Andi B. Posted February 1, 2008 Report Posted February 1, 2008 Hello everybody, my only authentic piece is a Wakizashi / shinogi zukuri / ca. 60 cm length /signed TOMO TSUGU. It is in poor conditions because it has no hamon - I suppose the hardness is lost due to unknown reasons... (Careful tests with nitic acid showed no differend kind of steelstructure ) Can anybody tell me something (possible timerange, smiths, ect.) about this blade or the inscription? Declaration of reassurance: It was aleady "conserved" a bit "cosmetically" without any "irreversible" changes by myself. It was very cheap (previous owner is a Nihonto expert and it was also judged by a German togishi) so I'm not in danger of destroying a piece of history and art. Never fear - I am aware of what I'm doing - in respect of Nihonto. Quote
Guest kaien Posted February 8, 2008 Report Posted February 8, 2008 I can't make out the second character I can only make out the top one which is for tomo Quote
Andi B. Posted February 8, 2008 Author Report Posted February 8, 2008 I was told it's TOMO TSUGU...hmm - the second character is similar to the third TSUGU in John M. Yumotos book. Quote
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