ChrisW Posted March 24 Report Posted March 24 Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, After gathering opinions on here and other places, I am placing the Keicho Shinto katana up for sale. Here are the vital statistics: Type (Tachi, Katana, Wakizashi, Tanto, Naginata, Other) : Katana Ubu, Suriage or O-Suriage : Ubu Mei : (Mumei, Signature) : Mumei Papered or not and by whom? : No papers, but should paper to something interesting. Era/Age : Keicho Shinto (~1596), could be as early as Late Koto Shirasaya, Koshirae or Bare Blade? : Full Koshirae Nagasa/Blade Length : 26.9in or 68.3cm Sori : 0.875" or 2.2cm Hamon Type : A very active, chaotic choji-midare. Jihada : A very irregular itame Other Hataraki Visible : LOTS of uchinoke, nijuba, kinsuki, inazuma, tons of nie and nioe formations, the boshi is different on each side which I find to be very unusual! As well as more activity I can't even name properly. Flaws : A couple of old black rust spots, a few dimples, a few ware... all expected of a blade of this age with so much wild activity. Sword Location : Indiana, USA Will ship to : USA primarily, international contingent on laws of destination country. Payment Methods Accepted : Paypal, Cashapp. Shipping options discussed at time of purchase. Price and Currency : $2800 USD. Fair offers also accepted. Other Info and Full Description : In full mounts. This sword is a very unusual blade to say the least.... the activity on this is wild. It has uchinoke (crescent moon shaped activities) scattered about the blade, tons of kinsuji and inazuma as well. There is nijuba; the boshi on this blade is different on each side with one side being a well-formed turnback with kaeri and the other having a wide 'bridge' of particles that connects hamon on the boshi to the kaeri on the spot, forming a sort of tobiyaki within the boshi. The blade is ubu which means it should do just fine at Shinsa. Their have been multiple opinions on this blade from Mino to Owari-Seki to Bitchu Mizuta Tameiye (often transliterated as Tameie) to Keicho Shinto.... so take your pick! Or it could perhaps be another late Koto school. All of these are just opinions and final judgement should be reserved for Shinsa. The mounts are also very decent. It features a smooth shiny black lacquer saya with kurikata and sageo. The tsuba is signed "Kunihiro" and has a mon on the opposite side as well. Original copper habaki. The fuchi features a torii gate with gingko tree, a monk is sitting under an umbrella on the kashira. The menuki appear to be Mino Goto styled floral arrangements. The ito is black and has been lacquered. The same (rayskin) features several emperor ray nodes, denoting a good quality setup. Matched sets of seppa. The price is $2800 but I will hear fair offers. If you are interested, please drop a message in this thread, then DM me here on the message board or email me at ChrisW7290@gmail.com First come, first served of course. ~Chris Quote
ChrisW Posted March 24 Author Report Posted March 24 (edited) More pictures: Edited March 24 by ChrisW Quote
ChrisW Posted March 25 Author Report Posted March 25 Accepting reasonable offers! This would be a very fun piece to submit for Shinsa guys, tons of activity for study too! Quote
ChrisW Posted March 29 Author Report Posted March 29 (edited) $2700 + shipping takes it home today! This blade would be a great candidate for Shinsa too. Edited March 29 by ChrisW Quote
Rawa Posted April 9 Report Posted April 9 (edited) Really fine sword. Tsuba with mon rest of koshirae also great. With this price even as gendaito it’s great deal. Rust will give up after baking soda with choji. Edited April 9 by Rawa 2 Quote
ChrisW Posted April 9 Author Report Posted April 9 4 hours ago, Rawa said: Really fine sword. Tsuba with mon rest of koshirae also great. With this price even as gendaito it’s great deal. Rust will give up after baking soda with choji. Thank you for the kind words. Everyone else, you've heard Marcin! Don't let this one sneak by. A very reasonably priced blade that would be interesting to submit for Shinsa. It doesn't really need any further work than that! Quote
Lewis B Posted April 9 Report Posted April 9 5 hours ago, Rawa said: Rust will give up after baking soda with choji. Baking soda is abrasive. Do not use baking soda. Quote
Rawa Posted April 9 Report Posted April 9 (edited) 2 hours ago, Lewis B said: Baking soda is abrasive. Do not use baking soda. Oh I didn’t mean „polishing”! Simply put some to kill rust, I don’t want to keep this thread here. I’m finishing pumping akihide after one year of seasoning. Go for this blade! If it had even green papers I would be doing it myself. But 23% vat for me. Edited April 9 by Rawa Quote
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