Gunto with old blade

[EdWolf]

Just to share with you the latest addition to the collection. The blade is signed Bishu Fujiwara, the rest of the signature is cut off.

[ROKUJURO]

Ed,

good photos are necessary for a helpful response. Ideally, they should be
 

- well focused, not blurry or foggy
- made with a dark, non-reflective background for good contrast
- made with light from the side (may not apply for HAMON photos)
- made from directly above (not at an angle)
- made with correct orientation (tip-upwards; this is most important when reading of a MEI is requested) 
- without HABAKI but showing the MACHI and NAKAGO JIRI 
- made with high resolution to see details
- showing details of the sword like BOSHI, HAMACHI, HAMON, HADA, NAKAGO JIRI etc.
- presented as cut-outs so very little background is seen
 

[John C]

Are those the older type 94 fittings?

 

John C.

[Ray Singer]

A suriage blade, shortened after Bishu Fujiwara. Appears to be suriage shinto Owari. 

[PNSSHOGUN]

Hi Ed, very nice early mounts - congrats!

[EdWolf]

@ROKUJURO hi Jean,

Thanks for the guidelines. I did my best but my photographer skills are bad. The auto focus failed and manually focus also failed because of my bad eyes.

The habaki can only be moved a few centimeters. Tried to remove it but I don't want to damage the habaki.

@John C, indeed early fittings. @PNSSHOGUN John already mentioned that.

 

[Bruce Pennington]

Gorgeous, Ed!  Mon, pierced tsuba, nice leather cover, beautiful hamon - quite a rig.  Love it.

[EdWolf]

Thanks Bruce!