RichardY

Rai Kunizane juyo token .. sorry coz he's my main target this year lol

Ooh we're same age and i started collecting 1 year ago.. lol expensive stuff now ..

Hi .. if you have time.. do give Sokendo a try.. very nice place in shibuya .. abit on the high end side and they have the owner's collection on display too in case you want to see what a good sword look like

This is a mumei .. but assumption would be its old because it does not have a deep sori but 1 thing I noticed for pre shinto period swords, the jihada is very promiment?? Or is it just me? I guess the thing that catches my eye for early swords are the beautiful damascus like patterns (ie the mokume hada ikame hada masame hada patterns) Thanks for any insights.. Richard

This one is unique in that it does not have your usual kissaki and the normal mune is triangular in the middle ie not flat (The book I have said its a swan neck design) I also cannot find prominent jihada .. just clean and nice .. I know I forgot to take the nakago lol .. but just looking at this is it possible to tell? If it was anywhere else .. I'd say it was made in china (LOL) .. but this is genuine nihonto

I'll be around sometime mid sept .. don't have the exact dates yet.. it'll be nice to have a feel of the difference in collections in different countries.. Thanks NYCl be around Aug 20 to 23rd .. I'll see if they have anything

Company's sending me there for a couple of days each ... Wondering if there are any events or meetups going on these few months .. I'm going to miss the Aug 1/2nd event in SFO though Thanks .. Richard

Thanks alot for all the information .. I thought it was sunagashi but it seems to be only this part .. This sword was identified as a late bizen circa late muromachi blade I'll have a look later in detail and grab more pictures .. but you could be right .. it was sent to be polished as the condition was not that nice before.

Can anyone tell me what is that wavy line close to the HA ? This is a Mumei late bizen katana.. Its a beautiful blade and I was trying to identify the blade with reference to a book I recently got (THANKS RAY!!!) and I found that weird wavy line..

Actually the Den Rai costs much more .. but I specifically gave a budget and the seller brought out 3 blades but found out the later price was much higher for the Den Rai, so he honoured my budget.. 2 said katanas and 1 more from even earlier Kamakura period mumei o suriage That was my initial dilemma and doubt .. why would a Mumei be more expensive than a named sword (thanks to everyone here I now know the difference) Sorry I do not have photos of the Koshirae but both blades come with koshirae and both look nice and fitting.

Lol my apologies.. I'm dyslexic sorry

This is the sukehada blade. Sorry for multiple posts I'm limited in size of attached files

@Bugyotsuji misspelled and yes still new. My agreement with the seller is I have to hand carry it back lol. Both comes with koshirae. I'll attach the papers shortly please do correct me if at any time I'm wrong @Ray Singer there is a post somewhere about sukehada and the inscriptions .. so this one only name and date .. No commissioned by. I prefer the mumei because of the hamon whereas the sukehada hamon is suguha. I think I have a very good picture of the mumei but not the sukehada blade, only the inscriptions on the tang 1st 2 pictures are the mumei blades followed by the paper.

I have the opportunity to select between 2 blades both excellent conditions with NTBHK tokubetsu hozon. 1. Signed SUKEWADA dated 1572 nakago ubu 2. Mumei nambokucho period with a shortened blade Both are about 75cm blade length and both are the same cost surprisingly. Based on this and also based on my words that both swords are excellent condition.. Which would you get and why? Thanks for any help to solve my dilemma

Please PM me if the price is negotiable and if you're willing to ship to LA