kazarena Posted June 6, 2019 Report Posted June 6, 2019 Dear friends, I’m offering a wakizashi from my personal collection, that I enjoyed for many years. The blade is in a fresh polish with a newly made shirasaya. It also comes in a new bag. I think it belongs to Mino school, early to mid-Muromachi. As with many functional, sturdy blades made in that era, it's hard to attribute it to a particular smith. The cross-section is diamond shaped. This blade has a one-piece construction without the inner core. As it’s a very old blade, some ware are visible, after many polishes, but no fatal flaws. This blade should be sent for shinsa. I just didn’t have a chance to do it myself. Nagasa: 52cm (20 1/2'') Saki-haba: 26mm Moto-haba: 18.1mm Sori: 12mm Sugata: shinogi-zukuri Nakago: mumei, one mekugi ana, kiri. Yasurime is katte sagari. Boshi: midare-komi Jihada: running masame with shirake-utsuri Hamon: gunome, with groups of nie in the valleys between the gunome If you need high-res photos or more detailed dimensions, you may find it here: https://nihontoclub.com/swords/0000-1442. SOLD Payment: wire transfer or PayPal (the buyer pays the fees), shipping extra. The sword is located in Ireland. I would prefer a buyer from the UK, Ireland or continental Europe, because shipping swords out of Ireland to any other destinations can be quite an experience. Kind regards, Stan 2 Quote
ROKUJURO Posted June 6, 2019 Report Posted June 6, 2019 Interesting old blade, good polish, and very good photos! 1 Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted June 7, 2019 Report Posted June 7, 2019 Your photography is excellent, Stan. And the price is certainly right. I doubt that it's mono-steel, however, as that form of construction stopped in late Kamakura-early Nanbokucho, & your blade is newer than that. Quote
kazarena Posted June 7, 2019 Author Report Posted June 7, 2019 Thank you, Ken. Much appreciated! Regarding the mono-steel construction, I'm not an expert in this subject, but the polisher confirmed it's mono-steel, and I'm pretty confident about it too, judging from the jitetsu. As far as I know, this method of construction may have stopped being mainstream around Nanbokucho, but it was in continuous use until Shinto times, when new production methods resulted in higher quality steel that was also more brittle, hence the lamination technique was essential. I believe Ohmura study confirms it: http://ohmura-study.net/008.html (see the very bottom of the page). Regards, Stan 2 Quote
kazarena Posted June 7, 2019 Author Report Posted June 7, 2019 The wakizashi is now ON HOLD. Regards, Stan Quote
kazarena Posted June 25, 2019 Author Report Posted June 25, 2019 The wakizashi is SOLD. Admins, please archive the thread Regards, Stan Quote
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