BIG Posted December 17, 2016 Report Posted December 17, 2016 A 1 200 000 yen piece... https://touken-matsumoto.jp/eng/product_details_e.php?prod_no=WA-0160 Best Regards Quote
Stephen Posted December 17, 2016 Report Posted December 17, 2016 knock off a mil and get this http://www.e-sword.jp/tantou/1610-3054.htm Quote
Stephen Posted December 17, 2016 Report Posted December 17, 2016 only cause i want to collect his teacher an students.... Quote
Stefan Posted December 17, 2016 Report Posted December 17, 2016 A joke ? This blade is poor workmanship for KIyondo.The Price... By the way, an closed ware is not an forging flaw Quote
Jean Posted December 17, 2016 Report Posted December 17, 2016 Probably my favourite prewar gendaito smith (that's for Joe): http://www.aoijapan.com/katana-horii-toshihide More recently, my favourite modern smith http://www.aoijapan.com/tanto-sanryu-masamine-saku-heisei-2-nen-8-gatsu-hi-august-1990-2 http://www.aoijapan.com/katana-sanryu-masamine Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted December 18, 2016 Report Posted December 18, 2016 Masamune is EXCELLENT, but I've struggled to see why his work is THAT much more than some his contemporaries. I also saw that Toshihide/Hideaki and while nice, a 1M yen starting price made me chuckle a little especially when the Mitsuoki they had on auction just sold for 500k yen - not "cheap" but I think I got a good deal The Toshihide makes me feel like the Wakizashi I have on consignment with Moses to be very fairly priced! (http://www.nihontoantiques.com/project/tanto-sword-fss-709/) Quote
Jean Posted December 18, 2016 Report Posted December 18, 2016 Joe, You surely are a bit severe in your judgement about Masamune who was surely excellent but I was talking about Masamine the ningen kokuho LOL. Quote
Guido Posted December 18, 2016 Report Posted December 18, 2016 Welcome to another episode of "Forensic Reading", also known as "F*ck the Glass House". Quote
BIG Posted December 18, 2016 Author Report Posted December 18, 2016 The glass house will survive... Best Regards Quote
w.y.chan Posted December 18, 2016 Report Posted December 18, 2016 Masamune is EXCELLENT, but I've struggled to see why his work is THAT much more than some his contemporaries. I also saw that Toshihide/Hideaki and while nice, a 1M yen starting price made me chuckle a little especially when the Mitsuoki they had on auction just sold for 500k yen - not "cheap" but I think I got a good deal The Toshihide makes me feel like the Wakizashi I have on consignment with Moses to be very fairly priced! (http://www.nihontoantiques.com/project/tanto-sword-fss-709/) I saw the Mitsuoki in Aoi. It was a prize winning sword at a wartime contest but surprisingly it was not josun length. Maybe length is not everything? Judging by the pictures the sword is the same quality as most other Mitsuoki blades that are similarly priced including those in gunto mounts. Having said that I think Mitsuoki blades are priced fairly low given his reputation and quality when compared to the likes of Nagamitsu and Emura blades. This Kuniie was sold recently at under 600k yen and I think superior to the Toshihide mentioned or even the majority of the war era blades by the top smiths but again not josun http://www.toukenkomachi.com/image/A021216-2.jpg Wah Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted December 18, 2016 Report Posted December 18, 2016 Joe, You surely are a bit severe in your judgement about Masamune who was surely excellent but I was talking about Masamine the ningen kokuho LOL. LOL! Auto-correct on my phone + Nihonto = Ridiculous! Yeah, I never understood the draw to Masamune Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted December 18, 2016 Report Posted December 18, 2016 ...Maybe length is not everything?... I have been trying to convince the Misses of this for years, with little luck. Quote
w.y.chan Posted December 18, 2016 Report Posted December 18, 2016 This Mitsuoki was sold recently https://www.touken-matsumoto.jp/product_details.php?prod_no=KA-0133 Wah Quote
Ray Singer Posted December 18, 2016 Report Posted December 18, 2016 That Kuniie was a very, very nice gendaito. I may be mistaken, but my impression was that the price was influenced by what appears to be damage to and subsequent restoration of the nakago. It looks like the nakago was corroded at one point and the majority was resurfaced with new yasuri-mei (all but the uppermost portion of the nakago). A change in yasuri-mei, depth of mei, color, remnants of pitting, etc can be seen. This Kuniie was sold recently at under 600k yen and I think superior to the Toshihide mentioned or even the majority of the war era blades by the top smiths but again not josun http://www.toukenkomachi.com/image/A021216-2.jpg Wah Quote
Stephen Posted December 18, 2016 Report Posted December 18, 2016 https://www.touken-matsumoto.jp/eng/new_e.php?newitemcat=token https://www.touken-matsumoto.jp/new.php?newitemcat=token interesting what different search machine do Quote
w.y.chan Posted December 18, 2016 Report Posted December 18, 2016 I thought the same too, at least from the photo. How necessary was that for a WW2 gendaito? I remember some badly corroded gendaito had some rust removed on the tang by the polisher but new yasuri mei? Wah Quote
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