Fumei Posted June 12, 2020 Report Posted June 12, 2020 Hello All !Please provide your opinions on the manufacturing period of this Wakizashi. What do these two mekugi ana mean?Thanks in advance for your help. Quote
francois2605 Posted June 12, 2020 Report Posted June 12, 2020 Can you please provide a complete picture of the bare blade ? The experts will need to see to whole sugata to give an opinion. 1 Quote
SAS Posted June 13, 2020 Report Posted June 13, 2020 Maybe a cut down katateuchi resized to wakizashi size. 2 Quote
DoTanuki yokai Posted June 13, 2020 Report Posted June 13, 2020 Also dimensions could help, not knowing the size is missleading into wrong conclusions. I mean wider blades appear shorter on pictures. Quote
Fumei Posted June 13, 2020 Author Report Posted June 13, 2020 Can you please provide a complete picture of the bare blade ? The experts will need to see to whole sugata to give an opinion. Here is a photo of the blade total length - 56 cm length of the nagasa - 46 cm Quote
Fumei Posted June 13, 2020 Author Report Posted June 13, 2020 Colleagues, what do you think about the age of this sword? Quote
DoTanuki yokai Posted June 13, 2020 Report Posted June 13, 2020 Ohh nobody answerd the question about the two mekugiana so i will do my best. The blade is suriage that means shortend at the nakago and the lower mekugiana could be the first original mekugiana. Also it could be more shortned and the real first mekugiana isnt there anymore. So the blade dont have the orignial lenght anymore what makes it harder to estimate the period by sugata. I would say early shinto or late Koto. It looks like it still has funbari or i am wrong ? 1 Quote
DoTanuki yokai Posted June 13, 2020 Report Posted June 13, 2020 One could think of fake suriage just too appear older. Alternative would be that the shortening was not much later then the manufacturing date. 1 Quote
Fumei Posted June 15, 2020 Author Report Posted June 15, 2020 Colleagues! Many thanks to everyone for discussing the topic. 1 Quote
Alex A Posted June 15, 2020 Report Posted June 15, 2020 Not easy using images. Id go late Muromachi too. The blade appears to have seen some polishes, looking at the Hamachi, hamon and slender shape. Originally, don't look to be katana length Style of suriage, straight chop, think that comes under the heading "keicho" suriage. Id go with what Steve said above. Decent one too. 2 Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted June 16, 2020 Report Posted June 16, 2020 Based on sugata & mekugiana, my vote is mid-Muromachi. The broken tip is bad enough, but am I also seeing the hamon run off the tip? 1 Quote
Babu Posted June 17, 2020 Report Posted June 17, 2020 Looks like there is a flaw that's encouraged machi-okuri to move it to under the habaki area and off the blade or am I imagining that?.regards Adam 1 Quote
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