Jacques D. Posted August 17, 2012 Report Posted August 17, 2012 Hi, About hamon habuchi nioi guchi, i've been said wrong saying that habuchi and nioi-guchi are the same. It's ok, but in this case, Kokan Nagayama, Tamio Tsuchiko, Kenji Mishina, Yoshindo Yoshihara, Leon and Hiroko Kapp are wrong too. Add. In the book the craft of the Japanese sword, the word nioi guchi does not appear, only the word habuchi is used.
DirkO Posted August 17, 2012 Report Posted August 17, 2012 Here's how I have it : NIOI GUCHI 匂い口 Nioi that forms the border ( or line ) between the Ji and the Ha, "guchi" means gate. HABUCHI 刃縁 the line of the hamon, the borderline between the ji and the yakiba So while there isn't much difference, I do think there's a distinction. EDIT to add (from Facts and Fundamentals - Nobuo Nakahara -2010) I think this book describes it better: Ha-Buchi: Line that divides the hamon and the ji, the upper border of the hamon Nioi-Guchi: the whitish band of martensite crystals making up the hamon
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