Thanks, I was only able to find this Mitsunobu smith on the Showato listings on Jinsoo Kim's id's. was he added to the RJT program later on? it seems like a well made sword, for a previous novice showato guy.
Wierd looking mark, it seems to be on one side only and I show a picture with light shining in it. I would like an unbiased opinion though if it's just a ware or not.
Hey guys, interesting sword for me having a shinshinto blade in really nice gunto fittings. But considering it's from komonjo I want to be safe that its not gimei or worse, let me know what you guys think.
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I see your point, it' a nice temper on it anyhow. Also I believe there is a connection with the diamond mark. Both mano masayasu and this (I assume mano) kuniyasu Smith uses these on their personal made swords instead of a student (thanks translation forum). Both seem to have made the 1941 exhibition which is nice. Does anyone know how the seat system works for ranking?
good point, luckily that seems to be the only thing on the ha, I am just trying to find out if tate ware like this effect the structure of the blade and make it weaker, some sources say merely cosmetic, while some say it is disastrous on the ha (could I be mistaking it for another flaw that they are discussing?).
I have just been reading too much about flaws, too used to oil quenched where any flaw is usually really bad (But then again not much to look at even if they are pretty uniform). I can't seem to find the answer on how severe ware in the yakiba like this is or how common it is in good serviceable swords.
Hi guys one more mystery after my cleaning of it. There is this weird z shaped mark in one side only. It has a bit more depth than a scratch but I didn' think ware could form in this shape (lines or circles usually).