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Hi Jean,

I strung up this bow once and shot it. It was still very supple. So this probably isn’t that old. Probably just a modern repo. 
 

Thanks for your input.

2 hours ago, ROKUJURO said:

Jonathan,

this could be an amateur attempt to build a bow in Japanese style. The form is not correct (too straight), and it is way too short for traditional KYUDO. Shortest standard YUMI are about 212 cm long. Perhaps for a child?

it seems pretty well done for an amateur job. Also it takes a a lot of strength to string up. I suspect a child couldn’t do it.

I bought this old bamboo bow a while back and was wanting to learn more about it.
It’s 68” long and appears to be made from three layers of bamboo. 
It appears to be a Japanese yumi bow. That becomes even more obvious with the word “yumi” carved into the wood. This is aspect has confused me the most and is pictured. 

Can anyone help tell me more about this?

Thanks.

I also have a wakizashi with the same signature that I suspect is gimei. 
I bought it for the blade and not the signature if you know what I mean. 

Figured you would like to see it.

10 minutes ago, GeorgeLuucas said:

Unfortunately this looks like a Chinese fake to me

Thought it looked questionable but the inscription seemed so specific.

This sword popped up on Reddit today.

Looks like a type 98 but with a traditional Chinese inscription on the blade.

Never really seen anything like it before. Does it look significant to any of you all?

Anyone able to make this one out?

thanks.

7 minutes ago, Kiipu said:

Here is one I ran into today.  What is "Willie Pete" damage?

Weird Idea, A question On blood rust, Post #11

I believe “willie Pete” refers to white phosphorus.

4 minutes ago, Ray Singer said:

Btw, this is a mitsumune which often indicates something interesting. Please don't do anything at all to clean the rust on either of your new purchases and hold them until a professional polisher can evaluate for restorability. 

I’ve only taken 99% alcohol and a rag to the blade (not the nagako). This is acceptable right?

This photo really shows the thickness of the blade I think.

This is my first tanto. In a lot rougher shape than my previous blade posted and is mumei. 
 

I’ve never had a blade that was so thick. I believe it is a yoroi-doshi.

can anyone confirm? Anyone have any idea what time period it’s from?

thanks I’m advanced.

Sori length- 12.5 inches 

tip to mune-machi - 7.5 inches

36 minutes ago, Ray Singer said:

As I said in your previous post this is a very Soshu looking blade (irrespective of the mei). If this isn't a kodai Hiromi, then it still may be along the same lines of Sue-Soshu / Shimada. 

Would this be worth polishing and going through Shinsa?

Hello this is one of two blades I recently purchased at an auction. I was hoping to get some of y’all’s opinions on it. 
 

Despite my best attempts I was unable to get a good photo of the hamon, but I will include what I have.

The hamon appears to be Choji-midare (my best guess).

The blade appears flat without shinogi.

Koshirae is in rough shape but is decorated with the Kamon of the Toyatomi clan.

Please forgive me as I haven’t studied nihonto in a while and forgot many of the Japanese terms.

Sori length- 16.5 inches

Tip to Mune- machi- 12.5”

looking forward to hearing everyone’s thoughts if they feel included to comment.

thank you.

9 minutes ago, Ray Singer said:

It may be gimei of the famous Masamune student, but please note that there were later generation Soshu Hiromitsu. I would suggest shinsa to get a more firm answer. Regardless of the mei, this has a convincingly Soshu nakago.

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=566650974&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS954US954&sxsrf=AM9HkKngidoeDRr_Aes8OvMbwY3gZZ61aQ:1695143022368&q="相州住廣光"&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv8MPtk7eBAxU-I0QIHbFMCqkQ0pQJegQICRAB&biw=1230&bih=827&dpr=2.5#imgrc=eIkTR2YH-dP1GM

Thank you Ray. I really appreciate it. I will try to post more images tonight in the nihonto section. From what I’ve seen so far, I will say that it is either a KO wakizashi or O Tanto. The hamon appears to be choji like. Nevertheless I hope to learn more tonight once I post the whole thing.

Thank you Ray. 
 

Anywhere I can go to learn more about this smith and to determine if it might be gimei or not?

Hello NMB friends.

been out the nihonto game for a while but recently picked up two blades at auction.

is the mei decipherable or am I gonna have to go pick up some flour from the store?

appears to be 6 kanji. So far I have ? 州住？光？

looking forward to the replies.

thanks in advance.

12 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Ok, so that at least opens the possibility this was traditionally made.  If you want to pursue that track, the guys will need some good, clear close-ups of a few sections of the blade showing skin/hamon details.

Probably too much rust to get an accurate Kantei at the moment. There does seem to be a choji mlidare hamon peeking through the rust.

No other stamps from what I can see. There is one spot of rust on the nakago that might have been a seki stamp at one point. Fitting are in rough shape and missing the scabbard lock ring.

Hi everyone.

Can anyone help it out with this signature that was on an old type 98?

did the flour trick but still hard to make out.

thanks 

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