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Submitted by victor_alex on Tue, 2013-04-23 07:49

Hello.

Mei of this katana is: 肥前國住近江大掾藤原忠廣 hizen kuni ju omi daijo fujiwara tadahiro.
Am I right?

Please tell what do you think about this sword?
I think that it looks like gimei, but who knows.
Perhaps you can tell.

Please tell about all what you can see:
1. Geometry.
2. Polishing.
3. Defects.
4. What is money value of this sword.
5. And so on.

I torment my self about this sword more then one month.

Thank you very much
Best regards,
Victor

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#1Submitted by saipan59 on Wed, 2013-04-24 00:17.

boshi

I have no idea if it is gimei or not.
If you like it, my advice is to pay a "gimei price" for it. If it is a gimei, it may still be a well-made blade, made by a skilled katana-kaji. Does it really matter if the signature is wrong?
In the pictures, I see the scratches and nicks - not too serious.
However, the boshi looks strange - it appears that boshi falls off the edge at the base of the kissaki. Also, the boshi appears "crisp", while the hamon is more fuzzy. I wonder if the original boshi is gone, and someone changed it. I would be concerned about this, because the boshi is a very important feature of a blade.
BTW, the registration paper is from 1972, Nagasaki prefecture.

Pete
#2Submitted by victor_alex on Thu, 2013-04-25 12:38.

Thank you. Victor

Thank you.

Victor