A Wakizashi For Opinions

[fromaes]

A Wakizashi   for opinions

 

Unokokubi-zukuri

Nagasa: 45cm (cutting section on the blade)

Sori: 1.1.cm (curvature)

Nakago: 11.2 cm

Hada : ? some remain

Hamon:   ?

Mune: Mitsu

Kassane: 6.4 mm

MIhaba:2.74 cm

I would great if I could have opinions and more informations about the mount ,the MEI and the possible  age of the blade end Tsuba   etc..

After my previous post on my Katana I don’t expect that it is great blade but  hoping that  it could be a old and honest Wakizashi certainly with fatal flaw so not good for a pure collector but still good for me...

BEST

CERJAK

 

[fromaes]

more pics

[Geraint]

Dear Cerjak.

 

Not a lot more to go on then when you first shared this sword.  The mei is Norimasa, but not the one you found from the Nihonto Club database I think, different kanji for Masa.  

 

You say it has mitsu mune and is unokubi zukuri, I can't see either of those features from the images but I do see profuse nie and sunagashi as well as nie in the ji.  The hada appears to be consistent across the shinogi.  I think I would go for sue koto, you might find a school that exhibits these traits........

 

The koshirae is a low end assembly and the fittings are rather worn so not much to say about them.  The habaki looks nice, assuming that blade and habaki fit the saya well then I might suspect a sword that has had the tsuba and tsuka added to make it saleable, these fittings do not seem in character for the others.

 

Hope some of that helps, there is certainly a lot to look at in this blade.

 

All the best.

[fromaes]

Dear Geraint
thank you for your comment on thisWakizashi   .

is it possible to estimate the age of the tsuba and tsuka  ? Although heavily used,  it is not a matter to me most  important is that these components are old. (I realize that my criteria of choice are very far from the members of the forum.

However, it corresponds to the low budget that I want to spend on the purchase.

On the tsuba and tsuka  is it a problem of style or of state ?

Do you have an example of a type of mount that would better fit this Wakizashi ?

best regards

Jean-Luc Cerjak

[Gakusee]

The ‘nori’ character is chiselled differently from the ‘masa’ character and they do not seem to belong together. Different thickness of chisel, different depth etc.