Utopianarian

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Sorry here is blade upright

Thank you all for your input. Here is a little clearer pic of the mei and a pic of the overall shape of the sword which might help to place maybe the era of the blade

I know part of the mei says Bitchu kuni ju nin. I can’t make out the last character

Thank you Alex, I appreciate your time and take on this blade

I’ve been struggling with yasurime. It’s hard to discern with the thick patina covering most of the nakago but generally appears like saka o-sujikai which appears mostly on Shinto blades but on the one side there is an area that appears like higaki like a crossed fence pattern. The file marks generally are so steep and irregular generally that one might also define it as sen suki which is also found occasionally on Mino-providence blades of the muromachi period. I don’t know what to make of it but saka o-sujikai I can prob rule out because the blade doesn’t really point to Shinto based on the sugata. What do you guys think?

Lol yes Ken it appears like fingerprints in that pic but if you look closer it’s a reflection of my fingers holding cell phone in front of blade to get a good angle for picture. Yes I’m a newbie but not that newbie. I was also frequently wiping/cleaning blade like an OCD person every 20 sec taking pics Lol!! Those schools all sound like good calls. Yes I also agree the Hamon is way overdone and no matter what angle I try cannot see much activity in Hamon. With extreme lighting I can see shades of activity in there tho but obscured from the heavy polish

Thanks Jean, it’s very hard to capture the actual appearance in pics but in hand appears absolutely stunning and speaks quality.

Thank you for the info. This is valuable info trying to rule out and narrow it down

Better pic of nakago

I hope these pics are a little better

The kowakizashi fittings came with a signed kogatana that a member here Uwe was kind enough to translate Kuninobu. I don’t know if that maker made both the kowakizashi and kogatana. The blade does appear close to kuninobu type of work. I know that’s a long shot

Awesome thank you Uwe!!

To add it has an Iori-mune. The best that I can come up with is soshu/Mino influenced type of school maybe Shimada school Muromachi

Forgot to mention also mumei

Large tanto or kowakizashi measurements overall length 19 3/4 inches nagasa 14 1/2 inches motokasane 7.5mm motohaba 1 3/8 inches. Nakago with dark patina.

Recently aquired fittings which kozuka has floral design plated with silver and gold and signed. Tsuba signed as well

Thank you very much baldi and Steve!!

Here is pic

Thank you Tom. I can’t make much of it

Another pic

More pics

Few more pics that might help identify. The yasurime looks like Takanoha

Sword appears to be Yamato but having difficulty with mei

I will prob be strung up and flogged with a wet noodle for saying it... but if you find a Tsuka that has the rough approx measurements and not too far off or extreme curvature or length of nakago. You can make slight adjustments by filing the inside of the tsuka to accommodate the nakago Kasane