Alex A

UFO blade

Sure is Kanbun, Folk talk about Kanbun sugata a lot but to be honest it feels like i hardly see them. Let us know what you come up with and why, Cheers

Ps, places like this you need to keep an eye on. Im assuming you just want a "REAL" Samurai sword, For your budget and KATANA, how about something like this. Fittings, well, you cant have it all at that price, tsuka wrap could be changed. Not papered by looks of it, but if its such a big deal you could ask them https://www.toukenkomachi.com/index_fr_tachi&katana_A020220.html

If you stick with the hobby Paz you might find that your views change as time goes by. Old swords, those tired with narrow lifeless hamon soon become boring. Has to be some balance, Wont buy an unsigned blade these days, dont like ?,s, well, maybe at rock bottom price. Horses for courses.

Hi Andrew, you confirm my thoughts Be patient, something will turn up eventually.

I do like the weapon aspect too, Jussi, doing my best not to start talking about reliable Sengoku clunkers like Dotanuki. Dam, i said it. Now backing out haha

There would be only one way to truly get to the point, all else is purely speculation and off on a tangent talk. That is , speak directly to someone that made a blade to match and ask him. It has been done, again, back to the likes of Rays post. Anyone know a modern smith with a take on it ? If not, then little to add, for me anyways.

When folk new to the hobby desire a blade in koshirae, usually there is no getting away from it.

Its heading into that Art V Weapon territory again. I was under the impression we were talking art.

If you come across something you like the look of, add a link here.

Often, you come across wakizashi that are almost katana length and in koshirae, for that price. Keep an eye on the Japanese sites.

If thats the case Christian, they failed an awful lot for a long time, those guys just didn't know when to quit

For me, to get my head a bit more around this subject i have had to go back to what Ray said about Shibita Ka. To be honest i had never heard of him but just looked into him a little. Compare smiths over the centuries that had to make a living, sell swords with the materials they had and compare their way of producing swords to that of SHOWA period Shabata Ka. Rather than repeat, here, info on the smith. https://yakiba.com/shibata-ka/ As mentioned, subjective. Smiths that mastered from Konuka to Muji or whatever tradition may well of thought their blades were the best in history and felt little need to replicate anything.

Personally, prefer swords that dont have a really sharp point at the kissaki. They bend and break too easily, should you catch it on something by accident. It happens, especially with newbies.

Hello, Not wanting to sound snobby or anything, but this site is for traditional forged blades. Might of been better starting a new topic rather than adding to this one. Less body parts in your shots might be a good idea too Welcome though!

I think sometimes in these exercises it is important for those that are not correct to maybe show an example of what they thought was correct. You will see lots of similarities but sometimes obvious differences. Sometimes, very close. Cheers.

As mentioned Mark, i cant imagine that materials and technique have not been able to be replicated We are talking swordsmiths 800 or whatever years ago. Weird how no one has got their head around it. But as mentioned, little we can add here.

Jacques, its only easy when you know the answer, usually the result of window shopping. Without books, not so easy, just going off memory. Its got Yokoyama written all over it, i cant remember off the top of my head such repeated pattern though. Sukenaga did a gunome, but maybe not like this.

The thing i find interesting about this subject is the fact that smiths "TRY" to replicate it, this and other work. Sometimes think, what did they do differently ? If swordsmiths over centuries cant work it out then we certainly cant. We heard about how polish can effect steel in the other thread, maybe trying to match a very old "POLISHED" blade is the issue? Materials, no doubt its all been done already. But what do i know.

Amazing detail in that tree!

Thats nothing. Though i would use a gun oil like express, with a rust inhibitor. Not wanting to start another what oil thread do you use thread, il leave it there. Dont worry, just keep your eye on it.

Naginata Naoshi is what i thought, but i guess NBTHK know best Nice sword

No books Sugu start, Off top of head id say Yokoyama Sukenaga but i know you dont like Edo stuff

Hello, just picking up on a few points Dirk mentioned and without spending much time at all on it Look at all the details and try work it out. Some similar points. Itame, masame, high shinogi Dropped a page in. Not saying it is or anything, just how you need to go about it Ps, always a possibility of gimei !

Not wanting to go off on a tangent but relates to what has been said., well, kind of. The mention of different materials and how that has outcome on the final product. Always reminded of this page, with regards Akamatsu Taro smiths making their own tamahagane. http://www.users.on.net/~coxm/?page=Kimura Read on numerous sales pages that this gives their hada a distinct darker colour in this modern age, reminiscent of older blades. Anyways, back on track.