Waki, maybe of interest to someone

[jemmd]

Bought this waki at an estate auction some years ago for $150.00. Polish could have been taken another step or two. Thought I would bring it to light and see if it would draw a comment.

 

Thanks

John

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[Henry Wilson]

The end looks cut possibly removing the last character of the smiths name. Looks very shinto and nice habaki.

[jemmd]

Kissaki had about 2mm of tip broke off. Polisher fixed the problem and maintained a balanced shape. Hamon is still quite wide in this location and turns back. One of Fred Lohmans polishers did the work, money was tight so I stopped the polish at the stage it is now. Blade is 18 1/2" to munemachi.

[Ludolf Richter]

Hi John,

the Mei reads

Bishu Okayama ju Fujiwara Kuni---

the missing part

mune (and probably saku)

Its Hawley's Kunimune KUN 642 Bizen 1659 20x

The "Oka" Kanji is strange but typical for him.Look at page 237 of Fujishiro's Shinto hen on the left side.

Ludolf

[Brian]

Ludolf,

 

Think I am going to have to change your title to "resident sleuth" :D

You really have a knack for going that extra mile with research and filling in the missing gaps.

Great work

 

Brian

[Nobody]

Good work Ludolf!

 

FYI; This is another mei of Kumimune.

[jemmd]

Ludolf

 

Thank you very much for the info on the blade. I really didn't know much about this one. I am thinking about maybe selling it in the near future. College bills are coming in.

 

Thanks

John