller here than going the Drouot route.

Not hitatsura either as per the following definition. Not sure either how to qualify the activity. Nijuba or sudareba don't apply here I think.

Tobiyaki, no. You can see plenty of tobiyaki on this picture.

There is no such swordsmith in the book.

I received my copy this week, the quality of the book is truly astonishing. I couldn't be happier with my purchase.

What was the asking price ? Just curious

Hello Steve, could you please post pictures of the nakago (both sides) ? Thank you