javenowens Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 Does anyone now the rating for Nidai Yoshichika? Quote
cabowen Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 All the blade I have seen by this smith have been identical- muji, even gunome hamon, most with bo-hi, rather slender. They seem to have been made with a cookie cutter. Not highly rated, rather mediocre as far as the craftsmanship goes. Practical swords without much art to them.... Quote
javenowens Posted July 22, 2010 Author Report Posted July 22, 2010 Mine is a bizen style tachi with bohi and suguha. If he is so mediocore why do his blades have so many cutting tests? Quote
cabowen Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 His father's blades were tested by a famous swordsman in the early showa period and cut well. The father began to stamp this on his swords as a marketing ploy. The son followed suit. As I said, they were practical swords, not art. There are the rare custom ordered examples that are much better than the contract blades made for the army. Perhaps you can post some pictures so I do not have to speak in generalities.... Quote
takakage Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 Hello, May be i'm lucky, Mine has got koto suguta with niku oki, gunome midare in ko nie with plenty ashi and yo with high grade koshirae. I have seen an other with strong suguta and nice midare hamon and nice mount too. Quote
Rich S Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 See my webpage on the Yoshichika smiths. http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/yoshchik.htm Interesting that the first Yoshichika made blades with western steel which have been papered by both NBTHK and NTHK. RIch S Quote
takakage Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 The oshigata of the nidai is mine (i have bougth it few years ago to R Polanski). I don't think that is a bad sword. Quote
daishobohi Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 Here are some pictures of blade that nbthk papered to that smith, actually blade is superb very high quality. Regards' Yitzy Quote
daishobohi Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 please disregard my post enjoy the sword photos thought. Yitzy Quote
cabowen Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 Looks nice. It also appears mumei so there is no way to say definitively that it is a work by Yoshichika. I have seen at least 15-20 Yoshichika blades and there has only been one that looked different than the standard military type I mentioned earlier. That was a special order that was nice but nothing like this mumei blade...Gendai-to, by their own admission, is not the NBTHK's strong suit; it is possible but I would not bet the farm on this being a Yoshichika blade. Again, they were for the most part practically mass producing blades for the military. I know the shodai was a competent smith as I have seen one nice, traditionally made blade by him. The nidai is almost unknown and having seen nothing but the cookie cutter military blade from the nidai, one must judge his skill on that basis. Quote
cabowen Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 please disregard my post ...Yitzy Why??? Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 daishobohi wrote:please disregard my post ... Yitzy Why??? I don't think that's a Yoshichicka blade. Appears far older (koto would be my guess or early edo). Quote
daishobohi Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 got confused there is an other post by me in same topic with same smith heading and thought u were commenting on that topic oops. This blade was attributed by nbthk to Nakayama Yoshikazu. yitzy Quote
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