Civilian Sword Translation Please

[Herb]

Hope This can be translated and maybe dated

thank you

[ChrisW]

Photo is upside-down, just to let you know! Also, for purposes of identification, can you get the following:

 

Tip to tip picture of the bare blade (without the metal collar "habaki" )
Close-up picture of the very tip of the blade (kissaki)

Close-up of any activity in the metal's surface near the cutting edge "hamon"

 

Some measurements would also be useful:

 

Length of entire blade, length of cutting edge, length of tang, curvature of blade (google how to measure "sori").

 

With that, you should get a much better idea of what you've got!

[Herb]

Thank you Chris I’ll try it again, 

overall length 34 1/2”

tang. 7”

sori .416”

cutting edge 28” roughly

[Nobody]

豊州住藤原正行 - Hoshu ju Fujiwara Masayuki

[Herb]

[Herb]

Thank you Nobody, from what I see on the internet this sword could be from the 1600’s ?

[cisco-san]

Hello,

 

from Markus book:

MASAYUKI (正行), 1st gen., Keian (慶安, 1648-1652), Bungo – “Hōshū-jū Fujiwara Masayuki” (豊州住藤原正行), he was a descendant of the kotō-era Bungo Masayuki lineage and according to tradition the son of Saneyuki (実行), he changed his name later to Mitsuhiro (光広) and belonged to the Aizawa family (藍沢), dense ko-itame, suguha mixed with ko-ashi, some interpretations remind of Hizen-tō, chū-saku