Visiting Japanese Sword Co. in Tokyo

[Death-Ace]

Although I don't have any pics (had to save energy to make it to a show with my fellow Corpsmen), I want to recommend these guys. Even though I didn't purchase anything (at the time), one of the workers was more than happy to let me handle a few blades, including an early yoroi doshi and show me the gallery upstairs. There are more blades for sale that weren't on display, but on rewuest, they have a ledger of every blade available.

 

I got to see my first Gassan school blade by Sadakatsu (a tanto) and enjoy the Ayasugi hada that the school is known for. Another intriguing blade was a Kogarasumaru utushimono by a modern smith in newly made Kyu-Gunto mounts, like that of an Imperial Household koshirae. Upstairs were many treasures from early Kamakura to Shin-Shinto, including a Juyo Ko-Aoe and Juyo Ko-Bizen that had older documents from the 19th century, if I remember correctly. Very healthy in terms of today, other from being osuriage, and the craftsmanship was wonderful. It was also an honor to view many high quality tsuba, with quite a few Higo on display. There were more, but I was overwhelmed and honored by the amount of works I saw, its a shame I didn't stay in order to meet up with my guys and gals. In all, I recommend them to anyone that wishes to visit or even purchase.

[Ken-Hawaii]

Lev, you've left out the name of this dealer, as well as where he's located in Tokyo. A Web-site would also be nice.

[Gakusee]

Well, Ken, he has clearly mentioned the name of the company in the title.
http://www.japansword.co.jp/