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Hey guys, 

I've noticed a bump on the bottom of an old sword bag so decided to dig it and found this small ball? It was stitched in another layer of a pocket, inside the bag. It was pretty dark and gray so i decided to wash it gently. Has anyone found/saw anything like this before? 

That's not a proper machete...this is a proper machete! ha! 

Thanks a lot @SteveM @Matsunoki!! 

Hello guys, 

I was wondering if I could get more info about what I have here. First, the material..Shibuichi? Bronze? Some mixed metal? And period maybe?

Thanks a bunch.

If this is going to be your first sword, for study purposes, I would recommend picking up something in good polish, so you can see the blade. 

Sergio Martins..in the NL. Guess you can reach him on Facebook. 

Those are museum catalogue numbers.

Why are you wearing gloves?

Meow

53 minutes ago, Swords said:

Lost my reply Will try again Is there any way to pin point this smith and get info on him

Since there are many from different era’s 

I researched but I get Yoshimasa Nobukuni

 

 

 

Steve

 

Steve,

This question was already answered..Mark gave you a list of Nobukini’s..it’s one of them. Hawley 15 ones.

Why do you want to pinpoint the smith? Why don’t you study the blade and learn something from it?

Just a light coat of oil will be fine! No need for bags.  

I would keep it.

Hey guys, 

Any idea from which schools these might be? Thank you! 

My lil piece

From Markus:

"The mei appears to read: Miyashita – Tadamasa (宮下・尹正)" 

Looks like another mystery is solved..thank you everyone! 

@Shugyosha You cancel your next eye exam appointment!

One more try with the pictures.

Dear Chris, 

Thank you very much!! Here is the excerpt from Markus's book. I'm still amaze that they were able to sign on a "micro" spot where I can't even read with a 10x magnifier

Toshinori (寿矩) was a student of Kiyotoshi. His civilian name was

„Morimiya Heikichi“ (森宮平吉) and he was born in the first year of

Tenpō (1830) the son of a cooper (okeya, 桶屋). His former family

name was, according to transmission, „Miyashita“ (宮下). He used the

gō „Ryūseimin“ (竜青眠 or 龍青眠) and died on the 15th day of the

ninth month of Meiji 30 (1897). His son Heijirō (平次郎), who

continued the original family name „Miyashita“, specialized after the

Meiji Restoration in the mounting of rayskin (same, 鮫) on sword hilts

under the name of „Samehei“ (鮫平).

Hello guys, appreciate if you help out with this one..sharing both sides with multiple angles. Thanks in advance.

déjà vu.

I am sure he had done his research before selling this otherwise he would be asking a lot more and its clearly gimei.:treasure hunting needs some basic knowledge right? (I think this is the 6th time i’m repeating myself)

Thank you @Markus !!!!

I totally agree with @SRDRowson!!!! On one side there is this guy who doesn’t want to learn, doesn’t respect anyone, doesn’t respect nihonto, only hears what he wants to hear, and uses this  forum and its members to buy and sell some swords…on the other side there are people who gave their best to teach him..and still trying to teach him..why deleting their comments instead of removing this troll? Every post he creates ends up being a locked discussion!!! 

1 hour ago, Bugyotsuji said:

Glad Steve replied honestly like that. 

 

I had various ideas but my confidence level was much lower. Assuming 夕夫 for example, and the kao to be tame 為, I found that there was a famous courtesan in Kyoto called 

夕霧太夫 - Wikipedia

and in my imagination this habaki was dedicated to her... (going wildly off piste the beaten track!)

My only supporting evidence to your theory would be  that i found it in a flea market in Kyoto  as much as i love detective work, i won’t be able to go any further on my own due to my lack of kanji.