Fujiwara Kanefusa

[Pippo]

Blade inIJA mounts, nice Hamon.

[Pippo]

[Bruce Pennington]

Yes.  I don't know the lingo, but that is quite an interesting hamon!

[Beater]

Any stamps above or below the mei Pippo? 23rd generation Kanefusa used some interesting  forging techniques, including the kabuse method.
I used to own one that had a large stamp with lots of small kanji inside, situated below the mei, it effectively said made by the kabuse method. I believe it was a similar method to how Mantetsu swords were made ie by inserting a soft metal core inside a harder skin pipe?

 

Agree, that is a nice hamon.

 

https://www.Japanese...dex.com/kanefusa.htm

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[PNSSHOGUN]

Hard to tell from one photo but the peaks of the Hamon look like oil tempering.

[Guest Simon R]

I trust John's evaluation of oil tempering implicitly because he is an expert on these blades and it is still all too easy for me to get confused as to what is actually what!

 

For example, the 23rd generation Fujiwara Kanefusa (real name Kato Koichi) was trained by Fuijiwara Jumyo (real name Kato Zennosuke) of the Watanabe Kanenaga school in Mino. As they shared the same family name, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that they were related by more than just their forging background. Both apparently made Showato and Gendaito.

 

The photo below shows (Top) a blade by the 25th generation Fujiwara Kanefusa undergoing the process of yakiire, (Middle) my blade by Fujiwara Jumyo which has been papered by the NTHK and NBTHK in turn and (Bottom) the blade under review in this thread.

 

Those dark, 'V shaped' marks in the hamon still throw me for a loop.🤔

 

[PNSSHOGUN]

Simon if you trust what I say then I have a genuine bridge for sale....!

 

Regardless he is known for making both real Gendaito and stamped Showato so always worth double checking the blade carefully.

[Guest Simon R]

 

17 minutes ago, PNSSHOGUN said:

Simon if you trust what I say then I have a genuine bridge for sale....!

 

Regardless he is known for making both real Gendaito and stamped Showato so always worth double checking the blade carefully.

If the bridge has a goat eating troll underneath, then I'll buy it. 😉

[John C]

5 hours ago, SRDRowson said:

Those dark, 'V shaped' marks in the hamon still throw me for a loop

I know nothing of forging so I'll ask since this has confused me as well. Although the V marks are a result of applying the clay, would they look differently based on the method of cooling? Or is the color difference simply a product of the rate of cooling?

John C.

[Pippo]

18 hours ago, Beater said:

Any stamps above or below the mei Pippo? 23rd generation Kanefusa used some interesting  forging techniques, including the kabuse method.
I used to own one that had a large stamp with lots of small kanji inside, situated below the mei, it effectively said made by the kabuse method. I believe it was a similar method to how Mantetsu swords were made ie by inserting a soft metal core inside a harder skin pipe?

 

Agree, that is a nice hamon.

 

https://www.Japanese...dex.com/kanefusa.htm

No stamps sadly.

[Guest Simon R]

31 minutes ago, Pippo said:

No stamps sadly.

No stamps = GOOD!!!

 

Its chances of being a traditionally made gendaito have now increased.

 

https://www.Japanese...dex.com/kanefusa.htm

[mecox]

Simon, Kanefusa summarised here:

 

[Guest Simon R]

28 minutes ago, mecox said:

Simon, Kanefusa summarised here:

 

Thank you Mal,

 

This exemplary work of yours has already become a 'Seki-bible' to me!