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It looks like you're picking a unicorn Kirill My databases aren't 100% accurate, but out of almost 30,000 records, the only Mogusa I have is a JuBi blade (this one is a zaimei) Apart from this one, nothing - not just a zaimei nothing - simply zero

I am offering for sale a complete set of 8 books Nihonto Juyo Bijutsuhin Zenshu ALL BOOKS HAVE CUT BOOKBINDINGS (outer cover is intact) because they were digitized 700 EUR + PP fee + shipping Postage to most continental EU countries (except Scandinavia) ... 40 EUR Shipped from Slovakia

This Ken was donated to NBTHK by Mr. Soichi Suzuki It was exhibited last year at NBTHK Here you can find some photos and a video (use move right) https://eu.zonerama.com/Nihonto/Photo/14112229/575662093

... and a video of this blade from the Masamune no Sono Ichimon 2024 exhibition Sorry for the quality, the lighting conditions were limited https://eu.zonerama.com/Nihonto/Photo/14796705/599892574?secret=4mw04Yf9fo7i2EYh32MPkN3JO

And one of the best photographs available - the 1961 Masamune no Sono Ichimon exhibition

Kosetsu Samonji was published twice in Token Bijutsu and also twice in the En version of Token Bijutsu Here is the better En version

Gakusee is right

Kotetsu and Kiyomaro sold

Nice job Uwe In a perfect world we would have all the important blades processed like this Unfortunately for many of them there are very few photos or oshigata available

The quality of photos in old books is much better than we often think Here is a cutout from the Kurokawa Institute book - the brightness level is increased to better show the steel structure And since NMB has file size restrictions, here you will find HiRes https://eu.zonerama.com/Nihonto/Album/14700507?secret=uQXIq3PO20V89iRtO23e4D59N

My guess is 4-6 years

In fact, Martin Horňák is also a traditional togishi who trained in Japan

Hvala is Croatian but you're not that far away - LOL

Here you have one https://buyee.jp/item/jdirectitems/auction/o1192582134

I appreciate the efforts of anyone who is willing to sacrifice their time and effort for this hobby Maybe this data on Nihonto Club will help https://nihontoclub.com/view/smiths/schools

37 books left 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 to 27 ( missing Vol. 14 part 2, Vol. 15 part 1 and 2, Vol. 16 part 2, Vol. 17 part 2, Vol. 20 part 2, Vol. 21 part 2, Vol. 22 part 2 ) Vol. 37, 45 Offer for 550 € + postage

Yes - basically it's like you write But let's think rationally If there are blue papers with attribution for a big name. or for a zaimei with a big name ( Shinkai, Kotetsu, Tsuda Sukehiro ... - not necessarily Koto blade ), why not make modern papers? if the blade is in Japan we are talking about a cost of 300 USD

Volker - I don't dispute your claim However, you show blue papers and modern papers for zaimei Shinto blades In most cases, the discrepancy is in the old papers that have an attribute for a prominent swordsmith from the Kamakura/Nanbokucho period or the few from the Muromachi No one is saying that all old papers are compromised Everyone need to make individual assessments and especially not have too many expectations from a blade that suddenly appears on the market somewhere, has old papers with an attribute for famous names

Just look at the many items from the Juyo sessions from the 70s and it is quite obvious that the judges were "lenient" Okay - it's 50 years and some pieces may have changed over that long period with repeated polishing... But certainly not that much Pablo is a businessman - information from them should always be taken with a grain of salt

Well - I think the number of sayagaki from Tanobe-sensei will be in the thousands rather than hundreds The number from Dr. Honma ( Kunzan ) will probably be higher too when we look at Markus' Kanto HibiSho books.

The basis of understanding is knowledge - not listening to other people's opinions and recommendations Comparing average things is a bit of nonsense There have been and always will be plenty of average things In anything you can think of In Edo you probably won't have access to the same quality material as in early Kamakura The same problem exists today We have the most modern equipment and technology And yet we are unable to make a sword with the metallurgical quality of the Kamakura swords But first you have to have the ability to study such swords and understand what you are looking at

I think the 3-piece limit per import also applies to postal parcels For postal shipping I recommend using EMS You can contact Paul Kremers at tsuba.info@gmail.com

Yes - it could be this blade, because the seller is the same

First of all - no one should buy nihonto as an investment If you want to invest then buy SP500, BRK or something similar However I will give just one example that I heard from Darcy because at that time I was not in this hobby yet In 2012 the USD/Yen exchange rate was 1:80 approximately There was a great TokuJu Yukimitsu for 10mil Yen (125k USD) There were two TokuJu Yukimitsu at the last DTI. One average for 27mil and one supposedly great (I did not have a chance to see this blade) for 36mil Over the last 4-5 years the prices of top blades have increased significantly

TH papers are paradoxically from August 2024