w.y.chan Posted July 23, 2016 Report Posted July 23, 2016 This appeared in Aoi this morning http://www.aoijapan.com/katana-nagamitsu-ichiryushi With the mei removed it could have been anything other than a Nagamitsu Wah Quote
w.y.chan Posted July 23, 2016 Author Report Posted July 23, 2016 It was also made with a degree of confident so it cant simply dismiss it has "every smith has a good day" excuse. Seems almost suspicious "Nagamitsu" is not one smith by several making swords under this pseudonym. I bet some collectors has been fooled before and bought Nagamitsu and Emura on hunch thinking it was something else Wah Quote
w.y.chan Posted July 23, 2016 Author Report Posted July 23, 2016 Look on blade at the machi Yes there is a flaw/damage but if there was not it could have become mumei already Wah Quote
lonely panet Posted July 23, 2016 Report Posted July 23, 2016 im abit put off bythe odd file job done on the nakago. why and what for?? have a odd feeling about the flaws below the hamachi Quote
lonely panet Posted July 23, 2016 Report Posted July 23, 2016 I was trying to be polite. thoughts? modern blade miro-wielded to older nakago? Quote
w.y.chan Posted July 23, 2016 Author Report Posted July 23, 2016 Weilding onto a Nagamitsu nakago? I be tempted to leave it mumei. The NBTHK papered it. Wah Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted July 24, 2016 Report Posted July 24, 2016 modern blade miro-wielded to older nakago? No welding done here. I've done welding for 50+ years, & no one is THAT good! Interesting that NBTHK papered it, weird yasurime & all, though. Ken Quote
GregD Posted July 24, 2016 Report Posted July 24, 2016 Have seen this on a number of Nagamitsu blades,forge welded nakago.A way to conserve tamahagane. 1 Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted July 25, 2016 Report Posted July 25, 2016 There is a lot wrong with this. The thing that bothers me most, is the lack of finish to the kesho yasurime. Greg what does the one you have look like at the top of the nakago? Here's an example from Moses' site so you can see what I mean. Edit to add: There are a lot of inconsistency from one Nagamitsu to the next. I'm not saying this is gimei, just that for a blade of this quality, if done by Nagamitsu, I am surprised the yasurime was not finished as the example I linked and one that I personally owned. http://www.nihontoantiques.com/archive/images/nagamitsu%20gendai.jpg Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted July 27, 2016 Report Posted July 27, 2016 A lot closer to what I would have expected. But it could just be a goofball nagamitsu Quote
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