Cornerst0ne Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 Hello NMB, First post here for me. I am trying to find out when the iriyama-gata nakagojiri(?), tip of tang, was popular. As I have read it could mean 1600/1700's. It has a moderate curve with a shorter kissaki. The blade is out of polish but shows Edo like hamon. It is in shingunto mounts with a very old iron tsuba with just a couple very simple punched out shapes. Maybe rice fields. Tang is black and smooth with some more recent red rust spots popping up. There is a second tsuka-ana(?) Drilled hole in the nakago. Also one of the tsuba holes that you can tie the sword to the saya with is filled with a copper/ copper alloy plug. It is completely dark green, while the copper shims in the tsuba blade opening are still roughly the color of the copper habaki. Wondering what stands out to a more experienced person. I have no way to post a picture at the moment or i would. Thanks in advance, Hank Quote
Marius Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 Hank, I know you can't post a pic, but, really... What is this "Edo-like" hamon? It would be futile to try to determine the age of your sword by the type of nakago only... Quote
Cornerst0ne Posted August 20, 2014 Author Report Posted August 20, 2014 Nice use of emoticons.... Well I went on a tangent.... Let me compile my actual question. I am specifically wondering if the iriyama-gata tang was a predominant style of an era. Most of the ww2 era gendai swords i have seen do not have this style. Through some comparison it seems more predominant around 1700. Is that accurate? Or am I miles off? So about the "Edo like hamon", I ment it seems quite active. It has some cloud like bits of hamon floating above its main body. I do not know much about defining terms of what I see in a hamon. Sry still a newb. Seems more artsy than most of the shingunto mounted blades I have seen. Thanks- Hank Quote
Grey Doffin Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 Hi Hank, My understanding is that iriyamagata nakago jiri have been around a long time and are quite common. I'm afraid you'll have to post some pictures before we can tell you much about your sword. Grey Quote
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