Info on a new tanto

[Ken-Hawaii]

Sometimes, you just get lucky. I was in a store this morning talking with a fellow Nihonto collector, & an older gentleman walked up & asked if I would be interested in seeing an old "sword" that his parents had left him.

 

I followed him to his house, & he showed me the mumei tanto shown below. I won't mention how much I paid for it, but I guarantee that it didn't break the bank...! It's in shirasaya, & in fairly good shape except for a small patch of umegane on the omote.

 

I would appreciate any comments on its provenance.

[Stephen]

to have the sword Gods on your side....very nice.

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Quiet difficult to try Tanto with Shinogi that are not made out from a

broken longer blade. IMOH this seems not the case, anyway, and the

blade still in its original shape. Nice.

[Ken-Hawaii]

Your English is a darn sight better than my Italian, Carlo!

 

You're right that I haven't seen many tanto that weren't cut down from a longer blade. I looked very carefully at the nakago, and it is obviously the original forging. Now if only there had been a mei so that I could easily determine the school & smith!!

 

Any ideas?

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

  Ken-Hawaii said:

Any ideas?

 

No Ken. I'm not at the level to give suggestions here...