ginzotanto Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 Hi Everyone, I'm putting up for sale a very beautiful koto attributed to Bizen Hidekage. Background: Bizen Hidekage is the great grandson of great smith Chikakage. Rated as a Jyo-saku smith in Fujishiro. The hamon on this sword is gunome choji ba with kinsuji. Uniform kinsuji with thick layers of ji-nie Utsuri is present. A very beautiful hada throughout, exposed by a superb polishing work (i'm assuming, done by the previous owner). On the nakago, there's remnants of kinpunmei that may imply an alternative attribution to (X)mitsu, but let's just take it as Hidekage. I have thoroughly enjoyed this sword and studied it. Now it's time to pass it on to other nihonto collector. Specifications: O-suriage Mumei 69.9cm nagasa 6mm kasane 3.2cm moto-haba Niju-Ginkise Habaki with special decorative pattern NTHK Kanteisho Asking for $5,800 + paypal & shipping DM me if keen. I'm from Singapore, and the regulations for importing/exporting swords are rather stringent. Do note that I cannot take any returns, but I can assure you that the sword is in original pristine condition as I bought it from Ray. Photo credits to Mr. Ray Singer Credits Link: http://swordsofjapan.com/project/bizen-hidekage-daito-with-kinpunmei/ ~Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16k Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Absolutely lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzotanto Posted January 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 54 minutes ago, 16k said: Absolutely lovely Thank you. I totally agree, whoever is the next owner is a lucky man. Gotta downsize a little bit to make way for more to study. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisW Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 A gorgeous blade. Congratulations to whomever the new owner may be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Singer Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 I'll add with emphasis that this is a gorgeous sword. You can see how nice the jigane is from the photos above. Beautiful work, and was a very enjoyable sword to have handled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzotanto Posted January 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 Interested parties can dm me to discuss. i'm open for offers. Good day to everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzotanto Posted January 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2021 Sword is currently on hold. Thanks for all the offers I appreciate it. Will update it when the sale finalised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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