DoTanuki yokai

10000$ for kotetsu is a sign Compare the work and not the mei.

Could it be that this polish is acid etched ? I think their is too much visible for the condition of the polish. This is just my opinion.

With 7mm left space in the tsuka i think it is a refit. And i think yaki-otoshi on an old blade would always be with funbari.

Your knowledge sounds to me like western tv shows. simple basic science and u got it all wrong.

Actually I was only relating to the modern nbthk tmahagane but forgot to say in my 2nd post. As far as I know, the process of creating bainite on the spine of a L6 blade is lowering the edge hardness without exceptions. My conclusion is that the nihonto will still holds the Edge better. It’s not possible to create a steel that is more shock resistent and better holding the edge while more flexibility. And iron with carbon is steel. They don’t found steel in Europe as ore or anything. Also the process of folding the steel with tamahagane reduces the carbon content.

Ok i check the sellers listings and don’t see it up again can you show me in a link maybe ? Ok i don’t know why but I can’t find it without your link, so this could be a bug on eBay ? You asked the seller what is going on ? this is a video showing a tamahagane blade. Not compared to L6. But what is steel ? And what is good steel ? Tamahagane has less impurities than any other steel in the world because of the traditional process. L6 bainit has sulfur for example what is just impurity with no benefit. And ofc many high carbon steels can be tempered to be a spring steel but will lose more hardness for flexibility . How good a blade will be depends more on the smith then the steel. The reason why Japanese blades are so desired is not that they make crap steel into something useful, it’s the artistic value. And also old European blades had differential hardening in some cases even if not visible while they are not polished like Japanese. Also your L6 Blade is differential hardened, what is the reason for that if it was just invented for bad steel ?

Yes even a nihonto will stand this abuse. Modern nbthk tamahagane has nothing to do with bad steel. If you can tell me why any other steel should be better for swords pls educate me. I get some babu flashbacks now :D To the topic the seller has sold 6-8 blades since the one in the start of this thread. And from a far they looked the same but where different. A hira; shinogi and Shobu zukuri and 2 yoroi doshi and one osuraku zukuri. I don’t even get what you talk about when you say he relisted it.

I throw one more in, the kaifu.

You can try this https://www.google.de/amp/s/www.aftership.com/amp/ it shows me only little more information then the Japanese tracking but I think (hope) it will show me when the ship arrives. Waiting actually 58days for some tamahagane

I would say it’s original but would like to see the whole tsuka.

Yes, i think it means that the swordsmith was 63years old when making the sword.

I think i once saw a blade where something like this was tried (?) and in the end it would have looked better with only the hagire. Im not sure what they tried on this blade or if the damage have something to do with this activity but maybe someone saw something like this before ? The hagire is still visible.

Ofc this can be weld together but that would destroy the temper. It can be a nice study piece after polish but lost most of its value for collectors.

Kanetsuna I think momoyama mino smith

I thought from the shape that they are Higo but My knowledge about tosogu is not much. sorry I don’t have more pictures and this is not my blade but the owner was planing to replace the tsuka ito so I will tell him to check the menuki when it comes to this. Maybe I can post pictures of it later. thanks

If you are looking for a naoe shizu blade and you find one mumei attributed to naoe shizu but it does not look like what you expect from naoe shizu you shouldnt buy it. There is no reason to believe an attribution if you think its not good, but that can mean you have to learn more or the attribution is bad.

I didnt expect this but sounds like good quality with a calm temper.

If it is dated that would be placed on the other side of the nakago.

Bishu osafune ju without the nin in in this case

The work in old days is simple with rectangular patch. Recent work is worse, because the patch is done according with the layer pattern. Such work is done to trick beginners' eye. A skilful work makes it difficult to be disclosed. Be careful, because some books introduce this method as a way to repair flaws. Serious sword lovers never like such tricks. From usagiya.

Thank you for the help, i thought the 住 was a rusty 正.

I think F/K are a set but menuki and tsuba are from different locations ? I would say Fuchi and kashira are Higo ? What can you say about the quality of the items ? I think the tsuba is the best here or i am wrong ?

More pics Thanks for helping

Hi can you help me with this yari. I think it is "yoshu XXXXXX kunimasa saku kore" but cant find something useful, maybe someone can fill the XXXXX.(or correct me :D) The nakago was cleaned :/ How common was it to laquer a yari like this ?

And what do you think you would get if you remove the signature ? 3rd gen ?