Nakago Thoughts.

[Bencld]

Hello all.

Does this nakago look altered or messed about in your opinion.

Hizen Kuni Ju Minamoto Masatsugu.

Chris D.

[Shugyosha]

Looks like it has been thinned down on the nakago mune side to me. It would be hard to get the kanji that close to the edge without more metal to scribe on. Other than that, just a bit rough.

[PNSSHOGUN]

Shaved down to reduce weight I suppose.

[takakage]

Hi,

 

I don't know if this hizen Masatsugu is a pupil of shodai hizen Munetsugu ? But this masatsugu nakago looks like munetsugu nakago jiri.

[Stephen]

yes its been altered, weight ? new koshirae?  i'm not sure 

[SAS]

Mune of nakago shaved down, anomalous scratches not oriented with file marks, freshness of mei .....could have been o-suriage based on height of mei to polished area and hint of hamon continuing past the machi. Interesting.

[Bencld]

Hi all. Thanks for the replies. The blade has TH papers and has a start price of AU$8500 ish with koshirae.

 

In the blurb.

Special feature: Generally speaking, Hizen blade and Masatsugu is different quality. This sword is first stage of the 2nd generation Hizen Munetsugu. The sword is engraved Uramei(nengo Meireki era on the tang). It is rare item sword which has Uramei on the back. The blade looks first generation Masahiro which is very active Gunome midare hamon. In Hamon, there are sunagashi, kinsuji work.

 

Chris D.

[Darcy]

He signed fairly close to the mune but this one is definitely cut off. 

[Chango]

I have a shinto blade that has been thinned down along the entire mune side of the blade (including the nakago), I wonder if it was a common-ish modification at some point, maybe to make the blade lighter and faster? 

 

[SAS]

I suspect it has more to do with fitting koshirae than making it lighter or faster, as the amount of steel removed is minimal and would have little effect on handling.

[Darcy]

Agreed, nothing to do with speed. It's how you make a square peg fit a round hole.