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Thank you. Boshi's a bit hard to take a picture of. Any tips?

So, primary styles are either Ko-Ichimonji or their imitators?

I added extra photographs. Is there anything that can be made of them? Thank you so much! Nicholas

I'm down $1100 on the blade. Going to send better photos now if I can.

I'm sorry, Jean. I'm trying as best I can.

Photos of the kissaki and boshi.

John, those are typical early Bizen traits, no?

The traces of inazuma caught my eye too, and the utsuri has this bright, midare-style pattern. Interested to learn more.

Thanks for the quick evaluation. I'm trying as best I can to send quality pictures.

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Hello everyone, I am so sorry to get back to this so late. I was finally able to take better photographs of the blade and study a bit more about the Ichimonji school. I now lack the belief that the blade is Ichimonji, however, I am still a bit questioning on what exactly this blade is. I was able to take better photographs of the utsuri, hamon, and jihada. Thanks to anyone still willing to hear me out here. Forgive the imperfections in the photos, as my camera is not great, and the clutter. I keep my nihonto in a better environment, but that room is the only one with an incandescent lamp.

I can't say for sure, but there looks to be some hako midare within the o-notare nioiguchi, as is in the incandescent photo. It could be gunome, however, which were also observed in some of his swords.

Perhaps, but that doesn't delegitimize the other blade styles attributed to him. Merely because the blade I posted is o-notare and more peaceful does not discount possible Sengo school attribution.

Yeah, that's what I read from this http://www.nihontome...ticles/Muramasa2.pdf