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  1. Simon

    Katakiri-Ba

    Thank you guys good input........although I don t quite see fake yet. ....I see unusual , all of those points you mentioned made me originally look hard at it.... I have been buying and selling swords for some 15 years to date .... I am no authority but there is something strange about this one..... I recently had one of my good gut feelings, a mumei blade ; ..come back from Shinsa as an early 15th century Nio Kiyotsuna ... once I do see fake i will put it to work in my garden...lol.....I ll hang on a bit and do more research..........I will post anything i do find...thankyou
  2. Simon

    Katakiri-Ba

    Sorry for the delay.....I have posted images of the sword and the tang area....The Nagasa is 66cm long...it is rather dirty but is very solid....no ji is visible but there are indications of one within the fine surface dirt..which seems to attach itself differentially to the surface in areas I have tried to show the very end of the tang which shows a slight protrusion....this is a pushed and flattened area where the tang was impacted...under a x 20 loop laminations can be seen running at a slight angle from the vertical....I have estimated over 200 but less than 500..... again there is no shinogi and the two sides of the sword are different...one very slightly rounded, the other with a shoulder out from the mune....and the mune is maru mune.........
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    Katakiri-Ba

    I will get some pictures together..... On judgements i have seen Judgement exercises ( appraisals) where raw data is given without images ......I suppose to test expertise.....I thought that the raw data was crucial..indeed when swords are sold many images are shown along with measurements...in the case of my sword no hamon or Ji can be sufficiently discerned because of the state of polish...so surely the raw numbers must give an indication, how else would a polisher take that first step in polishing a sword which showed no activity in the steel....if he had no idea at all On the visible laminations they are indeed there....visible under a x 20 loop ....as I said a small area at the very end of the tang shows impact damage ..so they are visible...they can be seen nowhere else on the tang....I calculate 8 folds .........I don t know what is normal for certain schools or smiths but I have heard that 12 is average.......
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    Katakiri-Ba

    Yes.....thanks.....at the very end of the nakago there is a slight protrusion caused it seems by an old impact which has puchered the steel...with a loop these laminations can be seen running at about 20 degrees from the vertical ...using a graticule I was able to estimate the number over the thickness of the tang end....
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    Marumune

    On Maru mune... Appraisal quiz .....Blade ....; Nagasa 66cm , Maru Mune Nakago 18.73 cm , hammered , kijimomo 1 mekugiana , Kasane at motohaba .....0.635cm, Motohaba.......................3.01cm, Sakihaba....................... 2.22 cm soft steel, opening at end Nakago shows 200+ laminations ( 8 folds) Fumbari ( looks ubu) Hira Zukuri with high rounded waist ( sword pointed forward. No Shinogi No yokote Suguha...........................Tori zori Sori.................................1.58cm kissaki length.................3.9cm Jihada ............................Needs polishing faint mokume / masame Anyone like to hazzard an appraisal...? Thanks Simon
  6. On Maru Mune .....the blade I have is not just rounded over from the top edge edge , each side of the mune has a flat level lip just before the dome of the Mune proper begins I would imagine that this would take considerable skill to accomplish
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    Katakiri-Ba

    I have an unusual katana (65cm) which is Katakiri ba on one side and slightly rounded at the shoulder on the other side, Maru mune with no Yakote or shinogi.....an opening in the end of the nakago shows the blade has hundreds of layers so was folded.....looks to be ubu... the blade needs a polish to show the ji
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