Katakiriba blade in nice mounts

[Jorgensen]

Hi,

 

Any thoughts/comments on this one?

 

Blade length: 43 cm

Width at hamachi: 3.4 cm

Kasane: 0.7 cm

Total lenght: 63 cm

[Jorgensen]

More pictures...

[Jorgensen]

a couple more...

[Nobody]

The blade seems to be a Kaifu-to - 海部刀.

[Chishiki]

Yes. Research Kaifu School. That should be the mei on the blade. Mark

[Geraint]

And very nice koshirae from my point of view.

 

Enjoy.

[kusunokimasahige]

Might be interesting to also post a photo of the text on the blade.

 

KM

[Kai-Gunto]

Its a part of my collection and mr. Jørgensen helped me with the photo shoot.

This photo is taken with my phone ,so hopes its okay.

[Chishiki]

I think likely signed 'kaifu ju tomohisa'. Mark...I could be wrong. and was,,,no books and too many of these.. chris is spot on

[cabowen]

Kaifu ju Ujitsugu

 

海部住氏次

[Kai-Gunto]

Thanks mates, I will search kaifu ju ujitsugu.

Any idear on age and style on the koshirae.

Thanks in regards.

[Ron STL]

It was either in Albert Yamanaka's Nihonto Newsletters or perhaps in Sword and Same' it was mentioned if the edge is left side or right side (I don't recall the order), the sword was either meant to "cut heads" or "cut bamboo." Factual? It sure impress me years ago when I had such a blade. This is the first of these Kaifu-to that I've seen in many years and probably the first, in mounts. All I've come across were in shirasaya. I put together an article on these swords for the JSS/US Newsletter back in the 1970s or so. Today, there is probably ten times that much info available, I'm sure.

Ron STL

[John A Stuart]

Is this a legitimate Nankai area sword? Were they not signed Ashu ju ..., not Kaifu ju ... ? John

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

 

http://www.touken.or.jp/english/nihon_koto_shi/(51)%20No.608.htm

[Kai-Gunto]

Thanks mates!