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Which school or smiths worked in a very shallow Mune.


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I have a blade that i really don`t know where to start on researching.

Its a wakizashi but i think its O-suriage but very well done or a very late blade.

It has a very shallow mune and a small kissaki.Suguba with nice activity.

Any pointers to get me going would be very useful (and no digs about library expansion please,i have to make do with what i have)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regards

Shan

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Posted

suguha in nioi with masame hada ??? (if thats what i am seeing)

that should be an easy one for you shan

Posted

Hi Nick,

Its not so easy and thats where it may catch you out.

If you look at the images the mune is barely visible its that low and the kissaki is very small.

But the Nakago is almost new and looks like blade material in its entirety...so its O-suriage and was probably Katana or more likely Tachi sized.That in turn makes the sugata deeper and with a more pronounced sori.

Maybe i see it wrong but its a professional and sympathetic 0-suriage that was meant to look "natural" and i think this in turn speaks for the blade.

I truly do not know where to start with this it does not conform to anything i have or have ever had.

If you have an idea let me know what that is because i am stumped,but its nothing obviose to me.

I have 3 non conforming blades IHMO and this is the first post.

regards

shan

Posted

shan

sorry but the blade looks like a standard mid shinto wakizashi i dont think the nakago has been shortened but has been altered at some time .as for the shallow mune from the photos it appears full with a clear shinogi

kaga school ????

Posted

HI Nick,

Well its sometimes difficult to get a message across and more so with this one.

Look to the image titled Hamon2 .Jpg and you will see that the Mune is barely visable,This is not a trick of angle to the mune it is as you see it more or less.

Most of my swords have a mune profile that at its highest point (the ridge) is around 2.5mm

This blades mune is less than 1mm.

This pictrure below is a standard size mune according to my collection.Compare it with Hamon2.Jpg and you will see

 

 

regards Shan

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Posted

sorry shan i see what you mean its not very tall

i dont know if its a traint of any smith or school

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