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thanks to all

thanks for your opinion

...those that are white threads on the blade are all hairs and not kizu

-First of all the habachi is so tight on the blade that it was impossible to remove it or simply move it on the nagako, I partly widened it without ruining the blade but it does not slide (only one cm) because if you see the part towards the nagako it is too tight ... I do not think it hides frauds, but you can see the two "steps" (Mune-machi ha-machi) between nagako and blade. -the blade has a "cutting edge line" that is difficult to guess but in some photos you can see a little. It must be a very polished blade. -The saya (wood) has a final metal part that I do not know if it is recent or antique. - you can see the mekugi-ana restored, I don't know if recently or in the past Let me know your opinion about possible age (edo or koto?) and the activities on the island-shaped metal (both sides of the blade)

When it arrives I will post photos, it should arrive within 10 days

thank you for your time

could be it koto?

thanks for the reply but so you think it's not a defect of the blade? also I bought it for edo but I have the doubt that it's koto

When the tanto arrives I will provide better photos and of the point under habachi, but for now looking at the books I think it could be SHINTETSU or Shingane. What leaves me perplexed is that even if the blade had too many polishes the tanto (unlike the longer blades) it seems to me that they did not have different metals inside but were all made of the same metal ... in that case it would be more difficult to discover a different metal inside, but I can't find any other explanation

it could be Chikei or Jifu ...spotted steel in jihada?

I'll have to wait when the blade comes to me

I have 4 questions about a tanto blade that I have coming up. -Is it a metal defect on the hada these areas or "island" areas? -Is it different from kizu strictly speaking? -What kind of hada is it? Maybe itame hada? -near the mekugi-ana hole (on the nagako) there is a repair can you tell me something about it? Is it old, modern, considered a serious defect? https://tinypic.host/image/IMG-7708.3EIJp2 https://tinypic.host/image/IMG-7707.3EIrwx Thanks

thanks

If this tanto arrive as I hope, maybe I'll present it on the forum

I was talking about a tanto not his little kozuka (of which I asked for the translation of 2 writings before). I have a tanto coming whose saya has the kozuka, but the tanto's handle does not have the 2 menuki. I think it was re-done without putting the menuki, but I was wondering if there are tanto that are born without menuki