tokashikibob Posted June 17, 2018 Report Posted June 17, 2018 Gents, Grabbed this at a auction, what I believe is a "too legit to quit" ninja tanto. Check out that stealthy black ops nugui job, almost as good as a parkerized knife. You don't see these "Ninja" around too often. Best regards, Bob Quote
SAS Posted June 17, 2018 Report Posted June 17, 2018 Was that after the castle was firebombed? (I do not mean to imply that i do not like it; I do!) Quote
Ian B3HR2UH Posted June 17, 2018 Report Posted June 17, 2018 Wow , look at how well that groove has been put in. Enjoy your new treasure. Ian brooks Quote
Stephen Posted June 17, 2018 Report Posted June 17, 2018 i dont get it, looks like a respectble tanto, THAT hasent been shown proper TLC. 1 Quote
Brian Posted June 17, 2018 Report Posted June 17, 2018 Yes and no Those hi must be atobori, or the carver was drunk at the time Quote
Stephen Posted June 17, 2018 Report Posted June 17, 2018 The joy of cataracts and ghost images, id still clean the rust, BTJM. Quote
tokashikibob Posted June 17, 2018 Author Report Posted June 17, 2018 I'll clean it up soon and see what's under her dress. Quote
Curran Posted June 18, 2018 Report Posted June 18, 2018 On 6/17/2018 at 1:50 PM, Brian said: Those hi must be atobori, or the carver was drunk at the time That was my exact though. Sake and carving tools always go together. Or at least sake and sailor tattoos. Quote
Surfson Posted June 18, 2018 Report Posted June 18, 2018 Another possibility is that the bohi were fine when carved, but a few bad polishes made them wavy. I have seen this before. If there is a region where the polish takes a dip, the bohi gets thinner there. Quote
tokashikibob Posted June 19, 2018 Author Report Posted June 19, 2018 On 6/18/2018 at 2:14 AM, Surfson said: Another possibility is that the bohi were fine when carved, but a few bad polishes made them wavy. I have seen this before. If there is a region where the polish takes a dip, the bohi gets thinner there. I cleaned it up a bit today during a gap in the training schedule. The Ninja "special ops black out" was a flat black paint job. It has what seems to be a Soshu type hamon on it, a little more wild than mild. I'll have to hit the books a bit when I get a chance as it has a couple interesting hataraki. I was taking a look at the horimono and was thinking the same thing that "maybe it's been polished a bit" to make the lines look off. But the chap was not Nobukuni that is for certain! Quote
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