Tengu1957 Posted March 27, 2020 Report Posted March 27, 2020 Nambokucho jidai Rai school 26.25 inches Osuriage Sayagaki by Tanobe sensei Very healthy NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon O Kissaki 6 Quote
Rivkin Posted March 27, 2020 Report Posted March 27, 2020 Interesting! Sorry can't see - is it like Echizen Rai, Rai Kuniyasu? Kirill R. Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted March 27, 2020 Report Posted March 27, 2020 Nice! Do you have better, in-focus photos? Also, please shoot the completely-bare blade. Quote
SteveM Posted March 27, 2020 Report Posted March 27, 2020 That's not a sayagaki, that's a novel. 2 Quote
SAS Posted March 27, 2020 Report Posted March 27, 2020 Tanobe sensei must have really liked that sword! Quote
Tengu1957 Posted March 27, 2020 Author Report Posted March 27, 2020 Sorry for the poor images , can't do much with my phone in this lighting. 1 Quote
Blazeaglory Posted March 27, 2020 Report Posted March 27, 2020 Seems in really good shape! Where did you get it if I may ask? Quote
Steffieeee Posted March 28, 2020 Report Posted March 28, 2020 looks impressive. As a newbie ignorant trying in vain to learn I would have looked at the nagako here and said right way too clean and not enough patination for a sword of that date. MOst of the other tangs of this date I have seen don't show sharp filemarks? I guess thats just a guide and tang colour varies. Quote
Mark Posted March 28, 2020 Report Posted March 28, 2020 Steffieeee (is that your name? if not please sign your posts are required) the blade is Osuriage meaning the original tang was lost when it was shortened. Depending when that was done the nakago will show the age and patina it was done. Maybe this was modified in 1600? or maybe a little later so the condition of the tang reflects that. Sometimes on one side of the tang part of the original tang is left to show the original condition but that is on swords that were not shortened to loose the original nakado. Quote
Steffieeee Posted March 28, 2020 Report Posted March 28, 2020 Ah of course that explains it ty Stef Quote
Oshy Posted March 28, 2020 Report Posted March 28, 2020 Pictures can definitely play tricks and portray a material in a lighter tone than it actually is but as Mark points out the original nakago seems to have been lost completely only leaving what used to be polished blade. Quote
Mister Gunto Posted April 1, 2020 Report Posted April 1, 2020 Beautiful blade! And I like that O-kissai Quote
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