Juyo Yamato Taima

[Vermithrax16]

Rare birds are Taima swords, so wanted to make sure people took a look. Our own Paul Bowman wrote an article with more information on the school. Here you go:

http://www.militaria.co.za/articles/A%20Katana%20attributed%20to%20Yamato%20Taima.pdf

 

The suguha hamon on this one is sublime, and in hand I can't imagine the beauty of the hada and the texture of the steel. Clearly I am a Yamato fan, so biased, but without regard to buying, I think this one is worth some study:

 

https://www.nihonto.com/1-2-19-2/

 

 

[Tom Darling]

Hi Jeremiah,

 

Are there any known signed Taema blades?  Peace.

 

 

Tom D.

[Jussi Ekholm]

They are quite rare but so far I have documented 11 of them. I know there are more of them but I currently lack the data of them in form I want it.

[Tom Darling]

I recall seeing one  (very stout) in Dallas passing shinsa 1972 or 1973? Dr. Kanzan Sato, John Yumoto was translating. Dr. Walter Compton had a Hiromitsu ( hitatsura) on display. Thank you Jeremiah for bringing  Taema blades to light, exceptional school. Jussi, thank you for the info, as always.  Peace.

 

 

Tom D.

[Rich Thomas]

This is another beautiful Taima blade

https://yuhindo.com/taima/