Athanasios Koumantos

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Here are some more closeups, though I do not think they show more than the scan. Very tight jigane.

Thank you everyone for your thoughts, I will try to take better photos of the jigane. Luckily I did not pay the amount mentioned in the 1990s invoice, more like a sixth of that... It is indeed an impressive and heavy blade, unfortunately I cannot risk sending it outside the country to shinsa, as shipping back to Greece would be a nightmare (I understand there are no shinsa in Europe).

An a photo of the nakago.

I am not claiming any attribution, just showing what documents it came with. As for closeups, I attached an 1200 dpi scan of it on the initial post, what else is there to show?

Judging from the lack of answers, I guess I did not post enough material. Here are some documents from the auction house. Does anyone have any comment? Lot_503_2025-01-23_17-48.pdf

This is a mumei katana I recently won at an auction, supposedly attributed to Yasutsugu 2nd generation. Tried to scan it, but unfortunately the board does not allow large jpeg files. Here it is from a hosting site Your thoughts?

I apologize for the delay, here are some pics of the boshi.

The blade came in a shirasaya. Blade length 48.5 cm, width at base 2.8 cm, width at tip 1.9 cm, thickness at base 6.0 mm, thickness at tip 4.6 mm. Here are some better (hopefully) photographs. https://imagizer.ima...g924/4499/8eaZAm.jpg https://imagizer.ima...g923/1138/TZCFjv.jpg https://imagizer.ima...g923/2822/lEgr8B.jpg https://imagizer.ima...g924/8703/YkoE1H.jpg https://imagizer.ima...g924/7188/UKCKtH.jpg https://imagizer.ima...mg924/236/hQYbEE.jpg https://imagizer.ima...g924/9100/VhHEEC.jpg https://imagizer.ima...g922/5783/rwhkvJ.jpg

Thanks to everyone for your thoughtful comments! I will try to take more detailed photos, and post them.

I recently bought this mumei wakizashi from an auction house in Belgium. It was listed as a Shin-shinto blade. I tried to scan it as best as I could. Is it possible for anyone more knowledgeable than me to identify it, or offer any clues? Thank you!