Barrett Hiebert

Khalid, See the link below ... if you haven't already . May be what you are looking for . https://www.nihontocraft.com/Nihonto_Shinsa_Standards.html Best regards, Barrett Hiebert

Forumites, Found the same blade on this website. Better pictures and descriptions. https://eirakudo.shop/016361 Such a beauty! Best regards, Barrett Hiebert

Dale, Thank you for the picture and description. I stand corrected. I also enjoy that type of tsuba. It just looks like a variation of this tsuba shown in this thread earlier, to be honest. Best regards, Barrett Hiebert

Jean, That makes sense. Thank you for the picture. Best regards, Barrett Hiebert

Jean, I don't know either. I am not familiar with Fuji San style tsuba. (Shrugs). Barrett

John To and cluckdaddy 76, Thank you for the explanation John To and pictures. Very interesting. Thank you cluckdaddy 76 as well for the picture. I also did find this itomaki gata style tsuba on this Aoi Art Wakizashi. Check it out. : D Link to check out the entirety of the blade below. https://www.aoijapan.com/wakizashi-bizen-koku-ju-osafune-sakyoshin-munemitsu-dated-august-1501-bunki-1-nbthk-hozon-token/ Best regards, Barrett Hiebert

Rohan, Thank you! I shall definitely check them out! Best regards, Barrett Hiebert

Good day Forumites, I'm looking for blades like these, in Sunzumari length , ( 60 - 62 cm or about there ) , katate-uchi single hand nakago length. I prefer as straight as possible, preferably up to 0.4 cm to 0.5 cm of sori, but don't mind going up a little higher, as evident by the third example shown here at 1.2 cm sori. *** Of the Nambokucho period only please. *** Thank you for your assistance in my search for similar blades. https://sword-auction.com/en/product/29407/katana-mumei-attributed-to-sa-sadayoshinbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-token/ https://world-seiyudo.com/product/ka-080124/ https://www.samurai-nippon.net/SHOP/P-891.html Best regards, Barrett Hiebert

Rohan, Thank you so much for highlighting that for me! I've messaged Rivkin. Might be a lead! Yes, I've finally really narrowed down what sugata, kissaki type, sori, etc. I love that combines what I love for my eye and most agreeable to my handling preference. I think this blade would be wonderful as a daito to my shoto wakizashi I will have paid off from Aoi Art end of next month. A Sekishu Dewa Sadatsuna Wakizashi. See picture below! Absolutely love both of these blades. Best regards, Barrett Hiebert

Forumites, I was really hoping if I ever could get a hold of such a blade, as I absolutely love it. Pictures attached below that I saved. https://sword-auction.com/en/product/29407/katana-mumei-attributed-to-sa-sadayoshinbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-token/ I found the auction page for easier remembrance. : D It was on their auction and didn't sell, but before I could ask about a deposit to reserve it, it had sold. I've attached pictures if at all remotely possible, if the new owner if ever seeing this thread, if interested could get in touch with me at the least, if not able to be relinquished, at least be so kind to tell me his impressions of the blade. Thank you!

Fuuten (Axel), Just send Aoi Art an email and they should be able to send you the link for the page. Best regards, Barrett Hiebert

Lex, I will put a deposit down to reserve it and make an affordable payment plan after my two wakizashis are paid off from Aoi Art if you are able to wait that long. Please check your whatsapp messages and NMB forum messages. I should of thought of this before I made the deposit to reserve the Aoi Art Fujishima wakizashi as a gift for my friend. I just hope no one is showing interest in such a blade and you'd be able to wait and we would be able to come to an agreement. For I know you know I'm honourable and dependable, true to my word and have the money coming in monthly assured from my lifetime government payouts monthly after military service in Afghanistan. Though I know you are super busy with work... So please get back to me as you are able, preferably as soon as possible if able. I would love this blade to be the Daito with the Aoi Art Fujishima Wakizashi being the Shoto for my good friend for his birthday, as they both have full bo-hi and would be a great interconnected theme. Both blades would be great gifts and it gives me a good philanthropic reason and excuse to study two more blades before gifting to my friend. Then I swear no more blades until more research is done and I save up for a Juyo piece and of course defer to your greater expertise, knowledge in doing so. Though I'd love to help you out more if you'd be so kind and patient to do so as per my finances permit. Best regards, Barrett Hiebert

Jussi, I agree entirely with you. Such a beautiful odachi. I'm glad you took pictures. I of course, as you know, have a love of odachi/nodachi as well. Though, as I've become more older, wiser and more familiar with what would be better suited to my shorter height, arm length, etc. I do tend to prefer blades that are congruent to such. My Nambokucho O-kissaki Nagamaki Naoshi or Nagamaki Naoshi Zukuri Katana with a nagasa length of 70.3 cms is average nagasa length and was the only blade I was thinking relatively to put on my back theoretically for an art piece. Of course I'm just less than 5 foot 6 inches so short and average height at the top end like the average Japanese throughout history. Of course I was just going to have it moved on to the back for an art piece, only as I had to jump on a Sekishu Dewa Sadatsuna Wakizashi shown here from Aoi Art that I am currently financing. As I absolutely fell in love with it. I'm so excited to have my first wakizashi. It didn't sell at auction so luckily it was available for financing/purchase. : D Such a blade is acting out of fashion for the time period hence why I love it. A total sleeper build. I especially love its flamboyant hamon with almost straight blade and multiple hada. https://sword-auction.com/en/product/29231/as25564-wakizashi-mumei-sekishu-dewa-sadatsuna-nbthk-hozon-token/#:~:text=AS25564 Wakizashi: Mumei (Sekishu Dewa Sadatsuna) (NBTHK Hozon Token) – 日本刀販売の葵美術 And while my 2nd katana, a Oei - Bumei Kaga Fujishima Sunzumari Katana was going to take the larger O-kissaki Katanas place on the obi, the Sekishu Dewa Sadatsuna Wakizashi was going to be in its usual place as the companion sword. See the Sunzumari blade below for reference. https://www.nihontocraft.com/Kaga_Fujishima_Koto_Katana.htm Of course also this wonderful Late Kamakura Ryo Hisanobu tanto I'm financing coincidingly from Lex will be in metezashi position on the left side. https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/51709-kamakura-fumei-nbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-tanto-attributed-to-ryo-hisanobu-with-koshirae/#comment-564294 Seeing as how my question was mainly for an art piece using my swords in it, I think it would be acceptable, though of course I'm sure drawing from the back wasn't done commonly as such would of been worn by a companion and drawn as you have described. Sam, Yes, I also agree with you knowing how bio-mechanics work in relation to limb length and weapon length, obviously. Though, in the last part of the video you've shown, it shows Atsu, the main protagonist character from Ghost of Yotei , ( an excellent game as is Assassins Creed : Shadows) , with her dominant sword hand throwing the odachi up by the hilt and then catching the bare blade at its lowest most exposed point and then withdrawing it completely from the back mounted saya. Of course again this can be done if you threw up the blade high enough out of the scabbard and then proceeded to grab the bare blade at its lowest exposed point to draw it completely then from the saya. Obviously this would take much skill and practice as would resheathing, but it can be done easier with a shorter blade without the need to grab the bare blade after thrusting up the hilt as high as possible. See video below. I have also seen it done as Skallagrim shows and he breaks it down in greater detail and analysis. Not quite as smooth as in the game by Atsu in Ghost of Yotei though obviously as for reasons stated, shown in the video. Furthermore an odachi can be withdrawn from the obi with the same technique as on the back seen here... fast forward to roughly 7 minutes time stamp to see what I'm talking about. https://youtu.be/hFVL0RzmbbI?si=5Q2yD-1gZIsL3QTZ Though of course if you had the wealth for an odachi/nodachi and the skill to use it you'd most likely, if not always, just have a companion who carries the blade that you would draw from. Just all food for thought. Thanks for your reply Sam. Best regards, Barrett Hiebert

Piers D. , I certainly agree with you. Speculative and situationally dependant obviously. Though for art purposes from the front I think I could get away with it. Obviously only the handle portion of the back mounted sword would be showing above the body and the ending of the saya would be showing below. Best regards, Barrett Hiebert

Furthermore... I've attached a picture for position of the tanto on the right hip in metezashi. Per its position in the front right, it definitely wouldn't interfere with the other three blades even if the right hip mounted tachi was worn edge up as a katana. So I think such absolute tooling would be good in theory. Of course the majority of the time certainly the tachi or katana on the back was just for storing when moving. Though I have seen videos of practioners who have practiced proficiently enough being able to draw the back sword easily enough and return to the back saya. So certainly interesting. Best regards, Barrett Hiebert