hataraki clarification if your feeling charitable

[mr botanical]

I've shifted my attention to another blade for awhile, put some pics of it in another thread , after going over it looking at the "forest" for some time, I'm now focusing on the "tree" so to speak. While It's pretty "basic" or "average" I can see some interesting activity's hidden, very subtle and I'm now getting tripped up the longer I look at various areas

So here's another thing I'm unsure of, the streaks near the "ha" as shown in the pics , what do you guys make of it?

[hxv]

James,

 

The pictures are too small. What you will need is to take pictures with a macro lens, and have the specific features delineated with the red arrows fill up the entire picture frame so we can see what you intend for us to see.

 

Regards,

Hoanh

[mr botanical]

OK hoanh,

Thanks for reply I think I have some, still learning and now learning how to shoot useful photos resize/editing and communicating through text lol

Here's what I had, tho less than helpful I'm sure. It appears as belts of differing nioi, possible nijuba or sanjuba?

Just another small detail that may or may not be relevant and a few shots that show just how much things change on this one, the polishing really throws my eye off on this

[Darcy]

To me it's like you are pointing to some blank areas that just have a distribution of fine nie crystals over them. Unless I am missing something.

[cabowen]

It could be several different things: it could be some sort of rubbing or abrasion, it could be the border between two steels of differing hardness, it could be a line of fine inclusions between two layers of steel, it could be fine lines of nie (probably not though as nie is defined as individually defined/observable crystals. It is not niju-ba....

[mr botanical]

Thanks Darcy and Chris for thoughts,differing areas of hardness fits ,anyone have a nijuba/sanjuba pic I could check out for future reference

Thanks again guys

[Darcy]

Nijuba (Awataguchi Kuniyoshi):

 

 

Sanjuba (Heian Yamashiro Gojo):

 

 

Nijiba on the same peice:

 

 

True masterpiece for those who can absorb it (not a lot).

[mr botanical]

Thanks Darcy

that's very helpful, much appreciated