gun addict Posted July 3, 2014 Report Posted July 3, 2014 http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-BRING-BACK- ... true&rt=nc Any input on this small Tanto would be appreciate it, school? Age? (shinshinto?) etc Quote
Marius Posted July 3, 2014 Report Posted July 3, 2014 Timothy, What makes you even look at this tanto? The shape, I presume? Look at the sloppy nakago and stay away. Quote
gun addict Posted July 3, 2014 Author Report Posted July 3, 2014 The shape is what attracted me to the Tanto, I would presume the sloppy nakago indicates poor worksmenship? Quote
hxv Posted July 3, 2014 Report Posted July 3, 2014 Timothy, To my eyes, it looks like the very top end of a sword was lopped off and a new nakago was (poorly) fashioned. It wasn't born a tanto (in my opinion). Regards, Hoanh Quote
gun addict Posted July 3, 2014 Author Report Posted July 3, 2014 To be honest I was looking for a Shinto Tanto in good polish, for $400 its a mistake but not one I wont recover from, so is the general consensus that this blade came off the top end of a Tachi/Katana and was reshaped or just a poor quality made tanto with sloppy nakago? Quote
sanjuro Posted July 4, 2014 Report Posted July 4, 2014 Hmmmm. Hira zukuri, looks to be slightly uchi sori. The chances of it being a cut down old Tachi or Katana blade is fairly remote. A fully tempered boshi also makes it even less likely to be an older blade. New, poorly made excuse for a tanto. Run away........ Quote
gun addict Posted July 4, 2014 Author Report Posted July 4, 2014 How new are we talking about here? As long as its Japanese and not a modern repro i will keep it and remember it as a mistake, otherwise its returning to the seller...... Quote
sanjuro Posted July 4, 2014 Report Posted July 4, 2014 As long as its Japanese and not a modern repro i will keep it and remember it as a mistake, otherwise its returning to the seller...... Hard to tell not having it in hand. The nondescript nakago screams not Japanese, or if the blade is Japanese then the nakago was shaped by someone other than a Japanese. The urushi work on the saya etc looks too soft, fluid and glossy to be real urushi although that is just a guess on my part. Hamachi and munemachi way too pronounced to be anything but modern. What do others think? Quote
Brian Posted July 4, 2014 Report Posted July 4, 2014 Looks to me like a WW2 soldiers knife/dirk that someone has polished and buffed, and then etched to bring out the (oil quenched) hamon, and maybe repainted the saya. The nakago is a match for that. The hamon looks definitely oil quenched to me. Either this, or modern made. Not older than WW2. Brian Quote
Dr Fox Posted July 4, 2014 Report Posted July 4, 2014 The bolt size ana is something new, thats besides the flat pack makugi fixing to hold it all together! Quote
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