Shinsakuto Made To Look Suriage

[SwordGuyJoe]

All,

We have had a couple chats over the years of newer swords made to look suriage. Here is an example by Yoshihara Yoshindo.

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/heiseimeitokai/status/899204512635789312/photo/1

[Blagoy]

What's the point of it? I don't understand why someone's will shorten a shinsakuto sword and replace the habaki on this beautiful horimono 

[Ray Singer]

This is a copy of the famous Koryu Kagemitsu. Almost all copies of this sword are done to emulate its current suriage form, in which the dragon horimono peeks over the top of the habaki.

[Curran]

Utsushi of a famous suriage sword.

 

edit: Sir Singer beat me by a few seconds. Slow on the buzzer, Trebek!

 

[Blagoy]

Now i understand. Found it http://www.sho-shin.com/koryu1.jpg

[drjoe]

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/tachi-sword-known-as-koryu-kagemitsu/3QFg60PEbEN8ig

[Ray Singer]

By contrast, this is an utushi of Koryu Kagemitsu as it would have looked when ubu, done by one of Yoshindo's students Ohno Yoshimitsu:

 

http://www.seiyudo.com/ka-030212.htm

[Ray Singer]

http://nihonbi.sakura.ne.jp/?p=131

[Jean]

http://www.nihonto.ca/osafune-kagemitsu/index.html

[SwordGuyJoe]

By contrast, this is an utushi of Koryu Kagemitsu as it would have looked when ubu, done by one of Yoshindo's students Ohno Yoshimitsu:

 

http://www.seiyudo.com/ka-030212.htm

Off topic somewhat, but I always preferred Ono's work as compared to Yoshindo. Blasphemy, I know, but the heart likes what the heart likes and comparing these blades help to show why.

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Blasphemy, I know, but the heart likes what the heart likes and comparing these blades help to show why.

 

Nope, no blasphemy in my opinion. We are at least two with the same feeling.