Ken-Hawaii Posted June 28, 2013 Report Posted June 28, 2013 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fine-3-400-Year-Old-Japanese-Ancestral-Samurai-Katana-Sword-Silver-Habaki-No-Fit-/251295927121?pt=Asian_Antiques&hash=item3a82678b51 The abovelisted blade on eBay has five (!!) mekugiana, but the nakago still looks almost ubu. Are blades with that many suriage very common? Ken Quote
nsealrob Posted June 28, 2013 Report Posted June 28, 2013 Hi Ken, I have seen several blades with more than 3 mekugi-ana...they where all shortened tachi... in this case there is little curvation (sori) and the nakago is not ubu....so i wonder if this blade could be a shortened early kamakura or late kamakura blade?? nsealrob Quote
cabowen Posted June 29, 2013 Report Posted June 29, 2013 This blade, in my opinion, is not koto. It is too straight to be koto, even if shortened. I don't put too much importance on all the mekugi-ana. Easy to add. Makes a sword look older.... Quote
Surfson Posted June 29, 2013 Report Posted June 29, 2013 I agree Chris, it has a Kanbun shinto feel to it. It is a 30 min drive from me and I've been thinking to go have a look. b Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted June 29, 2013 Author Report Posted June 29, 2013 Please let us know what you see, Robert - thanks! Ken Quote
uwe Posted June 29, 2013 Report Posted June 29, 2013 Hamon on the last pic pointed towards Mino, I think. Furthermore, kasane on the mune-machi looks quite sound. This leads me to the assumption, that it is probably a ("lately") shortened shinto blade, like mentioned before. Uwe Quote
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