Very long nakago

[Marius]

Dear All,

 

could you have a look at this sword here, please:

http://cgi.ebay.com/SAMURAI-Katana-swor ... dZViewItem

Is the nakago "real" or has it been produced to remove some flaw of the blade? The sword looks like a nagamaki, but the shinogi zukuri does not fit this weapon.

 

BTW, I have recently posted a request here to have the origami for this sword kindly transalated. How stupid of me I haven't put my question clear... Sorry for posting another thread. Brian, feel free to remove it (once you do it I will know that the answer is: of course it is a nakago someone has tampered with :-)

 

Best regards

[huntershooter]

The nakago looks like that of a naginata. From what I can see from photo's it appears, if not original, not "added on". I'm sure help will arrive shortly Mariusz.

[Nobody]

I think that the Kunitsugu was originally made as a katana and its machi was moved but its nakago was not shortened.

 

In the attached photo;

Left: Kunitsugu in question

Right: a Kunishige (same Mizuta School) for your reference

Ref. http://www.touken-sato.com/web-gallery/ ... ohyogo.htm

[Marius]

I think that the Kunitsugu was originally made as a katana and its machi was moved but its nakago was not shortened.

 

In the attached photo;

Left: Kunitsugu in question

Right: a Kunishige (same Mizuta School) for your reference

Ref. http://www.touken-sato.com/web-gallery/ ... ohyogo.htm

 

Koichi,

 

thank you, this was valuable reference. I understand that the machi has been moved up, possibly to remove a flaw like hagire, but it is still very strange that the nakago has NOT been shortened to convert the katana into a wakizashi. Who would want to carry a wakizashi with such a long tsuka?

 

Best regards

[Jean]

And why not have it mounted as a Naginata Naoshi? :D

[Mike]

Could possibly katana reshaped into nagamaki. You can see that on the closer part of nakago to the ha-machi, the color is lighter than below.

Mike

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

However it's seems to be a gimei.

 

Look this pic:

 

 

And i can't find a smith whose name is Kunitsugu in Mizuta school