Ian Posted July 8, 2015 Report Posted July 8, 2015 If anyone with some knowledge of older pieces could give an opinion on this kogai, it would really be appreciated Many thanks Ian C Quote
christianmalterre Posted July 8, 2015 Report Posted July 8, 2015 Dear Ian well?, mine 1. observation would be- i do tell you- that Ding does look like- it´s somehow "worn"..."aged"...(so definitely not longer in prime condition)-least for me. if historically ?- or artificially ?- i sorrowly can not give you any clue actually! least you could do... do either post some more fruitful pictures, or you do send me a couple of closeups directly via mail... some more pictures are needed....from it´s reverse side dito please. Christian Quote
kaigunair Posted July 8, 2015 Report Posted July 8, 2015 Yup, its a kogai. Q: Is this yamagane, shakudo or iron? Quote
Ian Posted July 8, 2015 Author Report Posted July 8, 2015 It looks like yamagane, but it's very dark! I guess it would have had a warabite inlay? Quote
kaigunair Posted July 8, 2015 Report Posted July 8, 2015 I only ask because the pics make the body of the kogai look like iron- pics are really dark and can't make out much surface detail - could be my monitor. My initial through was that the "inlay" was red rust on iron, but again, might be the pics just aren't showing up correctly for me. If any doubts, do a quick magnet test. If yamagane, does seem to fit the ko-kinko style. but I'll let the experts chime in.... Quote
Ian Posted July 8, 2015 Author Report Posted July 8, 2015 When you look at it, everything about it says iron, but it's not magnetic! I was thinking the warabite might give some ideas ? Ian C Quote
christianmalterre Posted July 8, 2015 Report Posted July 8, 2015 Dear Ian, don´t know what you do try to express me here? Certainly me, myself, do not see any single point relevant to- let me say "OLD" so? (1)-i do repeat- "do either post some more fruitful pictures, (2)-or you do send me a couple of closeups directly via mail... Arigato! Christian Quote
Ian Posted July 8, 2015 Author Report Posted July 8, 2015 Christian, are the second lot of pictures not fruitful enough? Quote
christianmalterre Posted July 8, 2015 Report Posted July 8, 2015 in mine "old men" eyes sight...sorrowly not Ian.-Sorry for this! could you do some better closeups from the carving,structure, details- maybe? Omote-Ura dito would be nice. Ko-Kinko is a very hard word! (as you know!)- and i least do see possibility here, if kongruent. i´d be, certainly, serious happy so to can confirm this "eventual" statement either- instantly do hope, you may be right! (either way) Christian Quote
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