please help mumei sword traditional made or maching

[isidro305]

please help how possible is that gunto sword mumei blade can be traditional wather temper the seller found on back off the closet

please any replay help

 

http://s1335.photobucket.com/user/alaen ... t=3&page=1

 

isidro:

[Gabriel L]

Isidro:

 

My apologies for saying so, but your English is slightly difficult to understand. I believe you are asking how it is possible that a mumei gunto blade can have a traditional water-quench hamon – correct? There is no reason it cannot. Gunto can have a number of different kinds of blades:

 

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  Traditionally-made antique swords, remounted for gunto fittings.
  Traditionally-made art-grade contemporary swords, for example those by the Yasukuni smiths.
  Semi-traditionally made swords without as much artistic merit, for example certain mass-produced (but still handmade) swords from Seki.
  Real swords handmade via non-traditional methods or using non-traditional materials; for example, swords made with rail steel, oil-quenched swords, etc. Consider Koa Isshin Mantetsu, for example.
  Machine-made swords, heat treated or not, sometimes with cosmetic hamon (e.g. etched on).
  Stainless steel decorative blades, for example used in some naval mounts.
  Pure junk (seen in the very late war).
  

 

That's just some categories. Gunto is a complex subject with many variations and exceptions.

 

For that particular sword that you linked, it does look relatively decent. It's hard to say much more without knowing more about the context. Do you have photos of the koshirae (mounts)? Did it come in shirasaya (if so, probably not gunto)? What's the story about how it was acquired? Measurements? Overall photos?

 

There's not much else to go on besides the fact that it looks like it was probably traditionally made.