koto naginata norishige?

[Jock]

Hi folks,

 

I posted some pics in the forum previously: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17319

 

Having received it now I thought I might as well take some pics of the kanji and ask for your knowledgable opinion...

 

Thanks for your help

 

Jock

[Jock]

Some more details:

 

motogasane: 7.4 mm

 

sakigasane: 6 mm

 

width at habaki: 33 mm

 

cutting edge: 41.5 cm

[hxv]

Jock,

 

Dunno...it looks like the mei is made with a dremmel tool.

 

Hoanh

[kusunokimasahige]

Could you post a really good close up of the characters in the Mei ? It has me baffled. The blade is nice but the Mei (in my opinion) was added later and it might be wise to have it removed [edit]

 

KM

[paulb]

I agree the mei looks strange. But please ignore suggestions to have it removed until many more people (with a lot more knowledge) have looked at it.

[Gabriel L]

With all this talk of the suspicious mei I’m surprised nobody’s mentioned how blatantly artificial the patina looks. Am I crazy?

[paulb]

Hi Gabriel

I cant really tell from the images but it certainly looks strange. I don't want to forget the fact that the blade looks interesting. The Horimono looks later and not to my taste but the shape of the blade hada and hamon all look to have merit (again from what can be seen from the image). The artificial patina and strange mei could have lead to the original description of this being a naginata naoshi. I don't think it ever was a naginanta and was made this way. The artificial patination may have been done at some point to add credibility to the mei.

Whatever the background I think it is one to be appreciated for its merits rather than focussing on what is or might be wrong.

[cabowen]

Wasn't this already discussed?

 

It is a poor attempt at trying to pass this off as the work of the famous smith Norishige. Mei is bad, nakago sabi is artificial, horimono is out of place, workmanship in the blade is out of place.

[EdO]

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17319

 

Ed S

[kusunokimasahige]

Well, he wants to get rid of it now if you have seen the topic in the for sale section.

 

Though the blade looks nice, the horimono as well as nakago do not do it for me. I do not think it was ever a naginata due to the nakago being the way it is.

 

KM