atomicfrogg Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 Hi: was wondering if anyone can comment on this sword. Looks like different flower than cherry, gold accents, bamboo scabbard, one side of blade engraved. Any help greatly appreciated. Was only able to download the one pic, have more. Tryed to download more, but site would not take. Probably something i am doing wrong. Thanks Solomon M. Quote
Mark Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 it is a tachi or slung sword. from the picture i would guess it is a Showa period (1926-1945) sword Quote
atomicfrogg Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Posted January 25, 2011 Great, is there more you could tell me with more pics, heres signature. Quote
Mark Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 made by Kunihiro a resident of Hizen province, so the blade may be older Quote
atomicfrogg Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Posted January 25, 2011 Thanks, read top to bottom or b to t ? heres another Quote
sanjuro Posted January 26, 2011 Report Posted January 26, 2011 Stating the obvious here, but the blade was obviously made as a katana since it is signed katana mei, rather than as a tachi. The mounting seems later than the blade if the signature is genuine, so its a remounted katana. Common enough practice in the Meiji period. Quote
Jacques Posted January 26, 2011 Report Posted January 26, 2011 Hi, He's not Hizen Kunihiro working around Shoho (1664) Quote
atomicfrogg Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Posted January 26, 2011 Hello: Blade is....not.....Hizen Kunihiro? What about engraving? Quote
Jacques Posted January 26, 2011 Report Posted January 26, 2011 Hi, What about engraving? Hideous Quote
Stephen Posted January 26, 2011 Report Posted January 26, 2011 What Jacques is saying its not the Kunihiro from 1664. Quote
atomicfrogg Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Posted January 26, 2011 Thanks Steve: I take it Jacques does not like artwork. Solomon m :| Quote
Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini Posted January 26, 2011 Report Posted January 26, 2011 Solomon, sorry to be blunt but this is not artwork. Might be the horimono has been added later to hide flaws. Would you like to post a closer pic of the suspension cords ? The tsuba has a retention-system hole that is puzzling me... Quote
Grey Doffin Posted January 26, 2011 Report Posted January 26, 2011 Hi Solomon, What people are getting at: The signature of your sword doesn't match those of authenticated examples in our references. What's more, the characters are cut clumsily (the gap between Kuni & Hiro is especially bothersome to me). While it is possible that the signature is by some unrecorded, later smith, it is more likely that the signature is a gimei; it's a forgery. Forged signatures are very common with Nihonto, and Hizen Kunihiro is well enough known that forgeries are to be expected. The horimono (artwork/carving) is very poorly done, nothing any self respecting smith would allow on his blade. Sometimes horimono is put on a blade decades or even centuries after it is made to cover/remove a defect that has surfaced due to repeated polishing; this is a possibility here. It is also possible that the horimono and questionable signature were done at the same time, not terribly long ago, to make an otherwise uninteresting sword more desirable to the unsuspecting. None of this can be know for certain, at least not by me. Bottom line, though, is that this sword likely isn't a treasure or even close. Grey Quote
nagamaki - Franco Posted January 26, 2011 Report Posted January 26, 2011 It's not always possible to change a persons point of reference, however, it can at least be demonstrated what is possible in hope that they will see the differences for themselves. http://www.sho-shin.com/naotane.htm Quote
atomicfrogg Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Posted January 26, 2011 Grey: Thanks for the straight up assessment! Solomon M. Quote
atomicfrogg Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Posted January 26, 2011 Here is picture of hangers Solomon M. Quote
Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini Posted January 26, 2011 Report Posted January 26, 2011 Ok, there's no Mon (nor apparently a retention system...). Thanks Solomon. Quote
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