Hamon

[Mark C]

Hi All,

 

Firstly, Happy new year to everyone.

 

I have recently picked up a katana, details below:

Nagasa-28 3/4

Sori-14mm, slightly Koshi by 3/4"

Nakago length-200mm

Nakagojiri-haagari Kurijiri

Yasurime- possibly sujikai

width at machi-31mm

width at yokota-22mm

Jihada-impossible to tell due to state of polish

 

I am having trouble working out the exact description of the hamon.

 

Is it Gunome, Gunome choji, midare ?????

 

All I have done is a little fingerstone work to achieve the picture.

 

Any help greatly appreciated

 

Many thanks

 

Mark

[Stever]

I'm going to guess hako/gunome or choji/gunome. Let's see what the experts say.

[John A Stuart]

Hi Mark, Looks like a kataochi gunome mixed with suguba or a saka choji midare with suguba. Long gaps between. John

[Yoshii]

Hi Mark,

To me it looks like the hamon is suguha based and mixed with gunome, very regular. Most time it is difficult to say exactly what the hamon is.

Next time you give the measurements of a sword could you give it the Japanese way? I mean shaku, sun bu and rin.

I hope you enjoy your sword.

Jos Bonsel

[Mark C]

Hi All,

 

Many thanks for all your help, it would seem nothing in this game is straight forward :D

 

Yoshii,

I have tried your comment and the results are below, its my first time, so be gentle.

 

Nagasa- 2 Shaku 4 sun 1 bu

Sori-4 bu 6 rin

Nakago length-9 sun 5 bu 9 rin

Nakagojiri-haagari Kurijiri

Yasurime- possibly sujikai

width at machi- 1 sun 2 rin

width at yokota-7 bu 2 rin

 

Again thanks for all the help everyone

 

Regards

 

Mark