Guderian Posted December 4, 2015 Report Posted December 4, 2015 Hello I'm new on the Forum, An appreciated friend, Stephen suggest me this good forum and I follow his advise. I'd like to know the information you can see on this Katana seki ju Ujifusa, If It's all original from that period or has some post adds or modifications. If It's a valuable sword and the price on the market. Have a nice day and thanks for your time, George Looking an U-Boat commander white Patrol visor cap attributed Quote
Stephen Posted December 4, 2015 Report Posted December 4, 2015 See you made it in through Brian's homeland security questions, pictures puzzle, cross examined and your first born. Sorry i was hung up on the last kanji...now that i see all the pix i think its a good sword in good mounts, desirable sukashi tsuba, big seppa ..this guy had some money when he fitted a old blade for war.....good luck in getting it...if not pass it on to others who like that gunto outfit. I know i would but for the lack of money. Maybe ask for more pix of the blade as thats what counts for us. 2 Quote
Guderian Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Posted December 4, 2015 Stephen I want to thank you the help on it. Lamentably I have no more pictures about it...All I know is what I told you, Attributed to a liutenant General of the Imperial Japanese Army but the Katana is from Edo Period from 1650-1800...Uzifusa Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted December 4, 2015 Report Posted December 4, 2015 Buy based on the sword, not the story. They're seldom accurate and don't add anything to the value unless it can be proved/verifiable. 3 Quote
Greg F Posted December 4, 2015 Report Posted December 4, 2015 Hello George and welcome to my favorite place on the Internet! Nice blade. Is the tip of the kisaki broken or just the pic? All thr best. Greg 1 Quote
lonely panet Posted December 4, 2015 Report Posted December 4, 2015 the Tsuka has had a second hole put in and the old one plugged poorly. glue is very noticeable. so the tsuka isn't original to the piece, so the piece has been put to geather. not a very good thing if you a perfectionist. the mei, looks to close to SEKI style to me. look very close to see if you can find any obscured stamps. other then that, it looks ok, its got a weather cover for the saya, so should be nice under it, the kabuto-gane looks like it should be pinned as the 4 small holes have been drill out. check the seppa, to make sure the locking clip holes haven't been filed out to fit, with the tsuka. regards HJ 2 Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted December 5, 2015 Report Posted December 5, 2015 Not a wartime seki blade. Likely shinto to early shinshinto blade IMO based strictly on the photo of the ji and nakago. Could be wrong on the timeframe. Someone posted an oshigata of this smith that would tell when Steven was inquiring on it. 1 Quote
J Reid Posted December 5, 2015 Report Posted December 5, 2015 I agree. Definitely not a ww2 blade.. Genuine nihonto for sure. Shinto.. Higher end koshirae. Maybe remounted in later days as hamish pointed out. Nakago is a bit corroded and seems to be quite short for a katana. What's the measurements? Is it a wakizashi? 1 Quote
Guderian Posted December 5, 2015 Author Report Posted December 5, 2015 Hello George and welcome to my favorite place on the Internet! Nice blade. Is the tip of the kisaki broken or just the pic? All thr best. Greg Hello Greg, thank you very much for your comments and yes, lamentably the Kisaki is broken... Quote
Guderian Posted December 5, 2015 Author Report Posted December 5, 2015 I want to answer you all but my Katana's knowledge is very short so I must check each name and compare it using my rookie notes! Quote
Guderian Posted December 6, 2015 Author Report Posted December 6, 2015 the Tsuka has had a second hole put in and the old one plugged poorly. glue is very noticeable. so the tsuka isn't original to the piece, so the piece has been put to geather. not a very good thing if you a perfectionist. the mei, looks to close to SEKI style to me. look very close to see if you can find any obscured stamps. other then that, it looks ok, its got a weather cover for the saya, so should be nice under it, the kabuto-gane looks like it should be pinned as the 4 small holes have been drill out. check the seppa, to make sure the locking clip holes haven't been filed out to fit, with the tsuka. regards HJ Not a wartime seki blade. Likely shinto to early shinshinto blade IMO based strictly on the photo of the ji and nakago. Could be wrong on the timeframe. Someone posted an oshigata of this smith that would tell when Steven was inquiring on it. I agree. Definitely not a ww2 blade.. Genuine nihonto for sure. Shinto.. Higher end koshirae. Maybe remounted in later days as hamish pointed out. Nakago is a bit corroded and seems to be quite short for a katana. What's the measurements? Is it a wakizashi? Thank you very much for your time in checking this Katana. It's not easy to me understand all the info you tell and I need to use my guide notes. -Very nice detail the second hole on the Tsuka, I didn't saw it and I will ask about it. What do you mean about the Kabuto-gane? It's original but put it maybe at war period? The seppa I wanted to make some pictures but It was late and I couldn't I will try to get more pictures. -In a beginning the blade is a seki ju Ujifusa, when you refer ¨nihonto for sure. Shinto.. Higher end koshirae¨ I understand is about the signatures of the tang. It's possible to see here the letters in Japanese language and the translation in english? -The measurements of the Nakago more o less...12/13 cms. I don't remember exactly In my beginner opinion It could be an old blade modified by someone of the following owners over Its history. The owner told me that It's attributed to a Japanese officer before 1938 when he was retired from service. How much money can cost this Katana on the market to make an offer if It deserves it looking your experience on it. I'd really like to get a nice officer's Katana used on the WWII but maybe this one It's a good ocassion. Have a nice day, George Quote
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