Help with blade please.

[AikiScott1]

I hope you are all doing well, and I was wondering about this sword I have had for a while now. I have attached a link below to pictures. I think the mei says yamashiro kami fujiwara toshinaga, but I am not 100% certain about this. What I also wanted to know is, is this sword worth getting polished? Is it gimei? What is the likely time period? Thank you all and have a great day.---Scott M.

 

http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/Aikis ... sort=3&o=1

[AikiScott1]

PS--Sorry for the picture quality. With that and the blade pitting and poor polish its hard to make out much detail but the whole blade has that high wavy hamon on both sides, though it is not completely uniform throughout. Thanks again.---Scott M.

[Surfson]

Looks like yamashiro no kami fujiwara toshinaga. Looks interesting but I couldn't find such a listing in Hawley. I may have the toshi wrong. Poorly drilled hole in the tang. May or may not be ubu. Certainly worth getting more photos up on the NMB along with measurements.

[John A Stuart]

There were three smiths that signed such using 歳 in their signatures. The first hailed from Awa and the 2nd and 3rd settled in Edo. Derivitive of Hasebe and Mishina schools. Early to mid Edojidai. John

[AikiScott1]

Hello again, and here is a link to more pictures of the blade in question. I hope this helps, and again I apologize for the glare and pitting. Thanks again.- - Scott M.

 

http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/Aikis ... t=3&page=1

[Teimei]

Hi Scott,

 

nice blade you have there. The nakago looks okay could be ubu (or not ), the second mekugi-ana is looking a bit "sloppy".

Is it worth getting polished? Mmh... the blade is not heavily damaged, it looks like the hamon goes down the whole sword...

 

If you have the cash and you´re willing to spend some, go for it!

 

Just my 2 cent.

 

 

Regards

[cabowen]

If the signature is good, it would be well worth professional restoration in my opinion.

[AikiScott1]

I am guessing that the best way to tell if the signature is truly genuine is sending it to shinsa huh? Should I do this before having it polished, or would there not be enough there to tell at this point? Thanks again. - - - Scott M.

[cabowen]

Obviously, since I am conducting a shinsa, I can be said to be biased but yes, shinsa is done just for this purpose. If there is a better way, I am unaware of it....

 

It is in good enough shape as is for shinsa.

[AikiScott1]

Thank you so much for such a quick reply and how best would I get my sword to shinsa? Any chance there will be one in the New York area soon? Thanks again.- - Scott M.

[Grey Doffin]

Hi Scott,

No shinsa in NY any time I'm aware of. Get a slot in next month's shinsa in Tampa (don't dally; they are selling out). If you can't attend you can ship the sword to Chris Bowen.

Grey

[cabowen]

Thank you so much for such a quick reply and how best would I get my sword to shinsa? Any chance there will be one in the New York area soon? Thanks again.- - Scott M.

 

Read the info at the link http://www.ejapaneseswords.com/Shinsa_Info.html Then email me.....

[AikiScott1]

I am sorry I tried to email but things were not working, then when I thought I finally sent a message it was sent back as spam. Should I try from a desktop, as I have been doing all this from my phone? Thanks again and have a great day. - - - Scott M.

[cabowen]

email me at:

 

swords@ejapaneseswords.com

 

thanks.

[AikiScott1]

Thanks for all of the help. Sword is in the mail for Shinsa, now I think if it is Shoshin I will have it polished. If gimei, for what I paid for the whole package I think I still did well. Thanks again! - - Scott M.