Aaron Justice Posted April 23, 2010 Report Posted April 23, 2010 I purchased a Gendaito a bit ago off eBay. virtually flawless polish, only the expected tiny scuffs you'd get from sheathing or just plain existing it seems. Seller had limited english, but translated the nakago as Sukekuni. Kato Sukekuni was the only Gendai era smith I could locate, but I couldn't find any examples of his work. I have found blades by some of his students like Sukehiro Saku, and was surprised to find badly scratched blades in need of repair were selling for almost double what I paid for my blade. Hopefully I got a steal on mine. Here's the mei. http://homepage.mac.com/aaronjustice/.P ... /omote.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/aaronjustice/.P ... ds/ura.jpg Quote
Basho12 Posted April 23, 2010 Report Posted April 23, 2010 More practice for me! Showa 19, 10th month. Suke yes, less certain about the kuni. Also looks like an arsenal stamp (Sho?) but can't quite make it out. Quote
Brian Posted April 23, 2010 Report Posted April 23, 2010 Bit of an odd one. Appears to be a Sho stamp, yes. Tachi mei? Was this in 1944 pattern mounts, noting the lower mekugi ana? Looks like it was possibly filed a bit too, especially at the top of the nakago...although I could be way off. Showa stamp indicates not traditional Gendaito. A few slight puzzles. Brian Quote
Aaron Justice Posted April 23, 2010 Author Report Posted April 23, 2010 Bit of an odd one. Appears to be a Sho stamp, yes. Tachi mei?Was this in 1944 pattern mounts, noting the lower mekugi ana? Looks like it was possibly filed a bit too, especially at the top of the nakago...although I could be way off. Showa stamp indicates not traditional Gendaito. A few slight puzzles. Brian Blade came in Shirasaya. Habaki is a bit rough, so it may have been a gunto habaki, not sure. I'll have pictures of the blade itself. Lighting isn't good now, but it's in very good polish, extremely tight konuka hada. Quote
Bruno Posted April 23, 2010 Report Posted April 23, 2010 It seems to have the tiny Gifu/Chimata stamp on the nakago, that makes me think to a murato not gendaito. If it is the case, it shows that even machine-made(hand finished and oil quenched) blades can be really pretty with a full polishing job. Very nice blade. Quote
Bruno Posted April 23, 2010 Report Posted April 23, 2010 As Brian said, the blade comes from a Type 3 koshirae. I guess once the blade polished, the previous owner have had no choice but stored it in a shirasaya instead of the dirty gunto saya, not to contaminate the blade.IMHO Quote
k morita Posted April 23, 2010 Report Posted April 23, 2010 Hi, Your sword is maybe Miwa Sukekuni , Seki smith. Kato Sukekuni was in Tokyo. Quote
Tsugio Kawakami Posted April 27, 2010 Report Posted April 27, 2010 I think that would be a seki stamp. (Edited to add) Wait. No. Seki on the one side, gifu? on the other. Still got that thing, Aaron? Could at least decide whether it's gendaito or showato. Quote
Lee Bray Posted April 28, 2010 Report Posted April 28, 2010 It's currently on ebay as a gendaito. 250621324087 Quote
Brian Posted May 1, 2010 Report Posted May 1, 2010 Not impressed to see us used once again for commercial info without an explanation or warning. This was listed the day after you asked for the info? I guess it wasn't as much of a bargain as you claimed. Looks like that is the last help you will get here from some. Have a nice day. Brian Quote
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