Jifu?

[M Ubertini]

Hey all,

 

Would this be considered jifu on a nambokucho Naoe Shizu blade?  Haven’t studied this in a while. 

[atm]

I am far from an expert, but I don’t think it is jifu since the hada flows through it. My understanding of jifu is that it free of the hada. I could be totally wrong, though, as jifu seems to be hard to consistently define.

[Rayhan]

Is this an edo period blade?

[Gakusee]

11 hours ago, atm said:

I am far from an expert, but I don’t think it is jifu since the hada flows through it. My understanding of jifu is that it free of the hada. I could be totally wrong, though, as jifu seems to be hard to consistently define.

 

The above by MU is not jifu. 
 

Jifu is not free of hada. It is a type of utsuri and very simplistically speaking  as such is a top layer treatment/ element of the underlying metal. 

[CSM101]

Ohara Sanemori. and jifu utsuri 

[Rayhan]

Ok so no-one got my humor, can you show us the whole sword with some more pics so we can make a stable judgement?