shibeni Posted March 13, 2010 Report Posted March 13, 2010 This is 8 inch shin shinto tanto blade, with some variation in hamomon (from shuguha to toran). I try hard to read the mei without help, but it didn't work. (勝-katsu, 広-hiro,守-mori ---)? Thank you for any help. Bojan S. Quote
John A Stuart Posted March 13, 2010 Report Posted March 13, 2010 It is really hard to read, ?巴の守柏?, the last looks like 屓 or 局, but, that can't be right. Must be Fusa 房. 柏房, 埴房, no. John Quote
ottou812 Posted March 14, 2010 Report Posted March 14, 2010 Need bigger pictures than the ones attached. Also better angled shots. Quote
george trotter Posted March 14, 2010 Report Posted March 14, 2010 Nice hamon...I really like this active type that becomes suguba before the monouchi. Similar to an example by the great koto swordsmith Tomonari (more choji than gonome). The closest I ever got was a Seki WWII gunto blade by Okada Kanesada which had this hamon....although his gonome was a bit more box shaped (hako). It will be interesting to see better pics of the mei so we can maybe help a bit more with the ID. regards, George. Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.