Need feedbacks on a daisho

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Hi all.

I thought this was a true Daisho :

http://www.aoi-art.com/sword/sale/06204.html

and i posted it on another board, but I stand corrected as seems it has not been papered as "Daisho" by the NBTHK, so the blades mustn't be made together.

In your opinion are the two blades made by different smiths or different times ?

Seemed to me everything was matching enough to consider it a true Daisho not for the mounting only but for the blades too that shares the same details IMHO.

Where am I wrong and what am I missing ?

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Oh, nevermind. Craig explained me the proportions between the blades

are wrong for a true daisho.

[Stephen]

ive seen alot of daisho with out matching smiths,,,,with like koshirae which made them daisho....please let us know the rules acording to craig

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

You'r correct, it was my fault in explaining the reply.

I referred to the couple as a true daisho meaning two swords made in the

same time by the same smith intentionally.

The shape of the kissaki and the small difference in lenght explain why it

wasn't papered as a Daisho concerning the blades.

[pcfarrar]

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/ronin.htm

 

If you check the list of swords carried by the 47 ronin as a reference you'll see a few had wakizashi virtually the same size as their katana so balance of size isn't a major factor.

[Stever]

I'm confused...how can bare blades be classified as a daisho at all? I thought it was more the fittings, and not even always that. If you wear two swords, one long and one short, is this not daisho? What did the governing edict say?

 

cheers,

/steve

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

I've generated a lot of confusion with my request.

I meant for "true daisho" a couple of blades made intentionally at the same time and by the same smith to be matched.

It make sense to think this wasn't the case due to the small difference

in lenght and because of the difference in the Kissaki.

I think a smith that was commissioned to make a Daisho would have made the swords with more difference in lenght.

But I can be wrong this time too. :lol:

 

The problem is *my* interpretation of the words "true Daisho" and not yours...

[Stever]

Ah, I think I understand a little better what you mean now. Like a commissioned pair, I take it? Does anyone know what exactly that toku hozon paper goes to?

 

cheers,

/steve

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Ah, I think I understand a little better what you mean now. Like a commissioned pair, I take it? Does anyone know what exactly that toku hozon paper goes to?

 

cheers,

/steve

 

You got it. Nice question the one about papers.

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

This is an example of what I meant for "true Daisho" intended as made as a custom pair:

 

http://www.nihonto.com/7.1.04.html