Kanemoto school wakizashi (I Think)

[Mark C]

Hi Everyone,

 

Picked up this little wakizashi although the polish isn't a good one (nothing to do with me), I think it could possible be a Mino Kanemoto school wakizashi because of it's sanbon sugi hamon.

 

I have read that there is big differences in regularity of the sanbon sugi, Boshi differences and bottoms of the troughs close to the cutting edge between various generations.

 

So if I had to make a call I would call Magoroku Kanemoto, latish shinto.

 

Or i'm barking up the wrong tree, possibly in the wrong forest. 

 

What do you think

 

Nagasa is 15 11/16" 

 

Your help is very much appreciated.

[Mark S.]

Kaga/Kashu Darani Katsukuni school is also a possibility for additional study although nakago-jiri may exclude it.  

[Rivkin]

10 hours ago, Mark C said:

So if I had to make a call I would call Magoroku Kanemoto, latish shinto.

 

Yeap, looks legit.

[Mark C]

Thanks Kirill.

 

 

14 hours ago, Mark S. said:

Kaga/Kashu Darani Katsukuni school is also a possibility for additional study although nakago-jiri may exclude it.  

 

Thanks Mark,

They are indeed very similar, got me going back over my notes and questioning everything again, Oh how I love this hobby 

 

All the best

[ROKUJURO]

I have read that the use of the Magoroku (孫六) name should only be applied to the works of the second generation. Magoroku Kanemoto (孫六兼元) worked in Akasaka in Mino province around the beginning of the sixteenth century during Eishô (永正) (1504-1521) and Daiei (大永) era (1521-1528). 

[Mark C]

You are correct Jean,

 

Just going back through my notes and learning points, found this:

 

"  The sanbon-sugi of the second generation consists of gunome having rounded heads in places making the hamon not totally uniform throughout the blade; very sharply pointed heads characterise the works of later generations."

 

Mine clearly has pointed heads.

 

I wish the polish was better to give me a few more clues.

 

[Jacques]

The sanbon-sugi is too regular for Magoroku