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Hi Everyone, Recently I've acquired a Miyairi Kozaemon Yukihira Katana as part of my growing interest in Gendaito and Shinsakuto. As it is unlikely that I will have opportunities to handle and admire the beauty of more Miyairi School swords in the short term, I was thinking if a thread like this could spark a friendly sharing session between collectors of Miyairi line swords. To get the ball rolling, my sword details are as follows. Nagasa: 74.8 cm Sori: 2.5 cm Hamachi Width: 3.4 cm Kissaki Width: 2.9 cm Moto-Kasane: 75 mm Saki-Kasane: 60 mm Made in Mid Autumn, 2004 Ko-Itame hada with consistent beautiful jinie throughout. Hamon: Notare Gunomemidare w/ Kinsuji and Sunagashi I will upload more photos/videos taken by me, but for now I will use the scan by Samurai Shokai (photo credits to them) I've made a few observations. 1.) Shinsakuto are not always perfect as what some people believe. Minor kizu like kitae-ware and mune-ware exist through the blade. 2.) Interestingly, the ububa is not as thick as some of my gendaito. Curious to see if anyone has an opinion on this, as its something that intrigued me. 3.) I'm not sure if this is an utsushi of Shizu or Kiyomaru, but it resembles more towards kiyomaru imo. Thanks for going through my post! Curious to see what other blades are out there! If you have information regarding my sword, do share with me as I'm very curious on the provenance of my sword. ~Ben

Thanks alot! I think its safe to conclude is ware haha! consulted a few other vets as well! Appreciate you guys taking your time to comment!

Hi everyone! I just bought my first decent katana. I found out this kizu on the mune of the blade. Could veterans here give me your opinions on whether this is a mune ware? or a crack? its about 2cm long eyeballed this, could be less than 2 but definitely > 1cm. Thanks for your time and your comments are greatly appreciated! Regards!