Eds Posted April 11, 2023 Report Posted April 11, 2023 Translation assistance on Katana Type 98. Unusual Hamon Quote
xiayang Posted April 11, 2023 Report Posted April 11, 2023 Something feels slightly off about this... 藤原信友 = Fujiwara Nobutomo 南[蠻?][鐵?]金澤[?] = Nanban tetsu Kanazawa [?] Quote
ROKUJURO Posted April 11, 2023 Report Posted April 11, 2023 TACHI-MEI and HITATSURA HAMON - something rather special! Quote
ROKUJURO Posted April 11, 2023 Report Posted April 11, 2023 Ed, age is not very important in Japanese swords (witth the exception of very old ones - 1.000 years or more). What counts in newer swords is quality. The blade you have shown is probably not old (less than 150 years? which would be quite recent in terms of Japanese history), but it looks interesting as the HAMON shows an unusual regularity. An expert (we have some NMB members in Cal) should see this in hand, I think. Quote
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