Need Opinion For A Katana

[fromaes]

Here some picture from my first Katana

As I'm new in this field It  would be great if I could have an opinion on this katana and on his components .

Based on the pictures is it possible to estimate the period of manufacture ?

Best

CERJAK

[fromaes]

Realy no member to help me with this katana ?

[lonely panet]

I will jump into the fire, BUT looking at pics and making good factual comments can be difficult or foolish

 

to me... it looks like mid koto by the suriage nakago. (maybe a tachi)  the overall shape is appealing and the chu kissaki looks un-altered. BUT there are heaps of areas with course grain and openings so I would say its a sengoku produced blade, I use this term instead of "bundle swords" as I feel that's a some what instulting term. yes they were made faster/cheaper but they still had to perform in battle.

 

school???  at a random guess Bizen or yamoto??? but I don't know.

 

this aside the whole swords looks untouched by white hands so that is a real plus for the beginner collector, and the ito is a really nice example of itomaki.

 

OPEN THE CAN OF WORMS I HAVE HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[Ken-Hawaii]

Cerjak, probably Muromachi, itame hada, but I can't tell if I'm seeing grunge in the hamon & jihada, or whether it's actually hataraki. When you photograph a blade, please remove the habaki so we can see whether there are yakidashi, although your nakago looks suriage.

 

Oh, & please do sign ALL of your posts, per Brian's rules.

 

Ken

[Marius]

How long is the sword? Looks like 62-65 cm or so. Can you provide all measurements - nagasa, motohaba, sakihaba, kasane, sori?
 

My guess would be an early Muromachi (or earlier) Hokkoku-mono or Oshu-mono. It looks like a Yamato offshoot work, and I guess it is safe to assume, that Uda would be a reasonable, if usual grab bag 

 

Your sword is definitely worth to be submitted for papers (provided it has no fatal flaws), although it seems a utilitarian sword rather than a masterpiece.

 

The hada is coarse, as Hamish has rightly observed, and the hamon lacks actiities to speak of, other than those coming from the construction of the steel. Still, there are numerous ji-nie so we can assume that the quality of the steel is good. It must have been a trusted weapon in its time.

 

I think, for a first sword, you have done very well 

[fromaes]

Thank you all for your opinions, you had brought me an unexpected good news about this sword, it is not my field as previously said   ( I 'm collecting mostly 16-17 Th  century European sword and armour)

From the tsuba  the blade measurement  is about 66 cm  but I will  provide  all measurements later .

Again many thanks for your help.

Best

 

Cerjak

[fromaes]

  On 5/6/2015 at 11:28 AM, mariuszk said:

How long is the sword? Looks like 62-65 cm or so. Can you provide all measurements - nagasa, motohaba, sakihaba, kasane, sori?

 

My guess would be an early Muromachi (or earlier) Hokkoku-mono or Oshu-mono. It looks like a Yamato offshoot work, and I guess it is safe to assume, that Uda would be a reasonable, if usual grab bag 

 

Your sword is definitely worth to be submitted for papers (provided it has no fatal flaws), although it seems a utilitarian sword rather than a masterpiece.

 

The hada is coarse, as Hamish has rightly observed, and the hamon lacks actiities to speak of, other than those coming from the construction of the steel. Still, there are numerous ji-nie so we can assume that the quality of the steel is good. It must have been a trusted weapon in its time.

 

I think, for a first sword, you have done very well 

Hello  Marius

I have tryed  to measure nagasa, motohaba, sakihaba, kasane etc.. and I hope that I did it well as it is very new for me and also I will add several pictures hopping it will  be enough for a good identification for this Katana.

 

So

Nagasa  64.7cm

Motohaba  30 mm

Nakago  19.8 cm Kiri Yasuri

Kasane ;7.3 mm ( the tickness has been measured at the shinogi.

Iori mune

In my eyes  but may be wrong   Shinogi Takashi.

That it 's all I can say  with the help of a french book  ( le sabre Japonais   Serge Degore)

Be kind if I probaly made some mistakes  those terms are brand new for me.

I Hope you can tell me more about this katana

Best

CERJAK