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Help with kantei


mike yeon

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Hello everyone,

 

Hopefully someone here can help me gain a better understanding of a blade I just purchased. Here's what I know:

 

Shinogi zukuri wakizashi

Suriage (started its life as a katana) 2 megukiana (ground out from both sides, not drilled straight through)

Current nagasa is 22.5"

Sugata is tori-zori

Hada is a very nice looking o'mokume

Hamon is ko-nie based (best guess) choji/gunome

Can see nice activities like sunagashi/ashi, etc hamon is not as bright as a younger blade would be (so my guess is koto)

Nagako is pictured as is the mei (2 charater "YASU TSUNA")

Nagashi left by polisher is 9 lines 11 lines (honami school?)

 

Blade screams BIZEN!!!!

 

Now I did find one Bizen Yasutsuna (ko-bizen). Highly unlikely for a number of reasons.

 

Other yasutsuna encountered were the Kanbun echizen Yasutsuna (another no) and Hoki Yasutsuna (no need to even get into pondering that one)

 

I've attached a pict of the nagako. Don't have picts of the blade (camera died) I'll try and post soon.

 

Thanks everyone in advance!

 

mike

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