Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke o-tanto, gimei?

[Marius]

My comments are always about swords. Never about prices.

 

Reinhard,

 

thanks a lot, I appreciate your information about the Kunisuke generations :-)

 

Since you have mentioned that your comments are about sword, I'd like to ask you to tell me what you think about this sword (besides the fact that it is most likely gimei)? Is it a good sword, what do you think about its features?

 

Sorry to pester you, but my limited knowledge results in my insecurity of my own judgement. I like this tanto a lot.

 

Best regards

[Guest reinhard]

Hi Mariusz,

 

I'm sorry about this, but I refuse to judge a sword's qualities on the basis of pictures. All I can tell you is, that the very regular patterns of the hamon, together with its constricted outline (shimari-gokoro), point to a later date of manufacture (i.e.Shinshinto). This is not a judgement of its quality, but this is all I can safely tell from the pictures.

 

reinhard