Mumei wakizashi

[Zantetsuken]

Hi everyone,

 

I recently bought my first nihonto, a wakizashi in koshirae. 

 

Mumei

nagasa: 43cm

weight: 380g

 

Sugata looks like kanbun era, right? Also not sure about the school, maybe Mino? 

 

Thanks a lot,

Simon

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Nakago and in koshirae:

[oli]

Hi,

 

yes looks like early Shinto, maybe Kanei because of the longer Kissaki. Hamon is hard to see on the photos, Hada looks nice. Mino... a lot of smith from Mino moved to different part of the country and established new schools. So hard to say which one. 

Maybe somebody else with more experience can help. Otherwise i can recommend you some books. 

 

bye

Oli

[Mark S.]

Shiga-seki?  Possibly Kanenobu?  Just something to look into.

[Zantetsuken]

Thanks a lot for the input!

Shiga-Seki seems to be a branch of mino and there seem to be different generations of Kanenobu. I will research further.

Here some additional photos of the hamon

[Zantetsuken]

Some better hamon pics, thanks to Oli’s advices:)

blade seems out of polish, but still nice to view.

[Lewis B]

Blade shows some very nice activity. Would be worth looking into getting a fresh polish IMO.

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If it would be financially/ economically not a loosing game, I‘d definitely consider it. As far as I read polishing is about 100$+ per inch, so at least 1700$ (plus shipping, habaki and shirasaya).