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Extremely interesting, Thank you!🙏🏽

Hello all! I'm a tsuba knowledge newbe and often wonder why I see so many relatively identical antique tsuba. Were they made from molds and fine detailed afterwards? Were they copies made by students? Were the slight variations in details done at the request of the buyer? 🤷🏽‍♂️ Thanks

It looks like it's closest to a Northern Vietnamese/Military style Dha, not a Japanese blade. The V ground edge, glued on handle, and blade geometry are a closer match. I can't give an opinion on age and authenticity but researching dha blades might not be a bad place to start. Please forgive the less than helpful comments you'll receive in this thread. Best regards Ken

Maybe a recently belt sanded 😣 Burmese or Vietnamese Dha or reproduction of one. The tsuka looks closer to that style. 🤔

Would really want to see what's under the tsuka (handle). The yokote absence on nihonto isn't uncommon. Here are some examples: Naginata: Rarely. Tip curves smoothly, no distinct separation Hira-zukuri Tanto: Rarely Shobu-zukuri Blades: Rarely Not saying that your blade is any of these, just that the absence of yokote on certain finds is not a disqualifier.

Could it be genuine but recently abused by someone with a beltsander thinking that they were "repolishing" it? Sad, but it does happen.

https://www.ninecircles.eu/iaido/iaido-bags/sword-bags/single-sword-bag-nylon/ This is were many of the practitioners I trained iaid and kendo with ordered from.

Hi, What type of things stand out with this and other NLO's to hint that it may be a recently produced piece? Regards, Ken

Hi, To help save you some time, you're most likely going to get requests for clear, close-up images of the blade before anyone will be able for help you out. Best regards, Ken

Could it be 也?

Very interesting, thanks!

My memory might be failing me, but I think I've read that marumune was not uncommon on naginata(?). If true, it seems like potential difficulty in forming it wasn't too much of an issue. Are there any known advantages or disadvantages to one form over the others?

Very cool! Thanks for sharing but you've reminded me of another qustion. When does one know that they're looking at a katateuchi and not a short katana or a long walkazashi. Is it the length of the nakago or something else?

Are they rare or do i just need to get out more often? I've heard of them but have only seen sketches.

Hello All, Curious... I believe that iorimune is most common form on blades I've seen but, how much do the variety of mune shapes play into a blades era, or region, or school, etc? Kind regards, Ken