New addition to the collection

Jon · September 24, 2023

Wakizashi by Izumo Daijo Masamitsu. From AKI, 1830-44. What is really telling on this blade is the Motokasane, this is profoundly thick and heavy blade for its size. From a person who loved fencing and all things swords…it’s profoundly different from the koto blade I have and event the early EDO, which was thicker than the koto but this late EDO wakizashi is a whole new level…interesting to get a late EDO blade in hand and see the differences.

Blade length : 520mm (20.47 in.)
Curvature : 10mm (0.39 in.)
Total length : 750mm (29.53 in.)
Motohaba : 30.2mm (1.19 in.)
Sakihaba : 20.8mm (0.82 in.)
Motokasane: 7.2mm (0.28 in.)
Sakikasane : 5.9mm (0.23 in.)

It’s in good Polish no ware at all, cost me £800 including postage and import costs.

Jon · September 24, 2023

2devnul · September 29, 2023

Congratulations!

I'm not sure how to understand this "It’s in good Polish no ware at all ..."

I'm Polish, want to talk about it?

But seriously, do you mean the polish level isn't good enough? Hard to tell from pictures (I can't see Hada at all), but this looks quite good to me.

GeorgeLuucas · September 29, 2023

Looks like a great buy Jon!

Its so tough to capture the jihada in images. Are you able to see it in-hand?

Thanks for sharing pieces of your collection,
Cheers,
-Sam

Infinite_Wisdumb · September 29, 2023

nice!!

Stephen · September 29, 2023

Good one Jon

Jon · September 29, 2023

6 hours ago, GeorgeLuucas said:

Its so tough to capture the jihada in images. Are you able to see it in-hand?

I think the sword has a Nashiji Hada, which you can just see in these pictures ( although I may be wrong). The Boshi really clear turnback as well which you can see.

2devnul · October 2, 2023

"I think the sword has a Nashiji Hada..."

+1 to that.

Might be silly but my patent to capture Hada is to make video (you just watch phone/camera while filming to see if Hada appears). Then play that video on PC, stop where Hada is mostly visible and take a screenshot

Example:

Jon · October 2, 2023

Adam that’s actually a really clever us of tec..just randomly taking pictures of something that’s depending on the exact play of light. Is difficult..filming it then picking the still with the best shot…brilliant.