Nio Katana 74CM nagasa opinions?

[Lexvdjagt]

 

Hello NMB,

I wanted to show you my recently acquired Mumei Osuriage Nio katana with Tokubetsu Hozon papers. The blade to the second picture's left next to my Ko-Mihara Nanbokucho jidai katana. The blade features a 74CM nagasa, and a 2.8CM sori. It was attributed to Nio, and has (in my opinion) the characteristics of the Ko-Nio school. The seller told me it's Late Kamakura jidai, which I would agree with. The blade has a few imperfections on the Shinogi-ji, and features a Homare Kizu on the mune close to the kissaki. The beautiful hada is mostly why I purchased this sword, I have always wanted a sword that had its jigane flow through to the hamon. I have tried my best with the pictures here using Jean's advice. I have a question about one certain point of activity on the hamon, (encircled on the image). The seller told me this piece of hamon is Mt Fuji, it has a distinct shape that resembles the Mt Fuji-type hamon that I have seen in my books. Would you agree? The boshi was particularly hard to photograph. I would like to hear your insights on this blade. Any questions are welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[buchtas]

Lovely sword and beautifull hada.

 

What was the price if you dont mind me asking? As a beginer I am interested in getting to know the prices

[ROKUJURO]

Martin;

if you look for MUMEI O-SURIAGE NIO KATANA with TOKUBETSU HOZON ORIGAMI, you will get an idea of actual prices.

[Matsunoki]

47 minutes ago, buchtas said:

What was the price if you dont mind me asking?

Why not just do some research on auction websites? Bonhams is a good place to start….you’ll find hundreds of swords together with sold prices. 

[Geraint]

Dear Lex.

 

Thank you for sharing this sword with us, it's a beauty!  For what it is worth I would not choose to describe the hamon feature as anything to do with Mt Fuji, what are often called picturesque hamon such as kikusui and so forth are associated with Shinto swords.

 

All the best.

[KungFooey]

It is an absolutely amazing sword - and of such a great age!!!

 

I'm sure it's just the lighting in the pictures (blades are so difficult to photograph) but the hamon seems to disappear at the kissaki. Is it possible to see more shots of the boshi?

 

Thank you!

[vajo]

 

Its thin but its there.

 

 

reshaped

[Lewis B]

3 hours ago, KungFooey said:

It is an absolutely amazing sword - and of such a great age!!!

 

I'm sure it's just the lighting in the pictures (blades are so difficult to photograph) but the hamon seems to disappear at the kissaki. Is it possible to see more shots of the boshi?

 

Thank you!

 

Yes, it's there but as Chris says it's very close to the edge. The jigane activity through the hamon is very Norishige-esque. Love it. Polish looks good too which can't always be said. 

 

[Franco]

4 hours ago, Geraint said:

For what it is worth I would not choose to describe the hamon feature as anything to do with Mt Fuji,

 

Agree,

 

When enlarging the image three times it looks like more of the "swept sands" formation that makes up the upper portion of the hamon, only it wasn't highlighted in the same manner as the connecting activity.  

 

Utsuri? Ladder Utsuri?

Edited February 8 by Franco D

[Lexvdjagt]

Thanks to everyone for responding.

 

21 hours ago, Geraint said:

Dear Lex.

 

Thank you for sharing this sword with us, it's a beauty!  For what it is worth I would not choose to describe the hamon feature as anything to do with Mt Fuji, what are often called picturesque hamon such as kikusui and so forth are associated with Shinto swords.

 

All the best.

Thank you, Geraint for the clarification on the Hamon activity. This makes a lot more sense indeed. 

 

21 hours ago, KungFooey said:

It is an absolutely amazing sword - and of such a great age!!!

 

I'm sure it's just the lighting in the pictures (blades are so difficult to photograph) but the hamon seems to disappear at the kissaki. Is it possible to see more shots of the boshi?

 

Thank you!

Thank you Dee for your reply. I agree with @vajo and @Lewis B the boshi is hard to photograph because it is very thin. I believe your question was answered but I can still take a few pictures if you'd like? 

 

 

19 hours ago, vajo said:

 

Its thin but its there.

 

 

reshaped

Thank you Chris for your time. I did not realize it was reshaped. Thank you so much for this information. I must say that I generally do not pay as much attention to the boshi as I should. I personally really only care about good Jigane activity. I will be looking closer at the kissaki in the future as well.

 

 

 

 

17 hours ago, Franco D said:

 

Agree,

 

When enlarging the image three times it looks like more of the "swept sands" formation that makes up the upper portion of the hamon, only it wasn't highlighted in the same manner as the connecting activity.  

 

Utsuri? Ladder Utsuri?

Hello Franco,

Thank you for your reply. I believe you are right about the swept sands. Thank you for your input. I believe I can only faintly observe some Bo utsuri. I am not sure what Ladder Utsuri is, could you possibly explain it to me?

 

 

Greetings,

Lex van der Jagt

 

 

[vajo]

@Lexvdjagt Your sword is old and it has Tokubetsu Hozon. So some trained people have judged it before and rated it tokubetsu. It is a proud sword.

[Franco]

3 hours ago, Lexvdjagt said:

Thank you for your reply. I believe you are right about the swept sands. Thank you for your input. I believe I can only faintly observe some Bo utsuri. I am not sure what Ladder Utsuri is, could you possibly explain it to me?

 

Dear Lex van der Jagt,

 

 

You're welcome. Ladder utsuri is a type of utsuri that appears like rungs on a ladder only they run vertically between the ha and shinogi. "Ladder utsuri" may just be another name used for Herakage utsuri. https://markussesko....i-2-jigane-jihada-3/ .

Herakage utsuri is described as patches. On the Ko Nio blade I studied the utsuri did in fact look more like rungs on a ladder than patches speaking descriptively.  Btw, that Ko Nio blade was TH to Ko Nio and mounted as a cane sword as it was almost as straight as an arrow.  

 

Auguri,

[Lexvdjagt]

1 minute ago, Franco D said:

 

Dear Lex van der Jagt,

 

 

You're welcome. Ladder utsuri is a type of utsuri that appears like rungs on a ladder only they run vertically between the ha and shinogi. "Ladder utsuri" may just be another name used for Herakage utsuri. https://markussesko....i-2-jigane-jihada-3/ .

Herakage utsuri is described as patches. On the Ko Nio blade I studied the utsuri did in fact look more like rungs on a ladder than patches speaking descriptively.  Btw, that Ko Nio blade was TH to Ko Nio and a cane sword almost as straight as an arrow.  

 

Auguri,

Hello Franco,

 

Thank you for your response and explanation. Thank you for the article, that must have been an interesting Ko-nio blade you studied. I unfortunately do not see the Ladder Utsuri on this katana. This would make more sense as the TH attribution is for NIO, not Ko-NIO. Would you agree that my NIO blade is a late Kamakura Jidai katana? Or rather Nanbokucho?

 

Greetings,
Lex van der jagt

 

 

[Franco]

4 minutes ago, Lexvdjagt said:

Would you agree that my NIO blade is a late Kamakura Jidai katana? Or rather Nanbokucho?

 

Hello,

 

I would say that it is a Nambokucho copy of a Kamakura sword 

 

Auguri,

[KungFooey]

16 hours ago, Lexvdjagt said:

Thank you Dee for your reply. I agree with @vajo and @Lewis B the boshi is hard to photograph because it is very thin. I believe your question was answered but I can still take a few pictures if you'd like? 

Dear Lex,

Many thanks for the offer but that won't be necessary - I can see the boshi now.

Once again, it's a magnificent sword!

 

Dee

[Bazza]

Lex, I have no insights, only admiration for a beautiful blade excellently presented.  As with others, I know well the difficulty of photographing blades and you have done well IMHO.  I particularly liked the enlargement obtained by clicking on the original image allowing closer study of the deki (workmanship?).  Your photos are close to tops.  My, my, that boushi is just hanging in there!!  No detriment at all because it is there...

 

BaZZa.