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I would say it is Choji like some Yokoyama or Ishido smiths did it. But actually the picture and polish is not the best For reference https://www.aoijapan.net/wakizashi-bishu-osafune-yokoyama-sukekane1st/

I don’t know how the Gassan in Muromachi (and today) made the Ayasugi Hada but I’m very sure they did not cut into the sunobe like it is done in ladder “Damascus” for some reasons. It would be very time consuming to do without electric tools and a waste of expensive material. I can think of ways to do it in the forging process but don’t know really.

Razor sharp means the blade is not in the first polish anymore. The polisher leaves some more material where the edge starts so the first ~6cm are dull what increases the lifetime of a sword on the long run I think. How many polishes it takes untill the Ubuha is completely gone depends on different things like polisher condition or damage I would say.

Bamboo is one of the best bow woods available except maybe osage orange and yew but the shorter mainland bows where of composite design like Jean said. Koreans even use bamboo for the core of their composite bows.

Tillering is the process of working the limbs so that they bent even, but they don’t need to be symmetrical to each other. Many bows have a so called positive tiller when the lower limb is shorter to lift up the arrow when shooting. That is necessary to avoid pushing the arrow into your hand and I think Yumi are a good example for this because of the big difference in limb length. The string is far more away from the handle when strung, above it, then under it. (edit: I’m talking about the brace high here but did not remember the English term first) When you shot a bow with symmetric limbs not directly in the middle but above your hand you will see what happens in this case you should nock the arrow higher to avoid it hitting your hand.

I think the primary reason for the lower grip is to shoot it from horseback. And just an interesting thing about Arrowspine and what you can do if you don’t have the right Arrows. I use my variation of the Khatra when I shot with my thumb and I think it works very good and feels very smooth in the release. But I have never shoot a Yumi.

I think the date is Showa 6 but the split pictures and blurryness kills my eyes The Mei could be 兼 Kane and maybe you can make out the 2nd Kanji yourself. There is a lot of reference material for translating Mei here on the side, I use this http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/kanji/kanji1.htm

Should be my Blade Seriously well done, now we know the corrected papers are a real thing. (?) It is a cool blade from a good smith with a Style not often seen among his blades enjoy it.

Story is BS the pictures are from eBay seller katana boutique. edit: have missed the part where you found it yourself I think it looks late muromachi but I don’t trust that Nakago and I need some time to find out why

Someone sells a Daisho here in the Forum If you scroll down in this thread I have posted a blade by a student of a student of Ono Yoshimitsu that has some similiaritys with your blade

The blade papered as Wakizashi implies it is a shortned Tachi rather then a Naginata Naoshi. Jussi was wondering about this and my lack in photograph of Nihonto did not show any Kaeri what made it understandable. Some months ago I tried to make a video of the Jinie and it clearly shows the long Kaeri and why it is so hard to judge from pictures. Hope my clumsy content creator skills are OK

Using 2 different woods for Saya and Tsuka, where does this comes from ? (Larason2) They are always made from the same piece and you can see the grain continue. You can cut out a little angle if your wood has not enough Sori for the Nakago.

I think katana boutique on eBay always got a description.

When I checked my response I came across this https://www.aoijapan.net/dai-sho-mumeidewa-daijo-kunimichiyamashiro-daijo-minamoto-kunishige/ Not seeing it was a Daisho I mixed up my response and was more and more confused.

Yamashiro Daijo Fujiwara Kunimichi but I don’t know if Shoshin or Gimei.

Is it really the case that the NBTHK attributes simple Sukesada Mei to one of the best Sukesada ? I thought there is no chance for this and I would really love to see examples. Thanks

I will only be satisfied seeing a clear picture of the Hamon, not the Hadori Try to take a picture that shows if the blade is Nie Deki or Nioi. I understand that this is not as easy as it sounds but if you have questions what kind of picture im looking for just ask. Thanks

Is it nioideki ? Can you make a picture of the nioiguchi pls. I’m still interested in knowing this.

I think it is Nobuie

Don’t know what’s up here, you want a translaton or know if this is Gimei ? Bizen suke Fujiwara Munetsugu

Don’t know, with this photo I would think it is only ware, show the other side.

I think many stamps were removed to sell showato as Nihonto. Not traditional blades look different and some say an oil quenched blade has darker spots at the top of the Yakiba. For finding removed stamps look at the places where they should be located and in most cases the removing process leave traces. And if you are not sure if it is Showato or Nihonto, if it does not look good enough, it is most likely not a good art sword Showato or Nihonto. Yasukunito don’t have a stamp. They are signed Nijimei and if not special swords signed above the Mekugiana. But the army also used the RJT Programm and the blades made for the war effort this way are stamped with a Star and most likely traditional Nihonto.

The polish looks really good but I wonder how the old polish looked when the attribution is so different ? Very nice to see this awesome Wide Nioiguchi and the quality of the Jigane and thanks for Posting the pictures.

I think the kanji used in the Hozon paper direct to a specific Osafune Yoshimitsu and the seller just give his main working period.

Thanks and yes all my handles are removable because that is what I’m used to. I don’t think this style of handle is a Limitation the chopping knife with the black red rayskin wrap survived some very hard abuse by one of my friends. Wood alone would be weak but rayskin is impressively strong and the Fuchi and Kashira also make it stronger. There are reasons they used this design for centuries. But after thinking about this more I wouldn’t feel comfortable changing even a piece like this.