Hi Brian,
Reviews are always important ... Hamon is midare-ba, nie deki, with some tobiyaki but not really hitatsura. The blade is not polished, it's difficult for photos. Tanago bara nakago, nie deki, tobiyaki, sue koto sugata with saki zori, I think it's possible, but ....
Thank you. You confirm what I think. Indeed, I think it's a blade that time, perhaps Mino den (Maybe there is shirake utsuri ???). This blade is obviously machi okuri .
Hello,
What do you think of this blade ?
Nagasa : 34 cm
Sori : 4 mm
Moto kasane : 4.9 mm
Moto haba : 2. 8 cm
Kitae : itame with mokume hada. Steel is dark.
Hamon : sugu ha with nioideki. Bright nioiguchi. Ko maru bôshi with a long kaeri.
(The polishi is old and is not perfect)
Thanks for your help.
It's difficult to say which. This school (shitahara or shimohara) shows a nioiguchi urumu and mokume (with ayasugi fu hada). It was active starting from Muromachi, sue koto. I already saw a hira zukuri blade with the same mei and identical hamon.
Hi,
I'm new on this forum and I'm French.
Concerning this nakago, sandai Kinmichi used the kanji "mune" for "so", but the distance between mon and the first kanji appear too important. I don't think that this mei is true for the sandai Kinmichi. Many elements are not good (kiku mon, nakago jiri...).
Regards