New Aquisition

[Jacques D.]

15 hours ago, Utopianarian said:

Something I failed to mention which may prove to have some significance to help with attribution. The nie is more prominent on the shinogi-ji very dense and thick and highly reflective more so on the bottom part of the blade with of course masame graining pattern. Surprised how reflective the nie looks on the lower shinogi-ji especially with the old polish and what remains of the old burnishing. I tried to research any schools or smith known for that type of feature but can’t find any more information.

 

Nie are hardly visible on shinogi-ji which is usually burnished and ji nie are not "reflective" I add the state of polish of you sword doesn't not allow you to see nie. 

 

 

 

[jdawg221]

Well I'm not experienced at all when it comes to determining the school of a sword, I know there are people that you can go to for appraisal. I'd recommend contacting someone in such a field

[Franco D]

On 10/30/2022 at 4:54 AM, Jacques D. said:

you can only see an utsuri on a blade in a perfect state of polish 

 

Simply not true! Even when a sword is not in perfect polish if one knows how to look, if there truly is utsuri it can be spotted.