SAS
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1400-1500s Bizen signed tachi style with partial mei, very interesting! Uchigatana perhaps, at 63 cm nagasa.
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The rust color looks odd, and there is a lighter patch on it; that is what i was referring to.
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I concur with JP and suggest looking at Yamato inspired smiths. Is it just me, or does the nakago look odd?
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Ford Hallam has had a heart attack and is hospitalized
SAS replied to Jean's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Ford. Don't push it too hard in your recovery. I echo Sal's call for a way to donate to help defray some expenses; I am sure there are many people who are willing to do so. -
How about the possibility of Yamashiro den, late Muromachi?
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Naoe Shizu came to mind from your comment, Peter, but there is no togariba, and the yasurime does not agree.
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Wow.....
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Like Peter and Jeremiah, I am leaning toward earlier than i originally thought, perhaps late Koto or early Shinto....or, another theory being something even earlier like a katateuchi cut down for wakizashi use, done early enough that the nakago was altered to make it look original?
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A few more, I think some of the activity is visible....
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Thanks Jeremiah; I am using a Nikon auto focus DSLR that has no manual focus ability. I will take some more photos later when it is not bright outside.
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More photo experiments; still no luck capturing the masame, which run like bright lines in the ha, ji, and shinogiji. At a certain angle of light, it is very apparent to the eye; also, some nijuba and other hataraki show discreetly.
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^ That is quite the set of attack rabbits! (cue Monty Python sketch)
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Zombie tsuba... raaaauuuughhhh!
SAS replied to PietroParis's topic in Auctions and Online Sales or Sellers
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Apparently my reference to sujikai and kesho yasurime was not an incorrect way to describe the yasurime, as Kokan Nagayama does so as well in "The Connoisseurs Book of Japanese Swords", i.e. p. 280, 283, et al. I am surprised that there has been no information forthcoming regarding the origin of kesho yasurime from our esteemed members.
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If someone will get me all the dimensions, i can try to make some on my lathe, might be an interesting project.
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If that little scratch near the kissaki is really a hagire, the blade is considered to have a fatal flaw.
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Off day for Masahide?
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http://meiboku.info/guide/form/yasurime/index.htm The first one is sujikai, second is kesho; the file direction is the same after the beginning.I am not fluent in nihongo So, when did kesho start and by who?
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All of my sources are saying it began in Shinto times, without further discussion; I have a sword which has the appearance of late Muromachi/early Shinto workmanship of Yamato or Yamashiro tradition, with remnants of kesho yasurime followed by sujikai. Comments please? Edit: it seems that the sujikai I referred to above is superfluous as it is simply part of the kesho pattern according to sources i just looked at.
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Rodriguez, try looking in Research on the tabs above for your kanji.
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Yes.
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Also, the way that the steel is folded will create the pattern that is seen in the ji and shinogi, and accounts for the differences between them.
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I did not presume the mechanism of how, just that the damage to the blade exists. Swords were used in WW2, just as you said John, and in other ways such as leading charges, etc. Opinion only, to me, such significant damage to an old sword that had probably survived for hundreds of years, was most likely on a harder target than an unresisting prisoner.
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It can be , but results vary from sword to sword; it is not the common convention for Japanese polishing standards....
