Hada Features

[Bencld]

Hi all. I have this little tanto that I have posted before and people thought maybe sengo or shithara. It still amazes me how you can look at a blade time after time and still see things in it that you missed before. Today I was cleaning it and noticed this sparkly diamond like feature flashing back at me thoughout the hada. It just looks like sparkles that you may see in granite or quartz. It also looks like it has utsuri in it as well. The blade has some masame on one side and a tightish mokume hada on the rest of it. I have tried to photograph it but to no avail.

Not sure what this may be called or if it is particular to a school/method of forging ?

 

[Geraint]

Dear Chris.

 

I can't see what you refer to but the sparkles sound like ji nie.

 

Any help?

 

All the best.

[paulb]

Chris

Not seeing anything in your images so I am guessing but what you are describing sounds like ji-nie. Nie is formed from harder steel (martensite) which shows itself as very small bright (sparking) dots. They are  often described as crystal, which they arent, but this gives you some idea of their brightness. When these nie granules combine they form larger features within the ji-hada such as chickei and activity within the hamon such as inazuma and kinsuji. I think what you are seeing is likely to be something of this nature.

 

edit- sorry Geraint beat me to it

[Geraint]

But not with s much detail!  

[ROKUJURO]

I have this little tanto that I have posted before and people thought maybe sengo or shithara....

SHITHARA is an American-Japanese expression for a malfunction of the bowels, I think.....

[Jean]

Jean, if you start to compete with me for bad pun on mispelling, I fear the worst for this board. BTW, if you look in the dictionary, you will see tha Shithara stands for « turista ».

[Bencld]

Hi all. very hard to get photos of it. It runs right accross the face of the blade and follows the hada pattern. In a certain light it stands out and looks a little like sun on frost crystals. Best I can describe it. So ji nie can appear all over the blade as well as the hamon ?

 

thanks for the input.

[Geraint]

Dear Chris.

 

I love the description of sun on frost crystals and yes, ji nie can appear all over the blade, hence the name.

You may enjoy this,  http://www.ksky.ne.jp./~sumie99/terms.html  Scroll down to Jinie and see what you can see.

All the best.

[Jean]

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/9453-new-sword-what-is-it/?hl=%2Bhosho.+%2Bkanekiyo&do=findComment&comment=95805

 

You can see jinie throughout the blade

[TETSUGENDO]

Great blade, fine photos, interesting and informative post. All interested in this topic should take the time to read it all.

 

-S-