Wakizashi with choji and hitatsura on eBay

[Marius]

I may be wrong but I see o-choji and hitatsura, which, to my amateur eyes, looks rather awkward. What do you think of this sword? Might this be an interesting sword for a newbie? I am pretty sure that there are some bidders lurking and waiting to put in their last-minute bids as such a hamon is invariably attractive to beginner-collectors...

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0423766428

[Gunome]

Hello,

 

I would said muneyaki instead of hitatsura.

Looks like shinto blade. I don't know this smith, so can't confirme you if the mei is reliable.

There is a kizu on monouchi and muneware

Regarding hamon... looks like gunome choji, but it is difficult to saw it clearly due to the light of the photo. Alight bulb in a dark room would have been better.

 

Sebastien

[Guido]

The description says it has a Hagire - which makes it more or less worthless.

[Marius]

The description says it has a Hagire - which makes it more or less worthless.

 

IMHO, on the contrary - the description assures that there is NO hagire or other serious kizu: "And there is not HAKOBORE(nicked part of an edge) and HAGIRE."

 

Oh, BTW, yes, I thought about muneyaki while writing "hitatsura". The choji are quite visible in the hadori polish. I think, I can discern the hada as well, lloks like ko-itame to me...

[Guido]

Mariusz, you're absolutely right - I should have taken more than just a quick look at the description ...

[pcfarrar]

I wonder if its o-suriage as the hamon seems to run straight into the nakago.

[Jean]

Peter,

 

O suriage is generally used when the blade has been shortened to such extent that the mei has been cut away. If the mei remains, generally, it is called simply suriage

[pcfarrar]

If the mei remains, generally, it is called simply suriage

 

I still think it might be o-suriage with the mei being a later addition. If you look closely at the nakago you can see a big blob of choji going right into it.

[Jean]

Machi okuri leads to the same result

[pcfarrar]

Machi okuri leads to the same result

 

On reflection I think you are right. Had a quick look for Ieshige in Fujishiro but he wasn't in it.

 

Not a bad sword for the current price.

[Jean]

You are right Peter, very good deal for the price

[Gunome]

Hello,

 

As strange as it could be appeard, I think it is ubu !

If it was really a choji on the machi, so there wasn't too space for original shape before machi okuri : there is only one mekugi ana which would be under habaki before machi okuri. Moreover, yasurime are constant from nakago jiri to the base of habaki.

You can see on the photo of the other face a dark line (oxydation, dirty ?) crossing machi from ha machi to mune machi.

If you have the same on the other side, it could be appeared as a choji on a bad photo.

Patern of the hamon neer habaki on the ura side looks like yakidashi. Nevertheless I don't think it is yakidashi.

 

Please note it is not statement, just speculation

 

sebastien

[Jean]

Sebastien,

 

I won't say if it is machi okuri or not, I was just talking generally

[Gunome]

I know it Jean :D

but pcfarrar seems think so.

 

May I am wrong ? Difficult to say without handling the sword.

 

Sébastien

[pcfarrar]

May I am wrong ? Difficult to say without handling the sword.

 

Why don't you buy it and let us know?

 

After having a closer inspection of the photo I think you could be right about the oxidation making it look like a choji when it isn't.

 

Either way like Marius said at the start its a good buy for a new collector and doesn't need any money spent on it at all.

[Brian]

...And now ending at at least 30% more than it would have gone for, thanks to the extensive advertising here. I think I need to email the seller for some commission

 

Brian

[Amon]

I couldn't agree more Brian

so thanks gents for pushing it up over my monthly budget

 

Regards,