Katana for comment

AJ1356 · 8th January 2012, 04:16 PM

I had bought this sword about 10 years ago when I was in Japan. I expressed interest in a katana and one of the guys I knew back then took me to an antique dealer and I ended up buy this(the only one I could offord and was nice). It does come with a piece of old paper that the dealer said was the certificate for it. He also said the sword was made by the second best swordsmith and an emperial swordsmith which I think he meant of the Mieji era. Other than that I know nothing about it, have never gotten around to taken it to be appraised or properly cleaned/sharpened. Still very sharp and well balanced, no I don't know how many body balde this is .
comments/info is welcomed

thinreadline · 8th January 2012, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by AJ1356

I had bought this sword about 10 years ago when I was in Japan. I expressed interest in a katana and one of the guys I knew back then took me to an antique dealer and I ended up buy this(the only one I could offord and was nice). It does come with a piece of old paper that the dealer said was the certificate for it. He also said the sword was made by the second best swordsmith and an emperial swordsmith which I think he meant of the Mieji era. Other than that I know nothing about it, have never gotten around to taken it to be appraised or properly cleaned/sharpened. Still very sharp and well balanced, no I don't know how many body balde this is .
comments/info is welcomed

Any pics ?

AJ1356 · 8th January 2012, 04:41 PM

internet is slow , took awhile to upload

AJ1356 · 10th January 2012, 01:29 PM

No comments?? I did not know no one was into Katanas here...

koto · 10th January 2012, 03:05 PM

WWII Seki smith Yoshiomi 武山数雄

Rick · 10th January 2012, 04:45 PM

Rich stops by now and then ..

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm

laEspadaAncha · 10th January 2012, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by AJ1356

No comments?? I did not know no one was into Katanas here...

I have several nihonto, but am functionally useless when it comes to translating kanji.

Koto on the other hand has translated the mei... the osujikai file marks through me a little, though my hands-on exposure is limited enough that it means relatively little when a feature on a nihonto catches my eye as "odd"...

Nice blade either way. I'm guessing the shirasaya is contemporary... or at least not original to the katana.

AJ1356 · 11th January 2012, 07:59 AM

Kono thanks for the translation, Yoshiomi does sound familiar, I think that is what I was told the maker was.
The shirisaya is much newer than the sword, maybe at most 15 years old. Mybe next time I am home I'll take some pictures of the certificate and then we'll know more.
A quastion to anyone who'd know this. Does any one know of a person who'd be able to properly clean the resharpen this baby? In southern United States??

8th January 2012, 04:16 PM	#1
AJ1356 Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Nashville Posts: 317	Katana for comment I had bought this sword about 10 years ago when I was in Japan. I expressed interest in a katana and one of the guys I knew back then took me to an antique dealer and I ended up buy this(the only one I could offord and was nice). It does come with a piece of old paper that the dealer said was the certificate for it. He also said the sword was made by the second best swordsmith and an emperial swordsmith which I think he meant of the Mieji era. Other than that I know nothing about it, have never gotten around to taken it to be appraised or properly cleaned/sharpened. Still very sharp and well balanced, no I don't know how many body balde this is . comments/info is welcomed Attached Images Last edited by AJ1356; 8th January 2012 at 04:39 PM.

8th January 2012, 04:41 PM	#3
AJ1356 Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Nashville Posts: 317	internet is slow , took awhile to upload

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AJ1356 Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Nashville Posts: 317	No comments?? I did not know no one was into Katanas here...

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koto Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 27	WWII Seki smith Yoshiomi 武山数雄

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Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,336	Rich stops by now and then .. http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm

11th January 2012, 07:59 AM	#8
AJ1356 Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Nashville Posts: 317	Kono thanks for the translation, Yoshiomi does sound familiar, I think that is what I was told the maker was. The shirisaya is much newer than the sword, maybe at most 15 years old. Mybe next time I am home I'll take some pictures of the certificate and then we'll know more. A quastion to anyone who'd know this. Does any one know of a person who'd be able to properly clean the resharpen this baby? In southern United States??