Wakizashi find

[Toyokuni_62]

Ger Hoogewey

The Netherlands / The Hague

 

I stumbled Yesterday over this wakizashi together with a katana

 

The wakizashi is in bad shape I can not see hamon or a boshi

Though it looks like I can see some kind of hamon line but this could be

made with a buffin machine

some ugly pitting / dents on the cutting edge

 

A friend of mine translated this as:

Bitchu Tadamitsu

most Tadamitsu sign with osafune this one not

 

Can somebody tell me if we are right with the translation

Is this wakizashi worth fixing up ?????

 

Regards

Ger Hoogewey

[Brian]

Bizen Kuni ju Tadamitsu.

Yes..the hamon you see is from a steel wheel/grinder. But there may very well be a hamon under that bad edge. Worth a professional polish? Probably not. But maybe worth someone checking out to see if the condition can be improved. Some bad chips in that edge.

 

Brian

[Toryu2020]

Every good sword deserves a good polish -

This looks to be a good sword, only a trained polisher can say for sure if it can be restored but I would definitely look into it.

-t

[Toyokuni_62]

Thanks for your answers.

 

I collect (like) Japanese things I have some bronzes, Woodblock prints

a couple of tansu, some Buddha's, tsuba's, porcelain and a couple of swords.

 

I have not much knowledge about nihonto.

 

By the way this one is signed

is it possible to narrow the search which Tadamitsu

this could be.

 

I know it's difficult without a visible hamon or boshi.

 

Regards

Ger

[Jean]

There were tenth of Tadamitsu in Muromachi period, working in Bizen province. Without personnal name, it is almost impossible.

[nagamaki - Franco]

fyi, http://www.sho-shin.com/sue4.htm

[Jean]

I am afraid the blade to be gimei, because after the "ju" there should be "Osafune". Cf Franco post

[nagamaki - Franco]

For questionable signatures like this shinsa is still an option to see if perhaps this is a 'school signature' that is acceptable.

[runagmc]

I am afraid the blade to be gimei, because after the "ju" there should be "Osafune". Cf Franco post

 

The wakizashi looks right for this group of smiths, so I agree with Franco that it should be seen by experts, to see if there's any chance it could be a non-typical genuine mei.