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Geraint thanks for the answer! I did think it was a kijimono, didn't know those tangs were associated with a fitting style, thought it was an era distinction. Thanks for teaching me!

Hi guys and gals, was hoping to learn a little bit based on a current auction. I saw this listing online which raised a few red flags in my mind https://www.jauce.com/auction/l1224614494 while the nakago seems extremely aged up the rest of the blade looks much more recent with an intact boshi which is curious the pheasant-leg nakago in my mind does not belong with a katana-mei given two different time periods. Without even going into the mei veracity (it's likely gimei anyway), I guess my question is if anybody here has ever seen this combination of pheasant-leg, nakago patina and blade condition? or is it either a welded on tang or artificially aged one? Thank you for any insight

While I never take the descriptions on Jauce seriously, I have a hard time distinguishing truly old nakago from those artificially aged. Are there any usual telltale markers of fake aging? and wouldn't a Showa 26 torokusho technically make it less likely?

https://www.jauce.com/auction/c1191432860 https://www.jauce.com/auction/u1193456293 some extra pictures I don't see ubu odachis for sale too often. This one has been sitting for over a week already... 97cm nagasa, chu-kissaki. 3.6cm torii-zori sori. pictures arent the greatest to look at the hamon and jihada My first bet would have been early-mid Muromachi but the secondary mekugi-ana I thought didn't appear until the Edo period. I wonder what members of this community would think All opinions are welcome as always!

Thanks Marcin for being much more eloquent in the description! Many of these points I didn't consider, but I'm afraid Kirill hit it on the head with the shill bidding. I hadn't considered that this could likely be all fake interest to hype up potential buyers, as is apparently common on YJP

I'm calling on to this forum's collective wisdom to see if I'm missing something in this listing that should make it more appealing than it seems https://www.jauce.com/auction/r1191622942 This tachi has a mei Amakuni (天國) with a supposed connection to Taira no Masakado (平将門持之). the only issues are that A) Masakado was from the 10th century while this sword has a pretty nanbokucho style sugata, which would be much later 2) There are Amakuni smiths from Bungo province in the 14th and 15th century and the legendary Amakuni from the 7th century, but the sword shape, kissaki and nakago patina don't really fit either groups. Surprisingly the auction is quite popular already despite these incongruities. Would it be more likely that it's a bungo amakuni sword that somebody just decided to associate with a famous general at some point in its life or would it simply be a gimei that's popular because it's got pretty fittings and a cool box? Thanks in advance for your opinions

thank you!

Hi all, I'm trying to translate this torokusho, especially the mei section, where the resolution is making it hard for me to identify the kanji. Hoping people here have a better eye than I do. Thank you in advance

https://www.jauce.com/auction/x1188750321 saw this listing come up yesterday and I’m having a hard time figuring out what type of ji-hada the blade has. the sugata would suggest Shinto and konuka, but the osuriage and aging of the nakago would suggest an age older than konuka hada. please let me know if I’m overthinking this and should just call it ko-itame thanks to all in advance

Hi everyone, I saw a gunto associated with an older, likely koto but out of polish, blade. It is accompanied by the torokushos (impressively early registration in showa 26, but also by some 1945 sword confiscation documentation and cloth writing that I am having a hard time translating, I am hoping somebody might be able to help. The blade itself is mumei and in horrible condition so of very limited help

Marcin, while the condition is rough as Jussi mentioned, I don't think this could have been retempered. I don't think NBTHK papers saiha blades unless they are for sure by a grandmaster and worth the conservation effort.

For those that are into Aoe school, this TH ko-aoe is going for auction right now. A little on the shorter side at 65cm nagasa but beautiful nonetheless https://www.jauce.com/auction/u1185858084 having passed TH in 2020, I am guessing the owner tried for juyo once or twice and failed, so he's unloading it

Thank you for the explanation Steve. I guess I'm wondering what the reliability and reputation of the organization is, whether they're known to egregiously inflate the attributions of the swords they are evaluating and how do they compare to the NBTHK/NTHK

I’ve never seen supposed juyo origami with that appearance, how likely is it to be legit?