Pippo Posted August 11, 2022 Report Posted August 11, 2022 Morning gents, Blade is signed Ietsugu but last owner is saying he was of nagato province and blades around c1660. i cant find any details so any help with smith would be appreciated ( found a similar blade dated mid edo so 1730s). Quote
Winchester Posted August 13, 2022 Report Posted August 13, 2022 I am a not an expert so take my opinion with a grain of salt. I have two signed Ietsugu katanas; one is by the father first of that name who was active in 1469-1487. Hawley rating of 20. His son was active in 1487-1489, rating of 30. None of the signatures I have which are papered or the ones I found online look like your example; just my observation. Quote
Alex A Posted August 13, 2022 Report Posted August 13, 2022 Hello, compare the work to that of Kaga Letsugu Just an observation but the nakago dont look real old, there was a Letsugu working in 1865. Its difficult just using the images Maybe some clear images of the blade and nakago-jiri may help folk come up with something. 1 Quote
Winchester Posted August 13, 2022 Report Posted August 13, 2022 Check this out for reference: https://nihontoclub.com/smiths/IYE381 Quote
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