Kiyomaro Mon Wakizashi

[vajo]

I like it.

Nice blade.

[reinhard]

Maybe we can agree on this:

The blade in question is of high quality, way above most of the blades discussed here, and shows many features associated with Yamaura-school.

Judgement on the basis of pictures/pixels is difficult.

Perspective/camera-angle make judgement even more difficult.

Let's wait for judgement of true experts, and I don't mean NMB, to narrow the question of the possible maker.

 

reinhard

 

[Alex A]

When any (potentially) big name blade in polish arises, one must ask theirself is there a chance it has already been to Shinsa.

[Promo]

17 hours ago, reinhard said:

Perspective/camera-angle make judgement even more difficult.

Actually I was thinking the same, even for being a beginner I thought the actual angle and picture size used makes it tough to be able to tell anything. But this should be rather easily solved, maybe Stefan could try and do a few pictures and post those here?

Thanks!

[Sutraken]

I tried to take pictures of the sugata, but I don‘t think that my photos will help to clear the above mentioned questions. 

 

 

 

[Sutraken]

Here are some of Ray‘s pictures, which I didn‘t post before. Perhaps they can give additional impressions of this Naginata Naoshi Wakizashi. 

 

 

[Ynot]

I think the nakago looks too dark for late shinshinto and what is going on in this area?

 

 

 

 

[Promo]

Thanks for providing additional pictures! I've did my best in a quick and dirty method and tried to match your two pictures to a single one.

 

The hamon is quite high up in the blade, except for a part of the front half of the blade starting around the middle.

 

@Ray Singer did you actually have the blade with you personally when you sold it, meaning you have had it in hands?

[Promo]

@Sutraken I thought your blade deserves a better side by side so I did the attached "enhaced version" of the previous image better (but still a bit "quick'n'dirty" since a bit of the red background is still visible) in Photoshop. Thought you may appreciate it:

[Sutraken]

Hello Georg, 

 

thank you for putting both pictures side by side.