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Thanks for the share of knowledge. It makes sense due to a cutting test I read on a nihonto and a nickname someone got pertaining to the event as well as being poetically named on the swords mei. Cheers

Very cool. I like that it has to do with nature and is somewhat poetic. A great name for a sword

I'm thinking of selling the one I have this week because another sword came up that I've been wanting for a while and its a great price even though it will need a month of my time to restore. I use one finger the traditional way. I told myself I would never sell my red bohi. I haven't been able to get fittings for it yet because I can be cheap at times lol. Are you interested ? The hamon is very nice and the bohi has a little discolour where the habaki rests but other than that the resin is next to mint and is the deep fire engine red instead of the faded poppy red seen in that katana buddy tried to take me for.

I named my first 2 Katanas that I bought ....after that I stopped and just starting naming my guitars after I would buy them. My first Katana was named ..... Isha 7 sutoroku It was to be poetic The Doctors 7 strokes. The old world Japanese Kanji for doctor looked like the same kanji for the number seven. The kanji strokes refer to philosophy of a sword stroke to be like calligraphy. A doctor would cut with a scalpel the size of a brush stroke. The sword steel like a scalpel.

That looks very nice Great work

Hello I bid on this one and won. I didn't pay him though because it was on Ebay a few weeks ago and he only wanted a wire transfer. It's still sitting in my check out even though I told him to cancel. He asked that I pay half then and he'll send it. I said no and that I will only pay for shipping and he gets the rest when I get it. Never heard back and it still sits in my cart. Other winners of other swords that were up too gave him bad feedback. Ebay told me his account is now frozen due to his shady game. He had no activity for a year on both his accounts till now so I'm feeling he got hacked. The description has perfect English yet his messages are lacking that same well spoken vocabulary and knowledge. I have an Edo era Kanemoto with the same bohi but shorter and squared at the end. It is a wakizashi though. Very nice hamon. Blade has a deep steel blue pigment due to the type of polishing and eye candy play off the red. I have to say I love these red resin urushi lacquer bohis. Cheers

Great piece Got my wheels turning. Just grabbed a WW2 piece literally yesterday and cleaned the blade up this morning. Grabbed another two weeks before. Told myself I would never go gunto...lol look at me now ma..sniffle sniffle .....look at me now!!!! ....( Steve starts sobbing ashamed of grabbing WW2 blades with bad Karma Mojo.)

could be used as a fancy offline uneven hand guard for a Nagitana ? lol Most likely made into a picture frame like said above. I've seen Kozuka sets turned into handles for European knives and fork sets. Almost stopped breathing for a bit and gagged to take air back in. Looks like it was a nice piece before someone decided to mount Grandma in it. thanks for sharing.