Katana

elevennevele · 20th July 2007, 08:18 AM

Very nice sword Bill. Maybe you already know but don't ever remove any rust on the tang. You'll lose half the value of the sword in doing so. It's an area used to test the proven age.

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My bad. I see you've already stated it. Sorry, I love these swords too, and I guess over zealous to their preservation like many other collectable asian swords.

Bill M · 26th July 2007, 07:01 PM

A little more inforamtion.

It has suguha (straight temperline) with Ara-nie majiri. The hada (grain structure) is Muji (pearl skin) with ko-itame. The sori is curve at the waist level like Koto style. The boshi is Ko-Maru (small turn around).

The paperwork shows this is not a Tokubetsu hozon, but a Kanteisho Hozon. It is also a bit earlier than 1861. Somewhere between 1848 and 1854.

Here is the origami for your consideration.

Here are some of the pictures of my paperwork.

Overall

Watermarks

Back of paper

Envelope

Close-up of main info (sorry about the color shift)

Seal

spiral · 27th July 2007, 09:13 AM

It has a very elegant shape Bill , skillfull hamon as well.

I found this website about NBTHK papers that I found interesting.

http://www.nihontocraft.com/japanese_sword_papers.html

I understand they are more valued than those from the other organisations?

Spiral

dralin23 · 27th July 2007, 05:00 PM

hi bill
it is realy an nice sword in a very good condition. i like satsuma swords, but i wonder why looks the tang so old. at normal you can see at an nihon-to made in the end of the shinto time an very clear yasurime (file marks at the tang) , at the tang is not such an dark rustpatination and the mei is very good and clear visible. these tang shows for me like made in the early shinto time. in the past i was an member in the european section from the nbthk and so i was in the happy position to see a lot of good swords from the other members and so i can say, it is the first time that i see such an "old looked" tang at such an young sword! at normal i would say you make an mistake to think it is from 1861 but you have an paper from the nbthk. there are many questions for me!!!
stefan

27th July 2007, 05:00 PM	#4
dralin23 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 194	katana hi bill it is realy an nice sword in a very good condition. i like satsuma swords, but i wonder why looks the tang so old. at normal you can see at an nihon-to made in the end of the shinto time an very clear yasurime (file marks at the tang) , at the tang is not such an dark rustpatination and the mei is very good and clear visible. these tang shows for me like made in the early shinto time. in the past i was an member in the european section from the nbthk and so i was in the happy position to see a lot of good swords from the other members and so i can say, it is the first time that i see such an "old looked" tang at such an young sword! at normal i would say you make an mistake to think it is from 1861 but you have an paper from the nbthk. there are many questions for me!!! stefan

20th July 2007, 08:18 AM	#1
elevennevele Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 11	Very nice sword Bill. Maybe you already know but don't ever remove any rust on the tang. You'll lose half the value of the sword in doing so. It's an area used to test the proven age. ... My bad. I see you've already stated it. Sorry, I love these swords too, and I guess over zealous to their preservation like many other collectable asian swords.

26th July 2007, 07:01 PM	#2
Bill M Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Georgia Posts: 1,599	A little more inforamtion. It has suguha (straight temperline) with Ara-nie majiri. The hada (grain structure) is Muji (pearl skin) with ko-itame. The sori is curve at the waist level like Koto style. The boshi is Ko-Maru (small turn around). The paperwork shows this is not a Tokubetsu hozon, but a Kanteisho Hozon. It is also a bit earlier than 1861. Somewhere between 1848 and 1854. Here is the origami for your consideration. Here are some of the pictures of my paperwork. Overall Watermarks Back of paper Envelope Close-up of main info (sorry about the color shift) Seal

27th July 2007, 09:13 AM	#3
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	It has a very elegant shape Bill , skillfull hamon as well. I found this website about NBTHK papers that I found interesting. http://www.nihontocraft.com/japanese_sword_papers.html I understand they are more valued than those from the other organisations? Spiral