tonyjones Posted February 15, 2021 Report Posted February 15, 2021 Good morning, I spent the weekend reading and absorbing the wealth of information on this forum. It seems that I’ve only scratched the surface. I'll try to describe one of my swords. It's about 33 cms long, there are no markings or signatures. The Yokote is faint but visible. There are numerous fractures along the blade. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. pic 1 pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Pic 5 Pic 6 Pic 7 Pic 8 PIc 9 PIc 10 Pic 11 Pic 12 Pic 13 Pic 14 Pic 15 Pic 16 Pic 17 Pic 18 Pic 19 Pic 20 Pic 21 Pic 22 Pic 23 Pic 24 tony Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted February 15, 2021 Report Posted February 15, 2021 Tony, is the 33 cm the overall length, or the length of the cutting edge? From the sugata, your blade looks to be Kanbun Shinto, although it could be a bit older. Quote
tonyjones Posted February 15, 2021 Author Report Posted February 15, 2021 hi Ken, Thanks for the reply I did a typo... The entire length of the sword is 33 inches about 83 cms The cutting edge is approx 70cms. tony Quote
Rivkin Posted February 15, 2021 Report Posted February 15, 2021 Its really hard to see, but looks like a nice Bizen style blade that was roughly cut down. Could you measure kissaki's dimensions? By default something along the lines of Ishido , 1640-1690. Quote
tonyjones Posted February 15, 2021 Author Report Posted February 15, 2021 hi Rivkin, Thanks for your reply. The length of the kissaki is 3.5 cms . I am amazed how you guys can identify the the maker that lived over 300 years ago. Pic 25 Many thanks tony Quote
Rivkin Posted February 15, 2021 Report Posted February 15, 2021 12 minutes ago, tonyjones said: The length of the kissaki is 3.5 cms . I am amazed how you guys can identify the the maker that lived over 300 years ago. The size looks about right for the period. There are many who will argue for me being quartered alive for such guesses, but most of the things appear to match. 1 Quote
Geraint Posted February 15, 2021 Report Posted February 15, 2021 Dear Tony. If you have a look here, http://www.sho-shin.com/osaka-ishido.html , also here, https://nihontoantiques.com/project/ishido-den-fss-812/ You will see why Kirill made that suggestion, I think. However, a note of caution, do your own research and be open to other ideas. Just as Ishido smiths copied/developed Bizen style hamon so did others. Enjoy. All the best. Quote
Jacques Posted February 15, 2021 Report Posted February 15, 2021 It's impossible to say anything valuable as this sword is not polished. All we can see is that the hamon seems to be based on a notare midare, kind of hamon that is mainly found in Shoshu and in the schools having been influenced by it (middle and end Koto). The solutions are therefore very numerous. The Ishido school copied the Bizen Ichimonji style so no notare hamon. Quote
Rivkin Posted February 15, 2021 Report Posted February 15, 2021 ... and its in polish. The light direction choice was not particularly effective for the photography chosen. Blades that don't have strong nie are trickier to shoot. Quote
DoTanuki yokai Posted February 15, 2021 Report Posted February 15, 2021 Mhh does not look like Yokoyama so Ishido will be correct. Quote
tonyjones Posted February 15, 2021 Author Report Posted February 15, 2021 Thanks for the feed back. Looks like I have a lot of reading and learning to do. Quote
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