Yamato blade in Gunto mount

[gun addict]

I collect almost exclusively nihonto in Gunto mount and it’s rare to run into older/slender blades for some reason. Currently eyeballing this Gunto from a good friend and I’m looking for some opinions

 

some very respected forum members so far has suggested Sue Tagei, SuMihara or KoMihara.

 

thank you all ahead of time, one thing for sure this blades deserves a good polish, the nie utsuri even in this condition looks spectacular 

[ChrisW]

Would it be possible for us to see a shot of the nakago and one of the entire bare blade? It looks like a very nice piece.

[gun addict]

[Franco]

  On 12/7/2022 at 4:22 AM, gun addict said:

the nie utsuri even in this condition looks spectacular 

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Image if possible, please? 

[Rivkin]

its hard to say much with the images but it looks like shirake utsuri. nie utsuri is generally not indicative of yamato. there is no strong nie within hamon, nioiguchi is wide and hazy. can be second generation zenjo, for example.

nio, naminohira are options but certain things are a bit off.

not that i know much and the images are unfortunately not truly informative, but still it appears to be enough information to make a general guess.