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I apologize if I'm posting this in the wrong forum section. I was wondering what this is and particularly what the age of the sword is. There are two distinct types of temper lines on the blade, which seem unusual to me. The nagasa measures 26 inches and the length 34 inches.

 

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In 1982 I had a sword by this same man. Same hamon and good quality Kyu-gunto company grade mounts with mon. No date, signed OKADA KANESADA SAKU with SEKI stamp. Nagasa 67.6 cm. Being kyu-gunto mounts the nakago was a bit slimmer than the usual Type 98 mounted nakago...2.5 cm at rear of habaki and 1.5 just befor curve of jiri starts. No idea why it was in kyu-gunto mounts, especially as it had the SEKI stamp which only began c.1941?. Mine was his own mei, not nakirishimei like the OP (can post if requested). Mine was definitely showato.

Hope this helps.

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Gentleman, thank you all for your input! George, I would be honored to see your specimen as I have never seen any other sword with this pattern hamon! Your kyu gunto mounts seem to be a bit of an anomaly as well. It's strange, since I found this particular showa-to mounted in koshirae which once had a mon that was plucked out of the kashira. I'm not entirely sure if the koshirae was switched. Perhaps our Kanesada-san was more recognized than the more common Showa smiths?

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Hi Rei,

Yes, interesting.

Like you say, even though the two swords we discuss are showato, he seems to be more interesting than most Seki showato smiths.

Jinsoo Kim's list gives him as becoming a Seki smith on Sho 14.10.28 (28 Oct. 1939). His full name is Okada Sadao.

I don't have the sword any more or any photos either...just this oshigata. 

Hope it is of use.

 

 

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George your information is invaluable to me. Seems that Sadao-san had a rather elegant signature which he surrendered to the unfortunate standards and demands of war. In this respect, the nakirishimei seems to be a small tragedy. The comparison is interesting nonetheless.

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Wartime mass produced or non-traditionally made = usually lack of hada = not forged and folded.
wartime mass produced or non-traditionally made = oil quenching, as this is less destructive than water.
Therefore Showato usually are oil quenched and lack hada.
It's not that one causes the other. Just that one present usually means the other is true.

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Wartime mass produced or non-traditionally made = usually lack of hada = not forged and folded.

wartime mass produced or non-traditionally made = oil quenching, as this is less destructive than water.

Therefore Showato usually are oil quenched and lack hada.

It's not that one causes the other. Just that one present usually means the other is true.

Ahhh that makes sense and was what I was thinking. So in reality, oil quenching has nothing to do with it. It's the fact that the steel isn't traditionally folded. That's where I was confused.

 

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Wartime mass produced or non-traditionally made = usually lack of hada = not forged and folded.

wartime mass produced or non-traditionally made = oil quenching, as this is less destructive than water.

Therefore Showato usually are oil quenched and lack hada.

It's not that one causes the other. Just that one present usually means the other is true.

 

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