Ron STL Posted March 19, 2014 Report Posted March 19, 2014 The mei on this yari is rather interesting in that it allows comparison to the changing mei of the Yasutsugu. The yari is certainly out-of-polish by has a nice shape and ubu nakago. I'm convinced (99.9%) that the mei matches the mei of 8th generation Yasutsugu. This chart showing the kanji variations is in Fujishiro and elsewhere. Does anyone wish to agree or disagree with my opinion? I'm always open-minded on such things. A second part of this topic are the numbers that appear at the very end of the nakago. I'm not sure if the first kanji is truly a number or not, but the rest are clearly numbers. My guess is that these were something like arsenal inventory numbers??? Again, I'd enjoy some thoughts on their meaning. The yari is 4-sided, a little waisted shape, 8-faceted base, 16.5 cm in length with 34.6 cm nakago with kengyo end. Interest? No iterest? ...let's see. Ron STL Quote
sohei Posted March 20, 2014 Report Posted March 20, 2014 I think the shape is called ryo-shinogi-yari. Mike Quote
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