How to recognize type of construction

[cofor22]

As the title says, is there any way to approach the blade to identify construction type?

 

Conny F

[BIG]

Hi Conny, here are the different shapes...

 

http://to-ken.uk

 

Best

[cofor22]

Thanks but I did not mean shapes, I meant construction like kobuse, San-mei etc. Is it possible (or even necessary) to identify the type of blade construction?

 

Conny F

[16k]

I don’t think it is without X-raying the blade.

 

Alternatively, you can saw your sword in two and look at the construction then use superglue to put it back together! :lol

[Ray Singer]

Yes, you sometimes can. For example, Naoe Shizu and Kiyomaro school (who were following Shizu / Naoe Shizu) used hon-sanmai, which has hagane separate from the kawagane. You can see a change in the jitetsu and sunagashi running along the transitional zone in their works. I studied a wonderful Ko-Naminohira Friday evening which also clearly showed that the assembly method involved inclusion of hagane.

[cofor22]

Thanks.

 

Conny