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  1. Bruno
    Your NCO looks guenine, so to answer your question I would say yes.
  2. Bruno
    Why a smith has to be dead to have one of his blade papered? It is a strange condition. I thought they were judging the quality of the blade only.
  3. Bruno
    Thanks a lot Morita san. :D Always nice to know painter's name.
  4. Bruno
    Here is a close up of the mei.
  5. Bruno
    Hi all, I bought this kakemono few years ago for decorative purpose. Certainly not a great piece of art but fine enough to me. Till now, I did not pay attention to the mei, the cusive kanji make me enable to translate them. I am asking for help to know what is the painter's name. Thank in advance.
  6. Bruno
    I would say last last ditch and poor quality but maybe guenine.
  7. Bruno
    Very but very good idea Chris!! I hope it will be a complete success with many different quality blades and different level of polishers.
  8. Bruno
    Actually one of them is not a chinese crap, RJT smith so true gendaito.
  9. Bruno
    Hi Nick, He is recorded in the Seki Kaji Tosho list at the bottom of the page. Maybe also upper in the same page but you have to look by yourself. http://www.jp-sword.com/files/seki/gendaito.html As Grey said, very few chances to look some infos about him. Regards
  10. Bruno
    Put some machine gun oil on the screws and wait few hours.... Is it that hard to unscrews these? I thought it was easy.
  11. Bruno
    5 is fake for sure and 9 is guenine (star stamp) but scabbard is not original, nor tsuba. Blade looks badly treated.
  12. Bruno
    It has a stamp but...a star stamp.
  13. Bruno
    I would dare to say just pull the screws with the appropriate tool and let's see what happen. I do not think you will damage anything. Am I wrong?
  14. Bruno
    Not a big deal if you damage the screws, they are just...screws. Then you can replace them (if destroyed) by wooden mekugi. Looks better to me and more "traditionnal".
  15. Bruno
    I beleive the last one you posted (9) (the one I said the handle is guenine) is a real gunto at least.
  16. Bruno
    It is only my guess but your older gentleman probably bought all these swords the past years (months?) on Ebay, thinking they were real, then realized they were all chinese fakes. He told you a nice story to sell you the swords as he knows no connoisseurs would be interested in them. My 2 cents point of view. Regards
  17. Bruno
    The one on photos 4 and 5 has a guenine Type 3 handle so maybe you should post more photos of this one, the rest is all rubish.
  18. Bruno
    Last one you posted is mega fake! Sorry
  19. Bruno
    On last one, handle is guenine not sure for the rest but it is a start! :D
  20. Bruno
    Sorry to be rude but it is good for the trash. :?
  21. Bruno
    OK then, and are they all oil quenched?
  22. Bruno
    Maybe not as beautifull as a true nihonto but could be better than a standard Seki showato...that is what I want to check. Even if it is a non sense for some it is probably worthy for others and I am sure someone out there has a fresh polished Mantestu!
  23. Bruno
    Thanks for the links but not exactly what I expected. I am looking for someone who sent his Mantetstuto to a good polisher to see what it looks like when this kind of showato is properly polished.
  24. Bruno
    Hi there! I do like to know if one of you own a Mantetstuto in fresh polish. If so I dare asking a few close up up of the blade. Thanks in advance.
  25. Bruno

    Unexpected tsuba

    Bruno replied to Bruno's topic in Tosogu

    I took it from the website of a french Japanese antiques seller.
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