PhoenixDude Posted March 30 Report Posted March 30 Lf opinions on this. It's hard to see any activity in the hamon or hada, what I can see is listed in the photo of my notes. I'm thinking osuriage koto probably late kamakura early nambokucho, but I'm not an expert. Any other opinions, school or smith? Quote
PhoenixDude Posted March 30 Author Report Posted March 30 Forgot to add it has a shallow iori mune Quote
Lexvdjagt Posted March 30 Report Posted March 30 Can you take some better pictures? Including pictures of the: Nakago Boshi Hamachi Some close-ups of the Hada etc. It is very hard to judge this blade based on the images given. You need to find a source of light and point it at an angle that does not immediately reflect off the surface. Greetings, Lex Quote
PhoenixDude Posted March 30 Author Report Posted March 30 I can try but it's way out of polish. Like I mentioned it's hard to see any activity even in person. Like I noted on the paper, it looks like a komaru boshi, itame hada and it's got pretty decent fumbari. Quote
PhoenixDude Posted March 30 Author Report Posted March 30 This belongs to a half Japanese freind who inherited it from his grandfather. He's wanting to know more about it as it came to his possession with no backstory or documentation. Any guesses or rough estimations are welcome. Quote
Rivkin Posted March 30 Report Posted March 30 Taking pictures of nihonto during daylight does not work. Evening, confined lightsource, blade on the table, camera and light source positioned for maximum effect. As of now sugata looks like Muromachi uchigatana. With such curvature to be Kamakura you basically have to aim for kodachi... that does not look like a perfect match. 1 1 Quote
Rivkin Posted March 31 Report Posted March 31 Its a style which unfortunately exceptionally hard to judge. Even in hands and in good polish. If you want to be super-optimistic, pursue Kamakura Rai Kunitoshi kodachi option. I don't believe that's the case, but... Otherwise its Muromachi uchi-gatana. Can be a variety of schools, we don't see jigane unfortunately and that's the main distinguishing factor... Ryokai, Fuyuhiro. Mihara would probably have longer kaeri or altogether different boshi, Enju tends to be quite different in Muromachi and also boshi, Zenjo is possible though not the most typical. At times Kaga can also be considered. Lots of options and not much difference since mumei Muromachi pieces in 80% of cases are judged with thinking "its more or less the same". Quote
Robert S Posted Monday at 05:17 PM Report Posted Monday at 05:17 PM Doesn't look suriage to me - that looks like the original tang. 1 Quote
Scogg Posted Monday at 06:18 PM Report Posted Monday at 06:18 PM I agree, I don't personally see evidence of suriage with the provided images. Looks a little machi-okuri, though. My kantei still needs some work, but your swords sugata and kissaki remind me a lot of a wakizashi that I have from around the early 1500s. My best guess would be Muromachi. All the best, -Sam Quote
Jacques Posted 16 hours ago Report Posted 16 hours ago A quality sword must be well made, from the tip of the kissaki to the nakago-jiri. This sword does not fall into this category. 1 Quote
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