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In what is possible there were much more destroyed blades returned to live that I have seen.

Someone took a beltsander on that what is a good way to destroy a blade. I would assume this is a real Nihonto that got some kind of amateur „repair“.

You could try to clean the blade part (not the tang) with high % isopropyl alcohol and try to make pictures of the Boshi and Hamon at the Hamachi. I don’t think we will see much in the current state of polish but you can try. And with pictures it is mostly wild guesses Apply a thin layer of oil on the blade part after making the pictures. Edit: you can try to make pictures with flash in a steep angle to the blade to make the Hamon visible. What I would mainly like to see is if the Hamon goes down the Nakago or not. example

I see prominent fumbari and the picture from the mune shows a relatively healthy blade. So my opinion is that this is a Shinto blade that was messed with that it looks older.

Im no fan of the shape but it definitely has many similarities with Authentic Exampled in my Opinion. You could try to compare the Mei to other examples but the blade looks promising in my opinion.

Looks like someone shortned the wrong end. I can’t see much in the pictures but I think it could be a shortned showato. When it is small enough it don’t need to be registered and only Art swords are allowed to be registered. Showato are Not traditional made Katana from WW2 and only traditional Nihonto are Art swords.

I tried to give a guess in this Kantei but did not come closer then Yamato, actually I looked at Ko-Mihara blades but thought the Boshi is wrong. With my lately unlucky guesses here I kept quiet this time Thanks for posting I still have fun doing kantei.

I would say it is Choji like some Yokoyama or Ishido smiths did it. But actually the picture and polish is not the best For reference https://www.aoijapan.net/wakizashi-bishu-osafune-yokoyama-sukekane1st/

I don’t know how the Gassan in Muromachi (and today) made the Ayasugi Hada but I’m very sure they did not cut into the sunobe like it is done in ladder “Damascus” for some reasons. It would be very time consuming to do without electric tools and a waste of expensive material. I can think of ways to do it in the forging process but don’t know really.

Razor sharp means the blade is not in the first polish anymore. The polisher leaves some more material where the edge starts so the first ~6cm are dull what increases the lifetime of a sword on the long run I think. How many polishes it takes untill the Ubuha is completely gone depends on different things like polisher condition or damage I would say.

Bamboo is one of the best bow woods available except maybe osage orange and yew but the shorter mainland bows where of composite design like Jean said. Koreans even use bamboo for the core of their composite bows.

Tillering is the process of working the limbs so that they bent even, but they don’t need to be symmetrical to each other. Many bows have a so called positive tiller when the lower limb is shorter to lift up the arrow when shooting. That is necessary to avoid pushing the arrow into your hand and I think Yumi are a good example for this because of the big difference in limb length. The string is far more away from the handle when strung, above it, then under it. (edit: I’m talking about the brace high here but did not remember the English term first) When you shot a bow with symmetric limbs not directly in the middle but above your hand you will see what happens in this case you should nock the arrow higher to avoid it hitting your hand.

I think the primary reason for the lower grip is to shoot it from horseback. And just an interesting thing about Arrowspine and what you can do if you don’t have the right Arrows. I use my variation of the Khatra when I shot with my thumb and I think it works very good and feels very smooth in the release. But I have never shoot a Yumi.

I think the date is Showa 6 but the split pictures and blurryness kills my eyes The Mei could be 兼 Kane and maybe you can make out the 2nd Kanji yourself. There is a lot of reference material for translating Mei here on the side, I use this http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/kanji/kanji1.htm

Should be my Blade Seriously well done, now we know the corrected papers are a real thing. (?) It is a cool blade from a good smith with a Style not often seen among his blades enjoy it.

Story is BS the pictures are from eBay seller katana boutique. edit: have missed the part where you found it yourself I think it looks late muromachi but I don’t trust that Nakago and I need some time to find out why

Someone sells a Daisho here in the Forum If you scroll down in this thread I have posted a blade by a student of a student of Ono Yoshimitsu that has some similiaritys with your blade

The blade papered as Wakizashi implies it is a shortned Tachi rather then a Naginata Naoshi. Jussi was wondering about this and my lack in photograph of Nihonto did not show any Kaeri what made it understandable. Some months ago I tried to make a video of the Jinie and it clearly shows the long Kaeri and why it is so hard to judge from pictures. Hope my clumsy content creator skills are OK

Using 2 different woods for Saya and Tsuka, where does this comes from ? (Larason2) They are always made from the same piece and you can see the grain continue. You can cut out a little angle if your wood has not enough Sori for the Nakago.

I think katana boutique on eBay always got a description.

When I checked my response I came across this https://www.aoijapan.net/dai-sho-mumeidewa-daijo-kunimichiyamashiro-daijo-minamoto-kunishige/ Not seeing it was a Daisho I mixed up my response and was more and more confused.

Yamashiro Daijo Fujiwara Kunimichi but I don’t know if Shoshin or Gimei.

Is it really the case that the NBTHK attributes simple Sukesada Mei to one of the best Sukesada ? I thought there is no chance for this and I would really love to see examples. Thanks

I will only be satisfied seeing a clear picture of the Hamon, not the Hadori Try to take a picture that shows if the blade is Nie Deki or Nioi. I understand that this is not as easy as it sounds but if you have questions what kind of picture im looking for just ask. Thanks

Is it nioideki ? Can you make a picture of the nioiguchi pls. I’m still interested in knowing this.