Tohagi

Really a beautifull blade, I think it could be earlier than shinto to... I did find the fukure, where is it ?

very sorry...

I think the simplest explanation (Moriyama san's) is the best. I was about to say that the nakago is ubu but slightly maki Okuri. The nagasa was longer at the time... don't know if this is taken in count in NBTHK papers.

...Here a sample of his work. Best regards, Eric

The interesting point is that after my first clay work ( wich looks like kogunome notare), he said "No, this will only give sugu-ha...you have to accentuate the shapes"... and he was right. By the way, do anyone know how ta smuggle my face on a video?? Best regards, Eric

... This thread is a little old, but a promise is a promise. A lot of member here have probably a very strong experience and training with Japanese black smith, so please consider this as a shine contribution: Forge 8.mp4 WhatsApp Vidéo 2024-08-18 à 09.06.04_49c6eb80.mp4

Waouh, loves it alot! Remind me a very thick and round tsuba we discuss in the tosogu section at the"unusual tsuba" thread. Could you please tell me the mimi large at the ring? Do you have any clue of the school? Best regards, Eric

IMHO the color of the nakago is very clear like if patina have been removed?

Seems to be an O suriage blade, probably was a good one. The hamon looks suguha, I have a concern with the boshi: seems to run out from the ha... Maybe the picture.

In this threat, Shiga Seki was a possible match for gyaku takanoha. Do you think the hamon could fit?

Very sorry, my mystake and all the blâme on me ! I made a confusion betwen Takanoha and Gyaku Takanoha in the Brian's post. Really sorry, Brian. Eric

You should look at the "Your favorite yasurime" threat at Général section. According to Brian, gyaku takanoha could possibly be early shinto Seki... upper the community is pointing to Kaga school. If I correctly understand.

Absolutely beautifull ! You have a gift... Kind regards, Eric

Quite a nice hamon and of course genuine... the yasurime are uncommon...Seki? I don't like the color of the nakago, looks repatinated. Best regards, Eric

Kiri or lightly katte sagari, because it is in my confort zone of time and understanding... Best, Eric

... my first was a wakisasi in shirasaya, with sayagaki and red urushi mei with an attribution to Kongo bei Moritaka. The blade was tired and, to my shame nowdays, I tryed to bring it back with a "special" compound I found on the net and cotton... Could have make a lot worse. I offerd as a gift to a friend and master 10dan Hanshi who passed away in 2013. He first thought it was a copy because at the time it was almost impossible to have nihonto in France. Kind regards, Eric

The boshi of the gunto is ruined... Sorry mate, don't think it can be recovered. The wakisashi seems good, nice shape ...not as old as I expected when looking at the nakago. Still deserve special attention from someone knowing his job. Kindly Eric

The wakasashi could really be good! Please show it to some member here. The prices they gived you are fair, but à little under if the gunto is genuine and the waki as it seems. Best regards, Eric

Funny: maybe a far relative of Musashi no kami fujiwara no Genshin (Miyamoto Musashi). Nothing strange for me with this sword, but the hamon seems to have been strangely attacked ura side. Maybe spider rust /acid etched. It is wazamono ranking so you'll find genuine samples of mei and yasurime...

Very, very nice ! Thank you for sharing !

This saya is a good quality one, needs a lot of urushi work to do it. The kojiri is a little unusualy rounded. Silk bags are good quality ones quite standard. Seems it was a quality blade, but impossible for me to find out what kind of "lost style". A lot of smith try to find out secrets from the past... 12 swords a year was quite common because of regulation. My opinion is that your father love you a lot. Best regards, Eric

Sorry, I'm not sure. I think it was a Batodo master when I show him a plain silver habaki I had made. He told me it was OK for a tanto but not good for a katana because of the shock obsortion. He explain me that any part: habaki, seppa daï, tsuba etc... where part of a chain of dissipation of the shock that ends in the hands... Kindly, Eric

Sorry I made a mystake. This shop is at Matsumoto, not at Kumamoto... Confused, Eric

Yes, there are 2 shops in kumamoto, first is a little tourist like shop in the old town near the Black crow castle, just after the bridge. A little messy, a lot of misselanuous antiques but some good swords. The other one is far away, at the outside of the city. I took à train and walk 20 mn to go there but they have fantastic swords and armours... Maybe I can put a picture.

Hello, I was told that the tsuba not only protect hand against a sliding along the blade stricke like in western fancing, but also is part of a shock absorbing system wich inclued habaki,seppa dai, fuchi and the tsuka. This to avoïd the blade to break at the critical point of junction betwen nakago and nagasa. Maybe the same function is found in naginata. By the way, they were mainly used to break cavalry charges... a stoper is usefull in this case and something to fix the pool in the ground at the other hand of the pool.