Tanto

[Grasshopper]

Hello all, my father in law gave me a Tanto and was after some information on its history and age. It was found behind a wall in the 60’s or 70’s during renovations and given to my father in law in the early 80’s. Would like to find out about it before I decide how to proceed in cleaning it up. The writing on the tang is a bit hard to see and will give it a light rub latter to see if it will stand out a bit better. Hopefully someone here can help. Thanks.

[Misconstrued]

Don't clean it up or do anything to remove patina from the tanto. This will greatly diminish it's value to collectors. Others will tell you more about it's history and what you can do to help preserve it.

[Ray Singer]

As said above, please don't do anything at all to disrupt the patina from the nakago. The nakago should never be rubbed or cleaned. The mei might be Kunitoki (國時), but not certain. The blade has a shape resembling Enju kikuchi-yari tanto. 

 

 

[Grasshopper]

1 hour ago, Misconstrued said:

Don't clean it up or do anything to remove patina from the tanto. This will greatly diminish it's value to collectors. Others will tell you more about it's history and what you can do to help preserve it.

Thanks mate.

[Grasshopper]

1 hour ago, Ray Singer said:

As said above, please don't do anything at all to disrupt the patina from the nakago. The nakago should never be rubbed or cleaned. The mei might be Kunitoki (國時), but not certain. The blade has a shape resembling Enju kikuchi-yari tanto. 

 

 

Thanks mate.

[Grevedk]

On 5/3/2008 at 10:21 AM, k morita said:

This is an old photo(around 100 years before) of Kikuchi-yari (spear).

For your reference....

This NMB Forum is full of very useful information and visual art (photos, drawing’s as well as technical diagrams). And - some extremely well versed experts on the subject of Nihonto 😎👍

 

Real pleasure to follow….

 

Mister Gilson - what a find your family made. All the best into the art of restoration and be careful, as you might get smitten by the “Nihonto Bug”. Can be quiet expensive.

 

All the best

/Soren

[Grasshopper]

6 hours ago, Grevedk said:

This NMB Forum is full of very useful information and visual art (photos, drawing’s as well as technical diagrams). And - some extremely well versed experts on the subject of Nihonto 😎👍

 

Real pleasure to follow….

 

Mister Gilson - what a find your family made. All the best into the art of restoration and be careful, as you might get smitten by the “Nihonto Bug”. Can be quiet expensive.

 

All the best

/Soren

Thanks mate.