bizen norimitsu

[lonely panet]

Hi guys, 

 

been banging my head against the wall over a wakizashi signed BIZEN NORIMITSU

 

do any members have any items by the smith, i can assume hes 1480s to 1550. is this group of smiths sue bizen or kozori ??

 

blade is sakizori, shobu zukuri, nagasa is 37.5cm but its very slender with a 4mm habaki moto and a Kasane of 30mm

 

regards Hamish

[Ray Singer]

https://nihontoclub.com/view/smiths/meisearch?type=All&mei_op=contains&mei=Norimitsu

[PNSSHOGUN]

There was one in gunto mounts sold on ebay the other week, will try find the listing for you.

[O-Midare]

Here is a sue Bizen Wakizashi I have that is apparently from the Ho Norimitsu line, Kozori lineage.

[O-Midare]

This photo didn't get uploaded for so reason in my reply.

[Stephen]

 

Uchigatana

[lonely panet]

i cant get any good pics of this sword, its annoying. iv put up a mix i hope there ok.

 

sadly the small marks loooook massive in the photos.

 

IMHO 

 

osafune school, as kozori norimitsu appears to use a differest NORI. 

 date ??? Entoku (1489-1492)

[lonely panet]

dam those photos are huge, I resized them by 50% of my D/SLR too.

 

here is some seller

[lonely panet]

just seen my gaff in the first post,   im open to all discussion guys.  im hoping this is pre Sue and a pure example of the  bizen tradition.

 

so im looking for all input as this is the first chance in over 3 years I have had a sword to study in hand

 

kasane is 4mm

moto Kasane 4mm

 

moto haba is 30mm

[Jon MB]

Nice item there!

[Tom Darling]

There are nearly as many Norimitsu as Sukesada and many more that aren't.  Good luck on yours. Peace.

 

 

Tom D.