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An amazing sword. It looks of very high quality. I love the shape. This is definitely a great sword for sure.

Keep in mind this is one smith that had many variations of his signature so it is common to see different kanji styles through his different periods and schools of sword making.

His later works after the 1820's are of higher quality and more sought after. This hamon looks almost the same as mine.

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Thanks for the complements and the exchange info. I've been having a problem with PayPal taking a larger exchange cut and then buyers having to pay again when asking for the price in US and coming up short so this way they can see they are sending me exactly what I want in Canadian instead for the US dollar being up or down as well as PayPal exchange being different than The Bank Of Canada. Hopefully someone will grab it soon before I have second thoughts and keep it. Soon I won't need the money anymore due to payment coming for another sword and I'll probably pull it. Most of the blades by this smith sell for more than $1 000 000 Yen on AOI sword museum and those sales were many years ago. Cheers

price bump ...... $3800 Canadian dollars

Once again thank you so much for the kind words of encouragement Bruce. Hopefully it will find a good home soon.

Signed - Taikei Naotane with Kao Dated - 文政十一年仲春 - Bunsei 11th year (1828) mid spring Blade size - Nagasa: 64.2 cm. Sori: 0.6 cm. Moto-haba: 2.9 cm. Saki-haba: 1.9 cm. Moto-gasane: 0.6 cm. Saki-gasane: 0.4 cm. Hamon -Suguha with O-notare Asking $5000 CAN but open to a reasonable offer. Only serious buying inquiries for more photos please. Either quote or DM please. Info on smith - Naotane, born Shoji Minobei in 1778 or 1779 at Yamagata in Dewa province, considering from his title Taikei used at a later date, his birthday is possibly 15th July, went to Edo and become a pupil of Suishinshi Masahide. The Akimoto family in Yamagata province retained Naotane around 1812. Naotane got the title Chikuzen-Daijo in 1821and stepped up to the Mino (No) Kami in 1848. As building up a solid reputation, he got many invitations to forge sword in various places. He added the name of place to inscribe the signature. Naotane passed away in 1857, aged 79. Naotane could make a variety of styles : Bizen-den, Soshu-den, Yamashiro-den and Yamato-den. He was good at Bizen-den and Soshu-den in particular. His swords are ranked at the highest rank called Saijo-saku in the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate. Especially his swords forged in the Tempo era (1830 to 1844) called Tempo-uchi are highly appreciated as his best examples attained maturity.

Maybe giving it a once over dabbing with a soft cloth after fine art sable haired brushing the tang with non toxic rust removal and protector for a few minutes. That will stop the spread of further rust in its tracks, take away the access rust particles/dust/dirt and protect the tang from further problems with humidity and moisture with out changing anything ? i could be way off though.

thanks for answering and I get it. I have a feeling this is very old and more rare than the usual blade from it's time. I could be mistaken though. Once again great find. I'f you ever are thinking of selling shoot me a DM. I'll be waiting

how ironic I just put up a tsuba for sale 20 minutes before reading this signed by Kunihiro ....very close to Kunihiko Cheers

Care to sell it ? I had to ask ....this thing looks pretty cool and like I say the inscription on the left seems to be an event that is important. Great find. Cheers to you and thanks again for sharing.

WOW !!!!! awesome blade man Very cool. Looks like it may be a date to a cutting test or event or sword made for someone. I'm just a beginner though so I barely know any of the kanji. It looks very cool though.

Wow Jussi ...I just checked and that date is right on for the maker and the time period plus the school. You have helped so much and you are very knowledgeable. You put that together so fast. The date you found works with the rest of the blade and maker. Thanks so much again Jussi for being so kind. Yours truly Steven

Ohhh ok thanks so much for your time and fast response Jussi I thought the date would have been a bit earlier I thought to myself there was something extra to the kanji.

Can someone please help me with this date or other kanji ? Date found Thanks so much for your time Jussi

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Price bump $2000 US .........going once

very well spoken and thank you

yes the work is just more fine the bohi is wide but the edges have a bit more to them and are flat just before the mune.

Thanks I believe the signature to be legit. I believe there's a good chance it is 2nd Gen due to studying other signatures with the Oumi Kami in the mei on quality swords such as this. The high quality gunome midare is quite common for 2nd gen swords. If it is a fake then it is of identical quality of Tadatsuna blades that start at 1 000 000 Yen. The only reason I'm selling this for so cheap is because I am not 100% certain. If this sword was papered it would not be for sale.

Hello, I'm making some room in the collection so I thought I would offer this up for grabs. It comes with the sword registration from Japan. Saya is signed Ikkanshi Tadatsuna Saku. Very nice crystallization shown in the hamon. There are a few very small forge marks but other than that the cutting edge is amazing and the tip is still needle point sharp. Please DM for more pics for serious inquires only. Nagasa: 50.3 cm. Sori: 1.1 cm. Moto-haba: 3.0 cm. Saki-haba: 2.4 cm. Moto-gasane: 0.6 cm. Saki-gasane: 0.5 cm. $2500 US shipped with tracking additional shipping if you live outside the US or Canada.