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Here is my Cuckoo tsuba, I absolutely love the scenery and the bird with cresent moon on top is just a cherry on top.

Thank you so much, interesting smith indeed

Oh, I see, to be honest as much as I love kyu-Guntos I havent seen any with older blades disassembled.

Hi everyone, finally after a long time I got to dissassemble an Austrohungarian saber "gunto" with Japanese blade. This is a continuation of my previous post from Link here Today I pulled it out of display and removed the blade, and well it was a day of surprises. I assumed that it would be held in place by a pin, in this case 2 part gold plated brass screw but to everyones surprise it was also held by a tang screw.... Yep you heard that right, this blade was fitted into the original fittings of the navy saber, which meant (unfortunately) grinding some material away from the tang and cutting a thread onto it, (yes, threads are cut directly on the tang, it is not welded on) So after removing the pommel screw, then I was able to access the tang screw and remove the blade. Sorry for the long text here I was carried away, I will post everything into a general discussion thread after this. Anyway back to the signature, it was amazing feeling when I found a signature there, at first we theorized that it was ordered to be made but after removing it, I think this is a older blade than late 19th century one, in my humbke amateur opinion. Also note: all of the mekugi ana are punched not drilled. Anyhow, I would love to ask knowledgable people of this forum if they would be able to translate the signature if possible. It is a very interesting piece, we hoped that signature would help us fins the history behind the piece but now I think looking at the state of the tang that it might be older piece and was aquired for this purpose and not custom made for this with dedication on it. But it is what it is. Sorry for the long post, will rewrite for general discussion with more details. Thank you for your time. Anyway, have a great day everyone, Best regards, M

Thank you very much, will go through the post

Hi everyone, I have my first nihonto still on the way home, but I want to start looking for a Naginata Naoshi, I just fell in love with them. Anyway I want to scout the waters and prices, I do not know what they generally go for, that is why I am here. My budget would be prefferably around 2000 Euros, If I would be really REALLY interested, i might squeeze my wallet up to 4000 I dont care about smith or papers. All I want is true Naginata Naoshi, prefferably from before Edo period (if it is really nice piece i would fall in love on the first sight, I wouldnt care about the age either ) regardless of lenght, shape, school, hamon, level of polish etc... A study blade I can always go to and enjoy looking at is the goal here. Looking mainly in Europe but if the blade is worth it and a great deal i dont care where it comes from. Thanks in advance for anything, even info on current prices. MP

Lovely sword and beautifull hada. What was the price if you dont mind me asking? As a beginer I am interested in getting to know the prices

Talking about preservation/use of the blade and comapring to other tools, vintage cars etc. If I am not mistaken, swords that are centuries old are usually altered, shortened, reshaped etc. And I dont see the nihonto community scoffing at those types of blades, why is that then? The same blades were used by generations descending from the original owner of the blade or someone that made the adjustments. And if someone wants to honor the craftsmanship of the blade and use it for Iai with the respect and experience of years that is part of the baldes history/future. Same with antique firearms, they are collectible and worthy of preservation, but taking it out to the range and make it roar with fire and smoke once or twice a year does not hurt it, especially black powder guns. And the feeling of using such piece is just off the charts. I also understand the preservation point, as someone who works at the museum as restorator/conservator. Getting to handle and work on pieces of art is fullfilling but occasionally swinging a sword i get my hands on, or just trying the antigue flintlock mechanism... it is tempting, on some pieces i wouldnt dare of course, but there are some that wont be harmed in anyway since I know from experience what i can do to not hurt the item.

joined NBTHK-EB this year, looking at attending the meetings soon when I will be able

I read through the original post, dont know about you but they speak of hamon but I dont see any on that piece on before or after pictures.

Hi, just a quick question to all of you, about your experience wiht Jauce and its shipping abroad and how it works, i want to get into a tsuba collecting a little bit more and Jauce by all accounts from this froum seems like the best option. So I am curious how it works and how the shipping is working ? Thanks for any insight.

Since there is some activity here I will throw in my piece for the realistic: I just love Tanba no kami Yoshimichi blades (very early edo period) up to like 5th/6th generation i believe they belonged to Mishina school, some to Osaka school and some belonged to Kyoto school of the same name. I dont know how to describe the hammon and jigane. I find this type very attractive and unique. A bit of an answer in between those two answers: A nagamaki or naginata with the signature Yoshimichi hamon As for the dream piece, a one of a kind sword we have at our museum, I have provided a link to some pictures and some info in this post I made when I joined this forum. I love everything from the horimono to the hamon and jigane, but this is something i will only be able to take care of for the rest of my life but not own it. EDIT: the name of the blade pattern is called "sudareba" at least from what I read. should also add an example what i have in mind:

Thanks a lot, the fakes were fortunately obvious even to my amateur eye. but it is fascinating what can be learned about the fakes as well anyway thanks again

The seller updated his offerings and just for refference those are his offerings, all descriptions state original EDO Period, but most of them look, well like obvious fakes, at least to me, but someone might disagree so here they are To me, first and third one look like worth getting for me, just for the looks, but I would really like to avoid buying fakes.

Thank you for the info, I am glad I was right about it being genuine