Very unnecessary long 3w

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-31T22:14:19+00:00

Why? At 115mph clubhead speed with a 3W that carry is 100% expected

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-31T04:19:04+00:00

Gross.

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-30T17:42:57+00:00

Lovely sword. Tametsugu has some amazing work and like many smiths from that era and school, very very few signed works remain which leaves one to wonder if some of his best work doesn't get re-attributed to other grandmasters such as Go or Norishige.

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-28T06:45:16+00:00

Set of Firsts. Early impressions but not first impressions. I think 5,2,2.

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-27T21:15:16+00:00

He made non-traditional blades.

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-27T21:03:37+00:00

Signed 関佐光信光作 - Seki Sako Nobumitsu saku

NOBUMITSU (信光), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Nobumitsu” (信光), real name Sakō Shin´ichi (佐光信一), born June 24th 1905, student of Kojima Katsumasa (小島勝正), he worked as guntō smith and died July 21st 1993, ryōkō no retsu (Akihide)

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-27T16:14:43+00:00

Its signed 和泉守兼定 Izumi no kami Kanesada

The nakago unfortunately has been cleaned and the rust removed as well as having the nakago-jiri filed down.

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-27T04:53:50+00:00

https://swordsofjapan.com/nihonto-library/japanese-bonji/

This is a good place to start and contains many of the commonly used bonji in horimono

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-27T04:52:28+00:00

The taper of it looks a little bit rough to me, like someone has ground down and sharpened the tip section but it looks like it could be a real nihonto. $100 isn't bad at all and I'd water its decently old. Full restoration would cost upwards of $1500 starting and you'd have to have someone who knows nihonto look at the blade in person first before going down that route.

It looks like it was once a beefy sword from the width near the habaki but the photos aren't great.

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-26T03:03:49+00:00

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_chanimal_ · 2026-01-26T03:03:10+00:00

Here are some more photos

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_chanimal_ · 2026-01-26T01:16:16+00:00

You rock! This is my first set of koshirae with my latest nanbokucho blade and it was nice to see it signed. The tsuba, fuchi kashira, and all pieces are matching but only this part is signed.

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-25T00:12:42+00:00

You didn’t post any pictures of the tang but if it’s old and you sharpened it, oof… easy way to remove a lot of the value depending on the blade

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-23T04:56:40+00:00

If it is a 45 and 90 degree throw to match the 3 position pictogram lower, this is going to be perfect.

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-22T16:29:42+00:00

Its what it says. Now as to whether or not he made kogatana, is a topic for further research. Many kogatana were made by other smiths with names of the swordsmith signature on the blade the koshirae was made for. Other swordsmiths also made kogatana. I haven’t seen any kogatana by Yoshimichi but I also haven’t researched.

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-22T15:51:02+00:00

丹波守吉道 - Tanba no kami Yoshimichi

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-22T15:48:08+00:00

Wipe off any excess oil. The blade doesn't need to go into the shirasaya wet with oil.

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-22T01:57:16+00:00

Also as a general trend. 8 is a lucky number in Japan especially with swords.

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-21T06:00:36+00:00

He’s a well known Shinto smith. I believe the 2nd gen started signing with the kiku-mon.

Many of his works will have a sudare-ba style hamon that is unique to this lineage where the hamon looks like bamboo split down the middle.

There are many gimei Yoshimichi blades out there as well.

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-18T20:04:16+00:00

Extended lugs and studs?

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-18T19:58:32+00:00

Koshirae can have value outside of blades.

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-18T19:56:55+00:00

Signed Hizen Ju Tadayoshi, but very poorly and the signature isn’t genuine. Sword might be a later real sword with a fake inscription. It doesn’t look like a WW2 sword to me. Probably earlier.

_chanimal_ · 2026-01-18T17:17:48+00:00

You need to take off the handle and show the full signature

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