I Ask For Help In The Identification Of The Sword.

[nektoalex]

Greetings!

I ask to express my opinion on the attribution of this sword. There are slight distortions of the sword's geometry in full-size photographs.

 

Blade length : 67 cm.. 

Sori :1.5 сm..

Mekugi : 1.

Width at the hamachi : 3.2cm..

Width at the Kissaki : 2.2cm.. 

Kasane : 0.7 cm..

 

I will be grateful for any comments and opinions.

Regards,

Alexsandr

 

 

[John A Stuart]

Kanehira 兼平 John

[lonely panet]

probably showa seki gendai, the mei is rough but I'm sure theres some ko nie int he first pic.

 

worth a window to see

[nektoalex]

Thank you for attribution and decoding of me. I understand that Kanehira is just the name of the master. Perhaps there were some features of signing swords of that period, allowing them to sign their work with a short signature?

With respect,

Alexsandr

[nektoalex]

Please, advise, whether there is a sense to polish a sword, considering its condition and attribution?

[nagamaki - Franco]

Hello,

 

Between the mei and shape of the nakago-jiri/plus file marks and the gunome midare hamon, using books you may be able to narrow down period/tradition/school/and perhaps even the smith especially if the maker is rated. 

 

Polish, generally speaking on a later signed sword unless the maker is rated and can be verified, polish doesn't make much sense.

 

 

probably showa seki gendai, 

 

Hmm.

[Surfson]

Is the whole blade 67 cm or is that the length of the cutting edge?  To me, the tang looks older than WWII era and it also seems to be a bit machiokuri (shortened).  

[J Reid]

It looks to be shin-shinto to me and could possibly have been made by the kanehira 兼平 working 1848-1860. From what I've read in Markus's nihon-Shinshinto-shi, 兼平 was an early signature of Kanetora 兼虎, son & pupil of Masao (Kiyomaros brother). This blade seems to match the described workmanship of Kanetora. Unfortunately I don't have an example to compare to.

[nektoalex]

Robert S. - I will specify the dimensions: length
the blade (nagasa) -67.0 cm; the total length of the sword is -86.0 cm.

[nektoalex]

Thank you all for your advice! Josh Reid - thanks for indicating directions of search-it's interesting!

[Surfson]

It has much more a shinshinto feel than gendai to me, and I like Josh's hypothesis.

[nektoalex]

It has much more a shinshinto feel than gendai to me, and I like Josh's hypothesis.

 

I'm with you!