Unidentified Tanto

[Andi B.]

Hello,
here I have an unsigned tanto blade and no idea about school or age.
Currently I'm writing kind of index sheets of my items but "Tanto, mumei, ubu" is a bit weak .
Can someone please send me in the right direction?
What could be guessed from the size, shape and hamon?

Nagasa 27.2cm
Sori 0.1cm
Motohaba 3.1cm
Kasane 0.73cm

 

Thanks!

[Alex A]

Hello, the shape, Bo-hi, hada reminds me of a blade that would date to around 1600,ish.

 

Hamon,hada  remind me of Mino.

 

Not factual, off the top of head, just a thought as your blade reminds me of one i own from that era.

[vajo]

i would go with Alex refering to Markus Kantei - sugata.

Mino hamon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rivkin]

Does look like early shinto (1650) tanto. The style is sort of arch-typical for shinto-soshu-mino, the work itself is decent.

[Franco D]

The shape of this tanto, plus the patina of the nakago along with the assembly marks suggest to me not early Edo, but more mid to late Edo. Leaning towards Mino. NTHK NPO shinsa soon.