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@Chris Thanks, do you know how this ridge (top of shinogi-ji) is called? It seems that the Japanese have names for almost everything... Marten

Hi all, Does anyone know how the mune, let's say an Iori-mune, is formed? Is it grinded in or is it created during the forging process? And how does this affect the measurements of the Haba? Is the height of the ridge of the Iori-mune included in the Haba? This is all part of my research for my own forging project. If the mune is grinded in after the forging I need tot include the height of the mune in the haba measurements as I want to make an exact replica of a specific katana. Looking forward to hearing some expert opinions on this. Kind regards, Marten

@Axel Thanks for your advise but since I wasn't able to get any specific info on wakazashi from Shodai Yasutsugu I decided to go back to my original plan which was to forge one of his katana's. Enclosed you'll find an overview of my project. Interesting part is that I'm going to use folded steel which is a mixture of today's steel and steel from the 16th century. Keep my fingers crossed for this! 20140527 Design Katana v2.pdf

@Chris Thank you for your quick reply. A beautiful Tanto with the Boshi I love. I'll inspect that website for some additional information. Keep it coming! Kind regards, Marten

Hi, I'm looking for specific information for a forging project I just started. My 'Forging Master' is pretty adamant about doing thorough research for this so I dove in deep in the world of Nihonto. I chose to make a replica of a blade from Shodai Echizen Yasustsugu because I like the irony of replicating something created by the 'master of replicating' (utushi-mono). Now, I did find some very nice specifics of his katana's but I'm really looking for al the measurements of one of his wakizashi's that are created around the time he moved to Edo (1603). This regards all information on measurements, sugata, hamon, boshi, etc. He switched Mei during that time. Enclosed you'll find the URL to a site that has a list of his Mei. http://www.nihonto.com/abtartyasutsugu.html Can somebody help me out? Thanks, Marten