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bradc

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  1. Thank you for all the helpful replies. This rusty one was cheaper than the shipping so don't worry I didn't spend much on it. I'm excited to be armed with some new search terms from the other examples to eventually get my hands on a better condition example. And perhaps some menuki 🤔.
  2. Hi All, I recently picked up a very rust damaged tsuba because I liked the theme and had not seen it before. I originally thought it might be spawning salmon but the only similar tsuba I could find is suggested as Himono (dried salmon). Link: http://jameelcentre..../7/10237/10364/20915 After some gentle red rust removal with a fiberglass pen I can see remnants of what was possibly a signature before the rust degraded it too far. I also see a curious line inside that looks like a casting seam? Or maybe I just havent examined enough sukashi. So I had a couple questions: 1) Would people agree this is a dried salmon theme. 2) Based on the linked tsuba, would it be a reasonable assumption that this is from (or maybe a copy of) the Akao school? 3) Outside of the linked tsuba has anyone seen this style before? I would love to find a better example some day. Thanks for any insights you can offer!
  3. Thansk for the information. My friends wife can read Japanese so that's perfect. In non covid times he would usually be in Japan each year (hense potentially bringing it), but travel has been a wee bit complex the last few years.
  4. The blade was not overly expensive and sold through a friend (who bought it from a friend). It was definitely not from komonjo and has been in the country for quite some time. (It was purchased years ago) It wasn't sold with the smiths name mentioned (which honestly wouldn't have meant much at the time). It had a non believable dramatic story attached to it, so links to it's real history has unfortunately been lost with the passing of its past owner. The polish, hamon, and grain are actually pretty nice in person (hamon isn't visible in the pictures) but obviously not expecting a juyo grading . Mainly at this point the owner is intersted in learning if it might actually be by that smith and in general anything about. The main goal of papering would be learning and ideally confirming the maker. There's no real profit interest in this one, just looking to learn and understand its real history if possible. If you can suggest any resources with authenticated signature copies to compare that would be appreciated. Cheers, Brad
  5. Hi All, I have some questions on a Katana belonging to a friend. It looks to be signed So Tsutomu (宗 勉) and dated Showa 49. He has done a little research on the smith and identified a couple other swords from the same smith. He is looking for: 1) General information on the smith. Does the signature look right? Any other interesting works to view? 2) An appraiser for insurance purposes. (sword is located in British Columbia, Canada). 3) Suggestions as to the process of papering the sword. Is this sword potentially a candidate for getting papered. If anyone is familiar with the shinsa process some insight into where to start would be great. My friend has family in Japan so he could import the sword himself but wasn't sure if it might be easier to use a service to help with the initial examination paperwork and submission. 4) Anything else that might be interesting to know about this work. Or any other information he should provide. Thanks for any help, Brad C
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