Nicholas
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Appreciate it Jean. Any suggestions on generation?
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Sorry jean
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The sword is papered but opinions on generation are welcome.
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What makes you say that?
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This is a sword that’s been in the family for a while. Don’t know too much about it.
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Thanks for these wise words. So there’s only so much im going to learn from books. But there’s more to learn from in hand studying of swords.
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As I am studying questions still arise. And if you don’t have questions about the subject of study are you really learning?
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How would one determine quality of a Japanese sword. For example if we are looking at 2 swords from the same smith. Both beautiful swords what would you look at to determine which sword is of finer quality. Also I am fairly new to collecting nihonto and still learning. So if this sounds like a stupid question I apologize.
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You mean is it dated? No date.
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Yea I’ll try to post some pics tomorrow morning. I have to work all night.
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Thanks again Jean. Get well soon.
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Thank you, I hope you have a speedy recovery. I appreciate the help.
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Why does my tachi have an extra kanji before Norimitsu?
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The mei seems to read bishu osafune ju Norimitsu. Can’t seem to find any examples in any book I own. Any ideas?
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Thank you. So it basically means what country/province they are from. It’s not a title.
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What is the difference between koku ju and and kuni ju? Or is it the same thing? I can’t seem to find any information on the koku kanji. thank you
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I know what gimei is. It’s a false signature. In most cases a big name swordsmith on an average sword to bump up the value. That is not what I am asking. And I am in no way arguing if this signature is legitimate, I am not a professional in any way on the subject. I would think that a sword with a cutting edge of 30” is quite a accomplishment to craft that whoever forged this sword would have been proud enough of their work to put their name on it.
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Maybe gimei. But I have to wonder why with a sword this long that must have taken a pretty skilled swordsmith to create. 30” in a rather long sword. Why wouldn’t they sign their name?
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It seems to be hard to find a signature with these exact characters. Where would be a good place to search. Any books in mind? The sword is in military mounts. Gunto mounts I believe it’s called.
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So if the signature is correct this sword could be 1st generation yasutsugu? If I’m understanding this correctly. Sorry if I’m wrong I’m still rather new to this.
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Echizen is a place and Shimosaka is a school right?
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