Simon123

Thank you. The swords you sent as reference are pretty close in size to my sword but a few things are different. Like the Hoso Suguha and the Koshi Sori. The blades you sent were rather Torii-Sori. I just studied the blade closer and I am not 100% sure but I think it has a masame hada. I tried to photograph it but I couldn't get a good picture.

I just noticed, that there is a clear line in the nakago which looks less old and has kiri Yasurime. Whith the bare eye it is way more noticable than in the photo. I marked the line blue in the picture where the difference begins. I think it really a machi okuri like Rivkin said. .

Here are a few more photos. Here is a Google Drive link with even more photos. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OTA8wDyvTbT44Nl_BvpGhNsTYwMOKl3V?usp=sharing I guess whatever it is, I got it for about 400 euros, which is a bargain.

I just created two edited images of the blade to better illustrate what it might have looked like when it was created. The first one is how it could have looked with a longer nakago but the blade haven't been touched. The second is with machi okuri. Looks definitly more like a tachi now on both.

I think that's entirely possible. If we assume that the original length was about 3–10 cm or 1–3 inches longer, the details fit together and it would be plausible.

I don't think it is a Katateuchi. It is too long with 64,5cm Nagasa and the koshi sori and big taper of 50 percent would be unusual. Also the thin suguha.

I've uploaded some close up pictures of the nakago in the Google Drive folder I posted.

Is the kissaki fixable by a togishi?

I think these are probably battle marks, as there are some battle marks on the back of the blade. The yokote is not completely destroyed, but very difficult to see. With the right lighting, the yokote is visible to the naked eye. I don't think the monouchi has been significantly altered, as the width of the hamon is consistent across the entire blade.

I recently purchased this nihonto. I am fairly certain that it is a suriage or o-suriage tachi. The polish is quite old and not in perfect condition. It may need a togishi in the future. The question is, is the blade worth it? In general, the blade is in good condition. Only the kissaki and yokote are not perfect. The yokote is still visible to the naked eye, but it is difficult to see. I am not sure what type of kissaki it is, but I suspect it is a ko kissaki. The hamon is a narrow variant of suguha. I am not sure if it is ko-suguha or something similar. The blade is definitely a suriage or o-suriage. -The Nagasa is: 64.5 cm -The Sori is a Koshi-Sori with 2.1 cm (keep in mind that the Sori was probably a more pronounced Koshi Sori before the Suriage) -The motohaba is 2.8 cm -The kasane is 0.5 cm -The sakihaba is 1.4 cm -Hada is visible, but I am too unqualified to recognize what type it is. Based on the following facts, I suspect that it is a Kamakura Suriage Tachi. Possibly Yamashiro-Den. -The taper is quite large at 2.8 - 1.4 cm (approximately 50%). -Koshi Sori with 2.1 cm after Suriage -The small Kissaki -The shape of the blade in general -The narrow Suguha Hamon with a fine, even structure -The blade is somewhat worn, as it has been polished many times over the centuries -The blade comes from a WW2 estate of a British officer What would you say this blade is? Would you agree with my assessment? If not, what speaks against my assumption? More pictures are in the Google Drive Link bellow: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Vv8AONTTp7lESMnLQmmedIBCryMmHgYd?usp=sharing

Hi, I found this Nihonto on Ebay. Price is about 800 EUR. Nagasa is 69cm Do you think it is a katana or a tachi? In Handachi Koshirae. Is it worth the price? The seller told me it was in the estate of a british military senior officer. What do you think about the sword (age, school, health of the blade)? Are the fitting of a decent quality? I already asked the seller to make better photos of the whole blade and I will post them here. Better and more photos are on the Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18-rPblXj7Z0nIi0ktWccRA2hX-y0a5fL?usp=sharing

Hi, About a year ago, I started the restoration of the koshirae of a nihonto I bought. The blade the original koshirae was mounted on is nothing special. The price of a polish would exceed the price it would be worth afterwards. Same with a new koshirae. But it was the first nihonto I bought, and I wanted at least to preserve the blade. The original saya and tsuka were cracked and no longer airtight. First I crafted a new tsuka core and then finished the tsuka with new antique fittings because the original kashira was lost. After the tsuka was finished, I bought honoki wood from Namikawa and started carving the saya. After months, the carving and lacquering is finished. I chose an Ishime pattern for the saya, and I think it was not a failure. The Katana kake in the background was also made by me. The next project is building a lightning solution. The current one is only a prototype to test the function. Please ignore the cables. They will be hidden afterwards. One of the pictures is a before-and-after picture, by the way. I hope you like the new koshirae and don't just dislike it, because it was not crafted by a traditionally trained artist. I did the best I can and learned lot on the way. If I were to start again, I think the build would be even better.

Hi, I am finally home and tried to take some good photos. I tried the best I could. Unluckily, I am not a good photographer and do not have a photo studio at home. https://drive.google...9jtbLLdR?usp=sharing

I will try to make some when I am at home on Friday.

It is hard to see on the picture but against the light you can see a hoso-suguha hamon.