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Hello all. Being fairly new to the game and with limited book resources, I was wondering if someone would hazard a guess as to the age, possibly school of this tanto ?

Nagasa is 11 1/4 inches and is mumei with what I think is masame hada and a gently undulating hamon. The last picture shows a sort of grainy effect and it stands out and almost looks like utsuri ? 

Thanks in advance.

Chris D.

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Hello all. Thank you for taking the time to have a look and comment. I live in Victoria Australia and know at least one person on here and other collectors in Melbourne so I will try and look them up and see what they think. Very hard by photos I know but sometimes something just stands out as a particular style/smith even with a less than ideal photo. Was hoping this just might be one of those times !

 

The hamachi is almost gone and the bohi are a little uneven indicating a number of polishes over the years. The mekugi look to be punched, not drilled so I am guessing maybe koto, early shinto ?

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Obviously should be seen in hand but given the nakago color in the pics, the random utsuri-like blotchiness in the ji and feel of the habuchi leads me to think sai-ha. I hate saying that and hope to be wrong but just has that feel for me.

 

Doug

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Hello all. Thank you for taking the time to have a look and comment. I live in Victoria Australia and know at least one person on here and other collectors in Melbourne so I will try and look them up and see what they think. Very hard by photos I know but sometimes something just stands out as a particular style/smith even with a less than ideal photo. Was hoping this just might be one of those times !

 

The hamachi is almost gone and the bohi are a little uneven indicating a number of polishes over the years. The mekugi look to be punched, not drilled so I am guessing maybe koto, early shinto ?

Early Shinto is my guess.

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