Tom Darling

Jussi, your further research is very commendable. Great job. This is a very important blade, outstanding. Congratulations.

Please show the mounts.

Like to see pic of mounts.

The blade is intact. It is really is a shame in the condition it's in, it had so much potential, no telling who made it.

Peter, I just want to thank you, for keeping Nihonto alive, with most interesting information. Cheers.

Georg, give us another taste of your master piece and include the kissaki area. I am beginning to wonder what the hold up is. Cheers.

I would have guess with some straight, leaning towards Tegai Kanenaga. I handled a flawless momei Kanenaga that was beyond beautiful.

The best investment ( with good eye) is finding o-suriage (unsigned ) and no papers.

What generation Honami paper is it? To be technically, positively sure, send it to the NBTHK, if they issue origami on Masamune, it will definitely be Masamune.

Richard, it is dynamite, beyond belief, great job!

John, it is very simple, if your friends Masamune doesn't make the reserve price, it doesn't sell. To realize the highest price he would have choose either Sotheby's or Christie's, and there in London, when it comes to handling Samurai swords. I can't imagine the NBTHK issued papers, and without papers, auction Houses will list as gimei.

Yukihira never made O-kissaki blades. Early kamakura period.

Would be nice if you measured the cutting edge. Also, if the hamon is active in the boshi/kissaki it is koto, if not shinto. Take a pic.of both sides of boshi area. Thank you.

Hi Gary, to date your two blades, check the utsuri. I can't make oue hada, my eyes are little tire for my age . Good luck. 1. in shinogi - Ko-Bizen 2.next to shinogi -Ichimonji 3.straight next to hamon-Oei Should have predominately nioi crystals, found up to end of Kamakura period Hada- mokume, Bizen Hada-very fine itame, Yamashiro influence. Your ko-kissaki has Sashikomi keishi polish The cho kissaki has keisho polish The bo-hi usually should go beyond the yokote, determining early period.

It is amazing that you'd have two tachi same kaji. You must have acquired them together. One last request, take pic of the boshi/kassaki and hada, that's it. Thank you.

Hi Eve, the Rai Kunihisa is not good.

Hi Gary, you have a very interesting sword, made in the nanbokucho period, with tachi mounts. The attribution to Omiya Morishige, would be a yamashiro blade, I believe so. Did you acquire it from a dealer or out of the woodwork. I like this sword a lot, it has great potential. Please take a pic. of the menuki both sides. Thank you.

A picture of the tang would be nice to see. Thank you.

It would be very helpful if you could take a good vertical picture of the whole nakago (tang) on name side. Thank you.

If I were in the juyo shinsa ( don't take this too seriously) I wouldn't rule out Naoe Shizu Kaneuji, being my 2nd guess. Believe it or not I had a Sa Sadayoshi, one (SA) character in gold, suguha hamon, with a dip (small cave in) on one side.

Yes, I agree with Doug. Now, we would like to see it in its full glory, is that possible anymore?

Now we are getting somewhere, we made progress.

Sadamune.