Tale Of Two Yokoyama Tanto

[Stephen]

 

 

 

What id like to know is the moon like object on both tanto a trait of the Yokoyama den? what are they called?

 

[Ray Singer]

Half moon or crescent moon patterns just above the hamon are called hangetsu. These however appear more like tama or tobiyaki to my eyes.

 

Best regards,

Ray

[Stephen]

tama as ? jewel ? little rusty here Ray, thank you

[Brian]

Tobiyaki that wasn't given the hadori treatment

[Stephen]

humm i dont see it as this type  more of a open circle 

 

[Stephen]

missed Brian's post

[Ray Singer]

The way I've seen tama (floating jewels) referred to are as very circular tobiyaki (round in shape, rather than oblong, elliptical, etc) such as what is seen in the work or Sukehiro or in some Mishina school boshi. I do not know the term for a tobiyaki which is 'open' in the interior, however in the first sword the feature does resemble a closed crescent moon shape.

 

Best regards,

Ray

[Stephen]

Always a pleasure Ray thank you

[Stephen]

interesting the half moon hamon have raising sun rays

[Shugyosha]

Hi Stephen,

 

Could the theme be kikusui? With that one it looks like there was an attempt to put a tama between the semicircles but it could be accidental or just my eyes.

 

Thanks for posting an interesting topic.

 

John

[Stephen]

Interesting theory John, worth taking farther 

[Gabriel L]

I'm surprised I had to scroll so far down to see someone mention kikusui. It seemed a given to me that the first is Fujiyama and the second kikusui. But I've been wrong in the past and will be wrong in the future, so I could of course be wrong now too.

EDIT: and re: the floating tama-like structure… I don't know, but it certainly appears to be deliberate!

[Ian]

Here are a couple or ameture photos of my Yokoyama Sukenaga tachi

 

 

[Stephen]

Thank you Ian, very interesting.

[Jamie]

I do not think its tobiyaki.