Morioka Masayoshi - Now In Polish

[SwordGuyJoe]

All,

I thought I'd share some pics of my Morioka Masayoshi that is done with polish. It was done by Mukansa polisher, Kenji Mishina. The double gold foil botan yujo habaki was done by Mukansa habaki maker Hiroshi Miyajima. It is very well done and I am anxiously awaiting it in hand!

[SwordGuyJoe]

And a before pic.

[Curran]

Thank you for sharing that.

[celt72]

Wow! That is a beautiful looking blade Joe!

[SwordGuyJoe]

Thanks Martin. I think the quality of the polish does the talking on why I will only use traditionally trained and licensed polisher. It costs more (in some cases) and takes longer, but I believe that it is so worth it.

[Ken-Hawaii]

Beautiful polish, & I like the habaki even more! I can't recall ever seeing both a polish & habaki by munkansa smiths before. Not an inexpensive endeavor!

 

Also interesting that it's tachi mei.

 

Ken

 

[vajo]

Very nice blade!

[Greg F]

Hi Joe, i hope you had a most enjoyable time in Japan. The polish shows why Mashina San is Mukansa polisher. The sword looks great and same goes for Miyajima San and the excellent habaki. Congrats and thank you for sharing.

 

Greg

[Jean]

Excellent Joe, once again you did not disappoint me

[SwordGuyJoe]

Thanks everyone. The sword showed promise before sending it. Danny had a Masayoshi with gorgeous horimono that Mishina San polished and it was amazing. Made my decision on who the polisher should be easy. What I didn't expect was that hada! Wow wow wow. I have always liked the Botan yujo habaki, so I splurged on that. As far as the cost, will I ever recoup it completely? Not likely. But this is where I think we all need to remember that we are mearly stewards of these swords and it is important for us to remember that if the decision is made to restore a sword, that we show these pieces of art the respect they deserve. If done right and preserved and maintained, these swords shouldn't require a polish for 50-100 years. So when you think of it that way, perhaps my great grandchild may need to consider polishing it. Either way, I'll take it and enjoy it every time I pull it from the saya.

[Daso]

Beautiful blade, but have to admit that Habaki is really amazing