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  1. DoTanuki yokai
    Yokoyama Sukenaga Edit: after some time i would change to shinto kozuke no daijo sukesada.
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    I would say you ask them for a new one.
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    Back in feudal Japan Mino was a own province in southern todays gifu prefecture. So i think Hawley just uses the old provinces for his reference while others uses the "new provinces" from 1896 but im not sure about the date. Also Gifu is a city and was part of mino province back then. And yes Mino town is today part of gifu prefecture. I hope i can help with this.
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    I don’t think this Style should be much more expensive. It is less polishing work in the lower layers and polishing is ~90% of the laquer work. EDIT: i added the "much", because different color pigments change the behavior of the lacqer so every difference in color can make it take longer. I compared only with the examples in this thread. I think all of them are very nice and took a lot of work but my favorite is the first one.
  5. DoTanuki yokai
    I think tip up is the right way
  6. DoTanuki yokai
    As always the easiest would be to send an email and ask the seller.
  7. DoTanuki yokai
    I have read that the whole akamatsu taro group is involved in the Restauration.
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    I don’t think the Blade got polished recently.
  9. DoTanuki yokai
    Nah i dont think this will happen.
  10. DoTanuki yokai
    I think the nengo get filled away to shape the nakago in such cases, it is done on the opposite side of the mei. Im not sure about the blade but if i would have to make a call i would say its oei bizen.
  11. DoTanuki yokai
    You can also look at usagiyas very informative Website http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/information.html http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/terms.html
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    kantei

    DoTanuki yokai replied to paulb's topic in Nihonto

    Yes but I can not be sure that I wouldn’t change my answer without it. I can explain exactly how I did it but want to let others have the fun I had. I learned some things that will definitely help me in the Future to distinguish.
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    kantei

    DoTanuki yokai replied to paulb's topic in Nihonto

    I accidentally found the blade online while trying to compare my answer :/
  14. DoTanuki yokai
    I think its the german entry for kaneharu in Markus Seskos swordsmith index.
  15. DoTanuki yokai
    I was watching the pictures on my phone but now at the computer i would say that it is indeed Mother of pearl, sorry for that. All of them have a similiar change of color that wasnt visible on my phone.
  16. DoTanuki yokai
    I would say this is egg shell.
  17. DoTanuki yokai
    I can understand that it is believed that nagamichi studied with kotetsu seeing this blades next to each other. But is there any historical evidence except of their workmanship for knowing each other ?
  18. DoTanuki yokai
    I think someone modified a chinese made tanto to scam someone. I got this as a gift when ordering kendo equipment from a seller that also sells chinese made katana.
  19. DoTanuki yokai

    new kantei

    DoTanuki yokai replied to paulb's topic in Nihonto

    Shodai Tadayoshi is my answer but I think it looks more like munetsugu.
  20. DoTanuki yokai
    Shinto Ishido my guess. Also i think there was a yokoyama gimei removed but this is pure speculation.
  21. DoTanuki yokai
    I think differentially hardening where done in every steel working culture as it could also happen by accident on the thinner edge.
  22. DoTanuki yokai
    Is there generally less tapering on shobu zukuri then on shinogi zukuri ? I never read something about it but maybe this could help distinct naginata-naoshi from shobu zukuri ?
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    Go yoshihiro
  24. DoTanuki yokai
    John, why do you think this blade is better then chu saku ? Jacques told us his opinion and why he thinks so in some points. Its a joy to look at and beautiful are not points to measure a blades quality in my opinion. Also their are many flawless chu saku blades i think. I just want to get this back to an educational discussion.
  25. DoTanuki yokai
    The nakago looks for me like only machi okuri bizen mino crossover. The shape looks Kanbun Shinto but the steel and Hamon look older. So I ended up with something mino momoyama. O suriage explains the attribution in my opinion.
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