Nihonto Chicken Posted October 3, 2015 Report Posted October 3, 2015 Years ago I bought a gunto on a whim and ever since have wondered whether it is a folded steel blade or mill steel. The hamon is nioi deki and the hada is muji. However, when one looks closely at the hamon, many lines of very fine sunagashi are to be seen all along the blade, indicative of masame hada if it's indeed folded steel. The nakago is blank, no mei, no date, no stamp. Note the composite photo below (ha is to the left on the left side close-ups and to the right on the right side). Sorry for the poor lighting and reflections (the purple is my camera), but it's difficult to get close-ups of this. And, yes, the ha machi is chipped (alas, though not by me). TIA for informed opinions! Quote
GregD Posted October 4, 2015 Report Posted October 4, 2015 Had this for a while,think this smith(KaneMune) is associated with AmaHide,clearly hada but oil quenched,I always assumed it was barstock. Quote
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