Before And After

[nagamaki - Franco]

Greetings,

 

Quite simply sharing before and after images. (Please forgive, I know there was a previous before and after thread that I cannot find at the moment. Feel free to move). Hope you enjoy.

Thank you.

 

(see next post for additional images)

 

Before:

 

 

 

After:

 

 

 

[nagamaki - Franco]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you.

[Brian]

Wow. What a beautiful and unusual piece!
Please tell us more Franco, and some overall pics. Love this. Very modern styling.

[TETSUGENDO]

Great results, the fog has lifted.  Gorgeous piece Franco, as Brian notes more pics would be welcome, entire blade, tang.....you've just whet our appetites.

 

-S-

[Bazza]

Great results, the fog has lifted.  Gorgeous piece Franco, as Brian notes more pics would be welcome, entire blade, tang.....you've just went our appetites.

 

-S-

Now Boys and Girls let's talk sharpening...

 

> you've just went our appetites.

 

Steven I presume you meant wet, but I didn't start this to castigate you on that small typo.  No.  I'm simply wondering if in this usage the correct word is to whet  our appetites, as in sharpening a sword...

 

Lovely sword Franco, looking forward to more pictures.

 

Bestests,

BaZZa.

[TETSUGENDO]

Hi BaZZa,

 

Hadn't noticed, thanks for the "heads up".  Meant to type WHET, which is the correct usage in this case.

 

 

  -S-

   p,s,- corrected.

[nagamaki - Franco]

Good Morning All,

 

Please eat and drink slowly as unfortunately this piece is not papered and mumei. Besides, a rush to the nakago would only spoil things.

 

There was a time when this piece would have already been on its way to Japan for shinsa. And maybe one day it will be. But for now (it's possible that I've mellowed with age), a study piece. Perhaps more later Questions welcomed. 

 

Details: 

 

Shape: 6.1" or 15.5 cm long; Omote; hira zukuri; Ura; (low) katakiri-ba with horimono; moto haba ~13.5 mm, moto kasane 6 mm, saki kasane 4 mm; mitsu-mune, uchi zori. 

 

Ji-gane: Omote; tight itame with ji-nie; Ura; tight itame with ko nie and a narrow band of nie utsuri just above the hamon.

 

Hamon: Omote; ko nie deki, notare with some gunome and ashi extending down to ha; Ura; ko nie deki, notare mixed with midare.

 

Boshi: Omote; jizo, short turn back; Ura; ko-maru, short turn back

 

 

 

Thank you (also in advance) for your comments.

Edited March 23, 2019 by nagamaki - Franco

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Beautiful.

[nagamaki - Franco]

Here ya go.

 

 

 

 

 

Well, where's your kantei spirt of adventure?

What's going on here?

[Brian]

It is just so unusual, how do you kantei it?
I really like it though. It feels more modern...Shinshinto. But has more interesting hatari that suggest older. I'm stumped. Sent it my way for a few years so I can have a good look?

[Surfson]

Looks like a yoroi toshi to me.  Maybe had a bonji in the tang (unusual) that was drilled with the large filled nakago ana.  As to age, hard to tell.  The copper in the nakago ana (nakago ana gane?) appears to have been cleaned at some point.  

[nagamaki - Franco]

 bonji in the tang (unusual) that was drilled with the large filled nakago ana.  

 

Perhaps you're on to something.