rodrig4 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Posted July 9, 2016 Hello. Could you give me an opinion on this wakisashi which is unfortunately in poor condition. the shape of the blade makes me think has the momoyama period. The tsuba is signed but I can not decipher. The Stuka is interesting. With Seppa there was a Seppa paper? I thank you in advance. Rodriguez. Quote
dominnimod Posted July 9, 2016 Report Posted July 9, 2016 Shinshinto waki probbably,but hard to say with the blade out of polish. There were paper seppa as there are leather or fabric seppa,after all they are spacers, doesnt matter the material,if they do their job right Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted July 9, 2016 Report Posted July 9, 2016 If you are considering this for your first blade, I strongly suggest that you keep on looking! Ken Quote
Stephen Posted July 9, 2016 Report Posted July 9, 2016 $$$$ to save it, worth it? not by a long shot, honor to it yes. Quote
Stephen Posted July 9, 2016 Report Posted July 9, 2016 Would someone tell Rodrig4, what i was trying to get across, if you know, im out for the count. Quote
dominnimod Posted July 9, 2016 Report Posted July 9, 2016 What Stephen said is that: C'est très coûteuse pour restaurer et ne pas être un bon investissement à long terme mais il fera bien pour son histoire 2 Quote
rodrig4 Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Posted July 16, 2016 Hello.tsuba is apparently signed Mitsuhiro.I can not translate the other part of this tsuba, a little help would be welcome.cordially.rodriguez. Quote
SteveM Posted July 16, 2016 Report Posted July 16, 2016 It should be Gotō Mitsuhiro 後藤光廣, but it looks very suspicious to me. Correction: Should be 後藤光弘 (Same reading: Gotō Mitsuhiro) Very early 1800's. Might not be as dodgy as I thought. Quote
rodrig4 Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Posted July 16, 2016 Here after cleaning tsuba. I fail not to translate the kanji on the fushi. rodriguez. Quote
Greg F Posted July 16, 2016 Report Posted July 16, 2016 Hi Rodriguez, im not sure why you would want to remove patina off tsuba? Greg Quote
Stephen Posted July 16, 2016 Report Posted July 16, 2016 (edited) Whats done is done, id check with a metal smith to add a Suaka patina, then id buy it from you..lol Not a kanji but a number not done by smith PS dont clean F/K Edited July 16, 2016 by Stephen 1 Quote
peterd Posted July 16, 2016 Report Posted July 16, 2016 If that was a real Goto, how many thousands did that clean cost ? Quote
lonely panet Posted July 16, 2016 Report Posted July 16, 2016 bloody noobs have to clean everything. luckly its wasn't a good piece to start off with. NOTE TO ALL NEW COLLECTERS DONT BLOODY METAL POLISH, DIP IN LIQUID CLEANERS TSUBA, FUCHI, OR BLADES 1 Quote
SteveM Posted July 17, 2016 Report Posted July 17, 2016 Alternate name was Gotō Kenjō (後藤謙乗). Fifth generation of the Gotō Hachirōbei line. Kenjō/Mitsuhiro adopted the celebrated Gotō Ichijō. Well out of my comfort zone on the appraisal of these guys. I'll leave that to the experts. All of the above courtesy of Wakayama's Kinkō Jiten. Quote
AndyMcK Posted July 17, 2016 Report Posted July 17, 2016 Someone french speaking try to get through with some basics to him? It won't take long, eventually he will end up "cleaning" something worthy... Antti Quote
dominnimod Posted July 17, 2016 Report Posted July 17, 2016 J'ai le regret de vous informer quial nettoyer le tsuba patine,tu aurais pu dommage une importante antique (potentiel Gotō tsuba) Jamais nettoyer swords nakago or tosugu comme tsuba,fuchi et kashira. Patine originale ces't tre important pour la datation et sans la patine il perd tout la valeur,économique et historique. Membres du cette forum nous demandons pour jamais retirez originale patine du cette antiques. Cordialement 2 Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted July 17, 2016 Report Posted July 17, 2016 Damn shame about that tsuba. Good lesson to new collectors on what not to do. 1 Quote
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