Clive Sinclaire Posted July 3, 2013 Report Posted July 3, 2013 Gentlemen At the Thomas Del Mar sale in London last wek. I purchased a sword by Shinano (no) Kami Hirokane who claimed to be the 11th generation descendant from Tegai Kanenaga, founder of the Yamato Tegai school. I believe that this swordsmith has been briefly discussed on this forum in the past but I have put my write up on http://www.To-ken.com. If you go to the Sword Register you will see it. Actually after buying it and debriefing in a convenient local hostelry, I learnt the name of the previous owner who I was familiar with. He died a few years ago whilst practising kendo in his full armour at a London dojo - that's the way to go!!! Regards Clive Sinclaire Quote
John A Stuart Posted July 3, 2013 Report Posted July 3, 2013 Right on Clive, As we have no pic or one of your great oshigata is the signature reading only 十一孫 ju ichi mago or is it 十一代孫 ju ichi daison. I suppose this sword would more closely resemble sue Tegai blades, you think? Tegai blades have always had nice steel for the most part. John Quote
Clive Sinclaire Posted July 3, 2013 Author Report Posted July 3, 2013 John If you follow the link to Resources / Sword Register on http://www.To-ken Society.com website you will see an oshigata and full discription of the sword. The mei is simply Ju Ichi Mago on this sword, but the very narrow suguha hamon certainly resembles that of Sue Tegai workmanship, but I do not recall ever seeing a shinto example of Tegai work. Regards Clive Sinclaire Quote
Jacques Posted July 4, 2013 Report Posted July 4, 2013 Hi, I have a ryo_shinogi yari from the Shinto Yamato Tegai school. It is signed Kawachi no kami Monju Kanesada. Hada is itame (slightly tight) with straight grains nagare gokoro mixed in and with chikei. Hamon is made of ko nie with some nijuba. Sorry for the poor photos. Quote
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