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Mumei Blades are one side of the medal..........but even more important is it for signed Kodogu and for signed blades in the high end level ! It can be very risky to put a lot of money in signed objekt of art without any guarantee that the Signatur is OK. In the moment the only Papers which are more or less acceptable are the papers of the NBTHK.........in the high end level. But like Stefes87 wrote : You pay a considerable load of dollars (especially for non-USD earners), the item disappears for a while, then it may come back with a paper that has been produced by an un-known quantity, using an un-known reference source (how old, how complete, how updated?). This exactly what i was something thinking by myself. You want to know why it get not a paper or the item is rejected..as a fake.....Who can you ask ? Especially if you are a foreign collector................for blades it is maybe possible to ask Tanobe sensei........and for kodogu ? Who is in the Shinsa ? What is the profession of the members in the Shinsa ? Are they all studied and graduated Experts in their field ?

I know someone near Munich who will be very happy with his tsuka. That looks very nice.

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Georg , Super ! Das wäre dann definitiv ein absolutes Highlight diese Klinge in der realen Welt zu sehen. Ich freue mich jetzt schon..... Es gibt nur ein kleines "aber " Ich schreib dazu noch eine PM an Dich.

Look closer.....these craftmen are not bladesmith ! They are working on habaki and , hard to see for me , Tsuba ....I believe.

I got mine last week.

I've had the tsuba for a few years...but it's only now that I see that there are no scratches but rather two marks. Should wear my glasses more often. I think I see Toshi Hisa here...what do you think? Best Didier

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A wakizashi, in March 23 given to shinsa for Hozon/Tokubetsu-Hozon. I get the positiv result (Tokubetsu-Hozon) four weeks ago. Maybe they need more time because there is a deep research necessary ?

And ? What do you mean by that ?

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Hmmm... it seems that you are right, thank you for your help. Unusual writing of this sign..........that's why I was confused. Unfortunately I found no information about a smith who might have use this "Name " with this Kanji. Anyway, the blade, a short Naginata-blade, is in a very bad condition. It make no sense to show it here.

Hello , i need help with the signature. The first sign i read "Moto" but the second one , I have no idea. Kind regards

PM send for Tsuba 2 and 3.

Can we have the outside measurements, please ?