David McDonald Posted May 19, 2014 Report Posted May 19, 2014 Dear All I picked up a copper kozuka blade (kogatana) with nice carvings. I do not remember seeing one before. Were vary many made? Did a fittings maker make it or was it a sword smith? I think with the carving it would be a fittings maker. The piece is signed ? 利Ri, toshi, yoshi, sato,to, nori,kaga,kazu 東Tō, azuma, higashi, moto, haru, hide ? I have not found him listed yet. Any thought would be great. later david mcdonald jswords@mcn.net Quote
runagmc Posted May 19, 2014 Report Posted May 19, 2014 I'm no help on mei, but I wish I owned the kogatana :D I wouldn't be surprised if the maker is known by the tosogu students... Quote
David McDonald Posted May 20, 2014 Author Report Posted May 20, 2014 Dear Adam I like it also. I picked it up to study how the carvings were done. In the week long class taught by Ford Hallam, I did work on carving some bamboo. Now I will see what my work looks like on a kogatana. Email me if you would like a student project work. later david mcdonald jswords@mcn.net Quote
Brian Posted May 20, 2014 Report Posted May 20, 2014 David, I think this is the 3rd kogatana mentioned on the NMB made of soft metal. You would have to search the forum for the other 2. But they are very interesting. Maybe made for presentation or decorative. But yours is nicely done indeed. Both other threads didn't come up with much info on these, but seems as though they are known and not one of a kind. Hope someone can come up with more info. Brian Quote
runagmc Posted May 20, 2014 Report Posted May 20, 2014 Seems like someone posted 2 silver ones by Natsuo sometime back... but I could be wrong... Quote
Antti Posted May 20, 2014 Report Posted May 20, 2014 Seems like someone posted 2 silver ones by Natsuo sometime back... but I could be wrong... From: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5577 Quote
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