Roland Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 Dear NMB members, I would like to present a tanto I'm studying at the moment. And as always, at some point my limited knowledge makes me asking for the input of more experienced members of this fine board... Mumei Tanto (came with nice double habaki and in Shira-saya) Nagasa: 10-7/8" = 27.5cm width at munemachi: 3.0 cm 0.45cm thick Hira-tsukuri, Funagata Nakago ubu with one mekugi-ana, iori-mune, slight torii-zori, Bo-Hi on both sides (kaki nagashi), fine Itame hada plus some Masame-hada along the mune, Hamon irregular width, choji of nie and nioi, abundance of sunagashi throughout the blade, Boshi seems to have different patterns on each side? Sugata, Horimono, Nakago are looking (for me) like Muromachi period, Soshu-den, possibly Sue-Soshu? I have included four photos... Quote
Brian Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 Just an amateur guess, but I would say this isn't ubu, but is o-suriage and machi okuri? Probably a wakizashi at some stage? The difference in patina on the nakago, way the machi are cut (especially the mune machi), hamon and hi continuing into the nakago all make me think this. Also, the sori seems excessive for a tanto of these dimensions. Let's see what the others have to say. Brian Quote
pcfarrar Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 Could you post some pictures in colour? I thought it looked Mino when I saw it on ebay. I agree with Brian and I think it may have been shortened. Quote
Roland Posted October 15, 2007 Author Report Posted October 15, 2007 I'm still experimenting with the photography. Here are some further close-up shots in color... Quote
Roland Posted October 17, 2007 Author Report Posted October 17, 2007 Any further ideas about Sue-Soshu or Mino? School? The suriage Waki argument sounds logical for me... Quote
Roland Posted November 3, 2007 Author Report Posted November 3, 2007 In the meantime I came to the conclusion that the hamon seems to be a Hako-midareba in Sue-Seki style, possibly Owari-seki. More opinions? Quote
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