Sunagashi and Nie plus Blue Steel

[Blazeaglory]

Hello all. I'm bored at home trying to get good pics again. I thought I'd share.

 

Here are some images showing the different color steel under different lighting as well as up close shots of Sunagashi and some Nie? (It could be something else considering its in a line?)

 

Anyways, this detail is so small that it has to be looked at super magnified or with a jewellers loop.

 

For those who haven't seen this b4, please enjoy and for those who have, please enjoy the new pics! Haha

[Greg F]

Youve captured some nice details Dwain.

 

Greg

[Blazeaglory]

Youve captured some nice details Dwain.

 

Greg

Thanks. There's so much more as well but I can't get my camera to go micro enough. Plus I only have a few Nihonto worth photographing haha

 

The detail is so small it's amazing. This particular blade is very fine and feels almost weightless in the hand but so sharp. It appears to be Osuriage.

 

I could imagine a Samurai carrying two Wakizashi or Kodachi and being this sharp, any 1v1 battle they got in, wielding dual short swords, must have been a sight to behold!

 

Personally I would think 2 Wakizashi would be better than carrying a long sword/waki combo. I've seen competitions where they demonstrate the speed of a short sword compared to a long sword but I guess it depends on the one wielding the blades as well

[Greg F]

Speed is a very important factor but like boxing reach, timing, footwork and other factors all come into play but definitely comes down to the one wielding the blade.

 

Greg

[Blazeaglory]

Speed is a very important factor but like boxing reach, timing, footwork and other factors all come into play but definitely comes down to the one wielding the blade.

 

Greg

I agree! I love a well made long sword and only recently have I really begun to appreciate Wakizashi. Considering allot of them used to be full length Tachi and other long sword who knows if my O-suriage waki are as is due to purposeful reduction in length or from being broken during battle and resized.

 

I would love to see a real duel between two veteran samurai. If I could be a fly on the wall in Japan circa 15th/16th century!