by Moses Becerra | Aug 17, 2023
YAMATO KANEKURA (fss-935) New Item Available Sold On Hold Special Sale A beautiful ko-wakizashi/O-Tanto(Sunobi) by the smith Yamato (no) kami Kanekura. He was a shintô smith who worked in both Mino and Edo. It is very rare to encounter examples of his work and also...
by Moses Becerra | Aug 17, 2023
YASAKUNI YASUMITSU (fss-934) New Item Available Sold On Hold Special Sale This is a very fine quality yasakuni sword made by one of the instructors of the Yasakuni shrine. Ikeda Yasumitsu, joined the NTK at its founding and left in Showa 15 (1940). He passed away in...
by Moses Becerra | Aug 16, 2023
BIZEN NORIMITSU (fss-931) New Item Available Sold On Hold Special Sale A uniques and very interesting blade by Bishu Norimitsu, reminiscent of older slender tachi, this blade is very well balanced and feels good in hand. The Blade construction is Shinogi-zuruki with...
by Moses Becerra | Jul 30, 2023
YAMATO KANEKUNI (fss-928) New Item Available Sold On Hold Special Sale This sword is by Etchu No Kami Fujiwara Kanekuni whose secular name is ‘Tsutsui Kyuzaemon’. He is a student of the Osaka Tanba No Kami school and the father of Tsutsui Norimitsu. His...
by Moses Becerra | Jul 26, 2023
FUYUHIRO WAKAZASHI (fss-927) New Item Available Sold On Hold Special Sale A beautiful wakazashi with a very active hamon. It is of the late koto to early shinto era that has been shortened. As you can see in our photographs the hamon is a hitatsura like gunome midare...