Teaching Moment-Fujiwara Kunihiro???

[Danocon]

I have had this blade for maybe 15 years. I don't even remember how I got it. Forgot all about it. I found it digging in a drawer this past week.

 

I had never even taken the tsuka off.

Looking at it again the shirasaya was not half bad.

 

One one side a bone? insert was cracked but fairly well done.

 

 

The other side has badly done replacement.

 

 

The blade is kind of skinny

 

The habaki is also not half bad.

 

 

Somebody has taken a power buffer to it but there is some evidence of a hada. No hamon can be discerned.

 

[Danocon]

My first time to translate a mei. I used the resources on NMB plus help form the web

 

I read it as Fujiwara Kunihiro.The strokes look crude to me. My guess is it is a forgery of a famous smith.

 

So, I have shared all I can figure out to this point. Any clues as to how to continue to evaluate it?

[J Reid]

Compare mei to other oshigata to determine validity. Nakago was heavily cleaned... Value=1/2. I wouldn't recommend restoration. Maybe polish a window for appreciation.