Kren

Was this a result of the mass production sue-seki mono from sengoku period then? Anyone wanna take a stab at a smith?

Ken, I don't own the blade....I haven't bought my first blade yet. Been doing a lot of studying, research, etc. I just found this one to be intriguing and in all around good condition for what it seemed. Our son just turned 2 months old and we can't quite afford to spend thousands on a blade and I'm pretty sure my first blade will be unsigned and something that I would have to discover outside of collector circles. I want to start a tradition with my family and pass a blade down to my son and for him to pass it down. I think it'd be special. If I cant end up purchasing it, would you like me give you the link?

Yeah, I wouldn’t put much emphasis on it either but for this example, I sort of used it as supporting evidence in my claim that it was a fake since the hamon didn’t match the alleged mei even and the mei wasn’t even close to any of the authentic mei. In the future I’ll be sure to take note.

Im new here and also new to sword study. Is it just me or does this hamon look like the result of exam where the instructor was like, "show me at least 4 different types of gunome/choji in the blade of this hamon"? The blade is unsigned but it looks most like a muromachi, mino kanefusa type hamon doesn't it or no? I'm lost but Kanefusa is the closest i've seen to a hamon that looks like this. Please educate me! Who do you think forged this and when? -Kren

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What kind of hamon would you guys say that this is and who would you guess would make such a blade? This might be a wild thought but the blade does look authentic as well as the rust on the tang looking to be very aged. Is it likely that the blade is in fact Muromachi timeframe and that the blade was forged with kitae-ware and to bring some sort of value to the sword, they forged the Tadayoshi mei? Is that type of kizu (flaw) kitae-ware and did it happen in the folding process? It definitely doesn’t look like a crack.

So i'm new to the community and I've recently picked up the study of Nihonto (been a couple weeks now). I've sat and spent a lot of time just reading your guys' posts, looking at pictures, studying online, etc. I thought I would test myself by just browsing whatever I could find online and see if: 1) I could translate mei (which has been proven to be difficult and time consuming.) 2) Identify different styles of hamon 3) Try to use all information that I can to try and piece together a story. I.e. If someone said they have a signed blade and that's it...could I figure out roughly who made it and maybe around what time...At this point I hope to be "on the right track". Here's what I need help on: I have the best photo I can get of the mei from this sword. I guessed it to say Hizen Kuni Ju Tadayoshi...What do you guys think? Also, from all the different pictures I've seen of authentic mei, this particular mei looks really sloppy with a really skinny chisel it appears which doesnt look like the chisel used in most of the mei i've seen from Hizen School. 2nd Question (This doesnt fall in the realm of translation help but it goes with this same sword so I dont know if I should have made a new topic elsewhere of if this is okay.) So I'm trying to identify this style of hamon and I can't quite find what I think it should be or if I'm even close. I'm guessing it to be either gunome or gunome mixed with choji...so muromachi era-ish? This kissake looks to be O-Kissake but I dont have measurements on it. Sorry for the poor quality photos of the hamon and grain of the steel. Best I could find. All in all, if I was right with the translation, this hamon doesnt seem to match up with anything Hizen School that i've seen and the thin chisel on the mei doesnt seem to match any mei from Hizen School....Even very little specific details like the chisel direction doesnt seem to match. I guess my overall consensus is that this is a fake....or at least a fake mei....I dont know what to make of the blade itself. Please help me and correct me where I am wrong or point me in the right direction. Sorry for the long post and thank you so much taking the time to help me along in my new journey. I'm still doing the studying before purchasing my first sword yet :D Thanks, Kren