Noshu Seki Kanekami saku

[Stephen]

been looking around for info on this smith, anything other than just war time Seki smith, thanks for your time if you have anything.

[Stephen]

hummm. must be just wartime Seki showato smith. Thanks anyway.

[k morita]

Hi,

 

Is it Koketsu Kanekami Kanetaka that you say?　　

纐纈兼上

[Stephen]

Morita san

 

the last two kanji are same. i do not have way to type the Noshu Seki

 

the mei looks like this without the first name

http://home.earthlink.net/~ttstein/kanekami.jpg

[k morita]

Hi,

 

"Koketsu" is his surname.

He was a pupil of Watanabe Kanenaga.

[Stephen]

Thank you kind Sir.

[Brian]

That looks like a well signed nakago. Did he do Gendaito or only Showato?

I know the Seki smiths generally didn't have a great reputation for quality?

 

Brian

[SwordGuyJoe]

While not listed in the Gendai Toko Meikan, being a student of Watanabe Kanenaga, I would bet he did gendaito and probably decent quality.

[k morita]

Hi,

 

Yes, Nakago(tang) finished very well.　

Because it is a work exhibited to the sword-exhibition in 1940.

[Stephen]

Chris is very quite on this...LOL he must know its on ebay, ends today, id give a link but i might make a run at it. :lol:

[David Flynn]

Stephen, the one on ebay is Katana Mei. The one here is Tachimei. Also the one on ebay is signed Noshu Seki Kanekami, and the yasurimei doesn't look as good.

[Stephen]

Divid i see what your saying but i might gamble, see his teachers mei and his Kane are very much alike with feet the same way,

 

http://www.nihonto.us/WATANABE%20KANENA ... NDAITO.htm

 

if half the quality id be a happy camper.

[cabowen]

Chris is very quite on this...LOL he must know its on ebay, ends today, id give a link but i might make a run at it. :lol:

 

It's a Seki blade.....my opinion on Seki blades should be clear by now....

 

And if I had known it was on active auction, I wouldn't have said anything anyway....

 

Best of luck!

[Stephen]

Chris

 

Over the years ive come to respect your opinon with high regard and know how you feel about Seki smiths, do you feel the same about his sensei such as i posted, not Andys blade but the Kanenaga den?

[cabowen]

Of course there were talented smiths in Seki during the war, and Watanabe Kanenaga was certainly one of them, along with Kanehide. There were a few others as well but the percentage of good to bad is so low in Seki that it is much easier to just ignore them all.....Additionally, I have never been a fan of the sanbonsugi hamon....it makes me sleepy. But as has been said, to each his own......

[Stephen]

I have never been a fan of the sanbonsugi hamon

 

LOL know what you mean but to me it makes me seasick.