wbt Posted February 25, 2013 Report Posted February 25, 2013 Sorry for being lazy, but I was hoping I wouldn't have to pour through all my books looking for the answer and maybe someone would easily remember this. I remember there was a koto smith or school that tempered their blades with a straight suguha in the upper part of the blade (upper 1/4 from the yokote) and then tempered the rest of the blade in midareba or midare. Has anyone seen this before. regards, Brent Quote
lbkmd43 Posted February 26, 2013 Report Posted February 26, 2013 Bo utsuri oei bizen noted for bo straight utsuri with rather flamboyant hamons yasumitsu and other san mitsus L.Kanarek MD Quote
wbt Posted February 26, 2013 Author Report Posted February 26, 2013 Sorry I may have not been totally clear. I am only referring to the hamon. The hamon starts as straight Chu suguha and then 1/4 to 1/3 down the blade becomes vivid midareba. I don't recall if the blades have utsuri or not? Did yokohama Sukesada blades have this hamon? Regards Brent Quote
Jacques Posted February 26, 2013 Report Posted February 26, 2013 Hi, I remember there was a koto smith or school that tempered their blades with a straight suguha in the upper part of the blade (upper 1/4 from the yokote) and then tempered the rest of the blade in midareba or midare. It can be seen on Rai School and others. Quote
cabowen Posted February 26, 2013 Report Posted February 26, 2013 Please clearly define your question. If you are talking about a hamon that starts out at the hamachi as a midare-choji-gunome, than changes to suguha, you are talking about a trait seen in koto Sukesada. If you are talking about a hamon that starts out at the hamachi as suguha, then changes to a midare-choji-gunome, you are talking about a yakidashi in suguha, and there are many Shinto/shinshinto smiths with this trait. Quote
wbt Posted February 26, 2013 Author Report Posted February 26, 2013 Thank you for your replies. I was specifically talking about a hamon that starts at the hamachi as midare and then switches to suguha as it approaches the yokote. I believe kodai sukesada smiths is probably the answer, however rai is intriguing as well. The blade I have in mind doesn't have utsuri which is what steered me away from bizen. I will have to take pictures of it and post them. Regard Brent Quote
Jacques Posted February 26, 2013 Report Posted February 26, 2013 Hi, This kind of hamon is very old, you can see it on some works by kanehira 包平 (Ko-Bizen) or Sukeyori (助依 (Ko Bitchu Aoe ) Quote
cabowen Posted February 26, 2013 Report Posted February 26, 2013 I strongly doubt it is Rai. Pictures are always necessary. It is best to post them first so as to save a lot of meaningless guess work. Quote
runagmc Posted February 26, 2013 Report Posted February 26, 2013 The first thing that came to mind is a famous tanto by Shintogo Kunimitsu done that way... Second, I found an Osafune Masmitsu done this way... Third, an Osafune Sukesada done the opposite way... I don't know if any of this will help you, but here it is anyway Quote
takakage Posted February 26, 2013 Report Posted February 26, 2013 Hi, You can add some ichimonji blades. Quote
wbt Posted February 26, 2013 Author Report Posted February 26, 2013 Thanks everyone, I will take some better pictures and post them. I remember seeing a few different Sue-koto blades with this hamon as well, so it must be more common than I expected. I don't ever buy swords in gunto mounts, but came across someone who wanted to part with one for a reasonable price. It was in Shin gunto mounts that had a nice coronels knot and a ancestral blade in it. The blade was o-suriage and still around 72cm nagasa so I figured it was worth a gamble. Even though it is out of polish, I was drawn to the hada and interesting hamon, so we shall see. It has a couple rust pits, that may be fatal, but overall in excellent condition. I posted a couple of quick pictures I took, but need to do better ones to really see the hada and hamon. thanks for the pointers. Brent Quote
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