Hagire

[stephan_hiller]

All,

 

have you ever seen a sword with so many hagire?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-Sword-Mume ... 335ecc8b8f

 

Regards,

 

Stephan

[sturmbichon]

Thanks Stephen !! that's a very informative link. A very good picture to show how a Hagire (sorry, thirteen Hagire) look like !

I saw drawing of Hagire on all my books, but never a clear picture of a real one actually...

[fwic2803]

When I polished a rust sword.

I found much Hagire.

[Mark]

Sorry to hear the bad news about the hagire showing after polish. I appreciate that you mention the damage in the description and show it in the pictures. Many sellers on eBay hide problems. I hope the next sword you have polished comes out great!

[Brian]

Do you think perhaps the sword is saiha and that caused the hagire?

 

Brian

[seppuku]

looks like someone used as a meat cleaver

[estcrh]

This is a good warning for anyone who wants to rescue a sword....under the definition of hagire in the dictionary this sword should be pictured. What would the best method have been in order to have avoided this from happening..a window polish?

[Andi B.]

OT:

13 cracks - I've seen this piece too and these hagire brought my first attempt of creating a HOL (hamon like object) of a simple piece of steel to mind:

...I only reached 7!

 

 

 

Was/Is it common that such pieces were polished and mounted?

[gudis]

My thinkings or hagire and a nice blade. There are many hagires on this blade, BUT they are thin...

 

I dont mind buying a blade with fine hagire, just as long as there are no real chips in the edge. I buy blades mostly for the VERY nice steel work that the Japanese smiths where doing.

 

I cant call myself a collector yet, but I will in the future come there. And if I in my future collection have blades with hagire wouldnt bother me very much. The blades are still a nice katan, wakizashi or a tanto.

If the polish of the blades are nice and the hada and hamon are there, then I will be very happy to just sit and look at it. For a hardcore collector I think he would look for another blade somewhere.

 

Thats my opinion on it.

[Andi B.]

...disregarding collector's requirements - a blade with (so many) hagire won't make me happy (and I suppose most of you would also regret such a purchase after a while).

It's my personal taste and depents on the price: A non fatal flaw like a rust spot or even a small chip is ok ("sign of age and history") - but this blade is really gone...