Shinsaku Kogatana

[drjoe]

These are two kogatana, made by Tengu Forge, which is the name I give to my little operation working out of my garage on weekends (https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/299987930107058/).

 

The blades are forged from 1095 monosteel but do have some slight alloy banding that gives somewhat of an appearance of hada.

 

One is larger (146 mm nagasa/225 mm overall) with a more billowing notare hamon, the shorter one (122 mm/198 mm) is a high-riding midare.  They are thin blades at just a bit over 1 mm thickness.  Both are signed "tengu saku."

 

As a hobbyist with a different day job, I usually work strictly on a commission basis, but these were the results of some experimentation with the form.  They are obviously not nihonto per se, but my hope is that someone with a kozuka needs a nice fresh blade.  They come completely unmounted as bare blades.

 

The asking price is $300 for the larger blade, $275 for the smaller one.


 

 

 

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more pictures here:

http://s119.photobucket.com/user/drjoe/library/Kogatana?sort=3&page=1

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sending pm

[drjoe]

still available and in need of some nice handles.

 

let's make a deal.

[drjoe]

i picked up some kozuka handles for these at the SF Token Kai and shot some pictures in better lighting.

if anyone is interested, here are the updated prices reflecting the blades discounted with the price of the kozuka added in:

 

large kogatana with crane kozuka: $425

smaller kogatana with ebi kozuka: $350