KotoCurious

Thanks.

85cm. Edit: sorry that's the full length. It's actually about 68cm.

Thanks, that's great information. To be honest, as I'm not intending to sell, it just adds more interest for me. Here is a sword that's had a history and may reflect the changing attitudes of the times. It makes me wonder what was happening with the owner who wanted to add this feature. It came to me in type 94 gunto fittings. What I would do for it's previous koshirae!!

Thanks for explaining. I'm not sure what you're implying though. Are you saying you think the sword is gimei/fake in some way? Or just that you wouldn't feel comfortable putting a date or school to it? Or maybe just that the hi has been added at a later date?

Thankyou for the explanation. It's interesting to see what kind of criteria you might be applying to the blade.

Interesting, what makes you say so?

Great thankyou.

Okay thanks. What period would you say has Hi similar to this?

Ah, easy to do I imagine! I wouldn't have spotted the mistake. Aside from the smith list - is that how you'd classify the hamon then? Ko-gunome? I'd wondered if it was more midare. Or perhaps I'm using terms that aren't mutually exclusive?

Ah great. Do you have a source for that please? It's not on nihontoclub's smith list as far as I can see.

Thanks. I'm interested in what makes you go for a 1440, rather than an Oei date? Also when you say the signature is 'well done', what do you mean? That it look genuine, rather than gimei? Or that it shows some kind of skill?

Hi, I’m doing some research on this blade and someone recommended I post pictures of it up here. Based on previous help, I think it’s koto, maybe of the Oei period, with the signature Noritsune.The only Oei Noritsune smith on Nihontoclub that I can see is of the Katayama Ichimonji school, but they have a particular slanting sakura-choji hamon, which I don’t think is present on this blade. I know the hamon pictures aren’t that clear, but I think they’re about as good as I’m going to be able to get at home. Aside from it being nailed to a particular school (which would be great!) I’m particularly interested in anything anyone can tell me about the hamon and the partial bo-hi/futasuji-hi. Oh and anything about the jitetsu would be great, but I know I’m flogging a dead horse on that, with these photos. Thanks, Ian.