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Yes i will copy the measurements here: Description states a Tanto. Blade length: 27.7 cm Curvature: 0.4 cm Number of Mekugi hole: 1 Motohaba: 24.2 mm Motokasane: 5.1 mm As I stated above, "i buy the item not the story" I was very skeptical of this fact from the start, that´s why i asked here. On the other hand what would boys da sword mean ?

that is exactly how I feel about it, as I sated i go by "buy the item not the story" i just like how the blade looks

Hi everyone, while browsing for swords, as one does, I stumbled across this piece that has in its description celebratory tanto from Muromachi period called "iwaizashi" I would like to ask studied people from this forum that would be able to explain if there is any truth to the statement ? The description states that presented tanto was made as a gift for celebratory occasions and is engraved with chiyotsuru inscription. I will add the full description with pictures below This tanto is a celebratory dagger made in the Muromachi period and called "iwaizashi," and is a rare piece that is rarely found on the market. It was made as a gift for celebratory occasions and was very auspicious, and this piece is engraved with a chiyotsuru inscription. Chiyotsuru is a school of swordsmiths that flourished from the Nanbokucho period to the Muromachi period (1336-1573), also known as the Echizen Rai school, because it was founded by Chiyotsuru Kuniyasu, a member of the Rai Kuniyasu school, who migrated to the Echizen region. Since the crane (tsuru) has been a symbol of good fortune in Japan since ancient times, it is believed that they asked Chiyotsuru, which means crane that lives a thousand years, to create a celebratory dagger. As in any other collecting field buy the thing not the story, and I really like tha blade itself but if the story proves somewhat true it would be a strong contender for my next purchase. So I share it with all of you good people here, the people more studied than my self. Have a great day everyone.

Hi Georg, thank you for you hint, that is an interesting background of said royal house, I did not know about that and it is fascinating. And thank you for the links, might be a great place to visit and research. And Little off topic here I am pleased that you like our website, I can most definetly recommend you to visit our museum, but be aware it I recommend to take 2 full days to go through all the exhibits, we have someting like 4 to 7 K items on display, 99.9 percent originals, small items to artillery. Also if you are interested in rare guns and know Forgotten weapons he will be posting some videos from our collection he was fimling there 2 months ago, I know that since I was helping him film.

Where would be the best place to do the research or how ? just curious

This thread was very interesting and enlightening, definetly took some lesons from this, even tho I am bit late to it. But still want to ask, (I know that hands on approach is the best way to train kantei) are there any literature recommendations for this ? On how to recognise nuances of each blade and then make an educated attribution ? I suppose Markus Sesko books are a good start right ?

Hi Mick, Thank you for the info, I didn´t know about this to be honest, do you have any links or sources for that mention ? I would be interested in digging further into it... When i get to it. But it is interesting that something like this was auctioned off in 1923, most of his collections are still in Czech Republic, at least what Nazis didnt loot. I find this interesting.

Very nice display, I like the naginata there. You have given me inspiration on how to make my own display when I have space for it. Also I think i would be kinda ticked off by the middle section of the sliding mechanism, but that is just me.

UPDATE: Didn´t expected to make an update so soon but it seems that koshirae is almost done, some touch ups and sageo is still missing, but yes for anyone interested, quality of the completed koshirae is just astonishing. Adding detailed picture of the saya and overall picture. ENJOY

hi, i do not know yet, no document in the museum states anything about signature and given the knowledge how the collection was kept in the past, i dont think it was ever removed from the fittings, I intend to be the first one to check the nakago

Hi, I am still new to this forum but i want to share with everyone a unique piece, that is my absolute favorite among our vast collection, from the military history institute museum I work at as restorer/conservator. As the title, possibly somewhat confuzingly states, It is a amalgamation of a Japanese blade and Austrian officer navy fittings. I will post some photos but I just found out that the are not great, i can and will take better photos of the blade around monday next week. I will write everything we know about it plus some history toward the style of fittings it is housed in, and the blade was not removed from the handle yet, I have to get to it and find out if it is signed. I will write some history here: Austrian naval officer were issued navy sabers first in 1827, later in 1837 it was changed to more archaic straight blade "kord" or small sword in english. In 1846 new style of saber was adopted again, this model was based on frech navy saber. This model was used during revolution years of 1848-1849 by officers who joined the rebels. After their surrender loyal navy officers requested new type of saber since previous one was, as a symbol of the emeror, disrespected and loyal officers refuzed to wear it. New model 1850 was created with elaborate carving on the handguard, anchor and mermaids, and later in 1871 hangers were added to the scabbard. for refference i have link to our museum website with example: https://www.vhu.cz/e...rnictva-vzor-185071/ Ownership of thissSaber with katana blade was by previous museum staff attributed to heir to the Heir to the throne of Austro-Hungarian empire Franz Ferdinand d´Este. It would be plausible given the quality of the workmanship on the golden fittings and the blade it self. Heir could have acquired it as a gift from Japan during his travels around the world between years 1892 and 1893. There is also some archival evidence (not sure if we have any photo evidence as well) that he admired the swordsmanship while visiting Japan beign avid and quite skilled swordsman himself, although proficient in saber combat only. Visited some showcases of sword combat and possibly participated in some form of friendly sparring. Unortunately this acquisition story is not supported by evidence and place of discovery. Current research by our curator of arms states that this saber belonged to one Hieronymus (Jeroným) VIII. Colloredo Mannsfeld (1870-1942) There are two pieces of information that suppor that it belonged to him, First: he held rank of Corvette Captain and was for quite some time stationed in Tokyo, later he became naval attaché in Berlin. He was overseeing Mansfeld holdings in Bhoemian lands including castle in town Zbiroh where this very saber was found, which is evidence number two. Either way, now to the saber itself: https://www.vhu.cz/e...ictva-vzor-185071-2/ Speaking about the condition, only damage is to kissaki, some light scratches and wear, possibly due to sheating and unsheating of the blade, othervise it is in great condition. This is the few photos i have so far, I hastily took some because there was not time to fiddle with it, we were close to opening the museum after years of renovations, so I had to put it back on display fast. What I will do next week is to get quality pictures of the blade so that everything can be viewed clearly. I know that Japan had many military swords that bore influence from European sabers of the time that were standart issue up until the return of the katana style of blades before Second World war, but i think this is very unique in that it is standart naval officer saber fittings fitted with nihonto. Photos may not speak to its quality but in person the quiality is amazing. I post this here as a curiosity and subject of research i plan to do with this blade, I plan to take it out of its fittings, probably will be first time since its creation. I hope you like my post here, would be nice if this could spark some good conversation or posibly any ideas of its origin, but I understand that without closeup of the nakago and quality photos of the blade it could prove very difficult. Maybye we can follow up at later date. Anyway thank you for reading this far, In near future I will take this off of the display and do some closeup exmination and share what I found. Cheers

Hi, thank you for your kind words I will relay them to my wife aswell, we are so happy and proud with the work too. The project is yet to be fully completed, currently only thing that is missing is saya. And regarding the dealer/agent I work with Mr. Pablo Kuntz from "Unique Japan" i do not know who the craftman/craftwoman is tho. I follow unique Japan for years and years, he has amazing reference PDF files of swords he sold over the years and before and during the choosing phase my wife and I went through his catalouges looking for insipration for our koshirae project, I can highly recommend his website and himself. When we recieve the completed sword i will make a post in appropriate thread with all the details.

Thanks, both of you. The best part is the story how I got to even get them. Almost 2 years ago i visited Japan with my girlfriend, now wife, and visited a sword dealer. He prepared some pieces to look at to choose as my first katana, i wanted to buy a sword just in shirasaya. And at the very end he also showed us some fittings and my wife goes "ooooo this is pretty can we get it and build the rest of the koshirae" And so we went from me wanting just a sword to having full koshirae built for our sword and along the way, since my wife was overseeing the fittings we want for the koshirae i stated that I want some tsuba and here we are 😁 And we already have new tsuka wrapped with gorgeous sakura theme, unfortunately we were not able to get a nice sakura tsuba for it in over a year of seraching but the one we have fits nicely.

Hi, I am new here, and I would like to show/ask for opinion on the dawn of my collection. Those are my first aquisitions, I dont know much about them and would like to learn more from people who are capable of telling more than eye can see. And to add some information, all of them have Hozon token from NBTHK Tsuba no.1 Tsuba no.2 Tsuba no.3 Tsuba no.4 Thank you for any comments about my new pieces.