nickm Posted February 14, 2019 Report Posted February 14, 2019 Recently purchased this for entirely too cheap to be much of anything but impressed with the grain and general workmanship anyway. Wondering if it might be recent o suriage and is there any significance to the notches in the tang? As always any help identifying would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much guys Quote
nickm Posted February 15, 2019 Author Report Posted February 15, 2019 Without being horribly embarassed I couldn't say much. Entirely too new with this.. for my hopes anyway O Suriage Quote
nickm Posted February 15, 2019 Author Report Posted February 15, 2019 Attempt at a better picture of the hada Quote
nickm Posted February 15, 2019 Author Report Posted February 15, 2019 Attempt at a better picture of the hada Quote
16k Posted February 15, 2019 Report Posted February 15, 2019 Kanbun Shinto? Though that Nakago looks very new... Quote
nagamaki - Franco Posted February 15, 2019 Report Posted February 15, 2019 Don't be discouraged, we all started, more or less, knowing little to nothing. 1 Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted February 15, 2019 Report Posted February 15, 2019 The Hada looks like Hizen or Bungo Takada. Quote
Shugyosha Posted February 15, 2019 Report Posted February 15, 2019 I think that there's perhaps enough patina on the tang for it to have been made or shortened as early as the mid 19th century. It looks like there was some rust near the kissaki as there is still a little minor pitting left and I wonder if the suriage was done to save the end portion of a corroded blade. What's the nagasa? I've no idea about the notches on the tang - they appear on some swords but, unless they are markings to help link a blade to koshirae, I've never heard a plausible explanation for them. For a cheap blade, it looks like it has some quality about it judging by the hada and it's hard not to like value for money. You might want to add some pictures of the detail in the hamon as that might help date it. Quote
nickm Posted February 15, 2019 Author Report Posted February 15, 2019 Thank you all for the replies. It looks to me like it is significantly shorted and I could see that being because of some pretty serious corrosion.. I attached some more pictures trying to get the Hamon Quote
nickm Posted February 15, 2019 Author Report Posted February 15, 2019 Hamon definitely does not seem to have much activity to it and I will say the blade is on the thin side but I can't see any spots of core steel. Quote
nickm Posted February 15, 2019 Author Report Posted February 15, 2019 Also it is just about 19" from tip to munemachi Quote
Surfson Posted February 15, 2019 Report Posted February 15, 2019 To echo others, shortened Kanbun Hizento is my guess. Quote
nickm Posted February 15, 2019 Author Report Posted February 15, 2019 I appreciate the feedback. Can't be very upset with it regardless for $100 but of course happy to hear it might be on the older side and shortened.. Quote
Stephen Posted February 15, 2019 Report Posted February 15, 2019 Yakidashi? https://studyingjapaneseswords.com/tag/yakidashi/ Quote
nickm Posted February 15, 2019 Author Report Posted February 15, 2019 looks more like yakikomi if not mistaken which is entirely possible Quote
nickm Posted February 15, 2019 Author Report Posted February 15, 2019 also seems to be koshi sori. rather shallow sori but deepest point seems about 4 inches from the machi.. Also from the shape of the nakago assuming it is shortened it probably would have been a more exaggerated version of koshi sori Quote
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