lonely panet Posted June 2 Report Posted June 2 Well i know very little about kogatana. But this one grabbed my eye for the fine mei. Could i get any information on the mei and smith please Quote
Ian B3HR2UH Posted June 2 Report Posted June 2 Hi Hamish , it looks like a stylised dragon wrapped around a ken . Ian 2 Quote
lonely panet Posted June 2 Author Report Posted June 2 Thankyou very much koichi san. Its a pleasant little blade the yes Ian, a stylized dragon on ken. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted June 2 Report Posted June 2 42 minutes ago, Nobody said: 相州住秋廣作 - Soshu ju Akihiro saku Moriyama San, you have very good eyes! Quote
Matsunoki Posted June 2 Report Posted June 2 Annoyingly 99% of Mei on kogatana blades are “tribute” and thus need to disregarded. It’s just another Japanese interesting peculiarity. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted June 2 Report Posted June 2 Conversely, a strange thing happened at a sword meeting about a year ago. I have a kozuka with a Sukekane Mei on the blade. I showed it to the sword Sensei, and without hesitation he said, "Yes, it's a genuine example of a Sukekane Mei". He had no doubt that it was made by (a) Bakumatsu Bizen Sukekane. Perhaps at that time there was no one faking Sukekane kozuka blades!?!? The exception proves the rule? 1 Quote
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