Ken-Hawaii Posted November 26, 2019 Report Posted November 26, 2019 I don't recall having seen a blade where the mune shrinks by 2/3. Any ideas why a tosho would do this? I guess it could be cut down, but I'm not sure what the original blade would have been. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Signed-Mihara-Wakizashi-Sword-Japanese-Antique-Katana-Nihonto-tsuba/184052534391 Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted November 26, 2019 Report Posted November 26, 2019 First guess would be Kanmuri Otoshi sugata. Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted November 26, 2019 Author Report Posted November 26, 2019 I thought about that & also unokubi-zukuri, but this blade just looks strange, not really "scalloped" like those sugata. Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted November 26, 2019 Report Posted November 26, 2019 Perhaps it was originally one of those shapes and then badly polished? The polish work is pretty crude. Quote
BenVK Posted November 26, 2019 Report Posted November 26, 2019 I suspect this is the result of "removing" one or more deep cracks in the shinogi -ji Quote
Ray Singer Posted November 26, 2019 Report Posted November 26, 2019 This looks like a typical Kanmuri-otoshi sugata. What is unusual here is the placement of the mei right at the bottom of the nakago, on what appears to be ubu Sue-koto blade. I don't know offhand of any cases where the Kai Mihara smiths simply signed 'Mihara'. 1 Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted November 27, 2019 Author Report Posted November 27, 2019 I missed that one, Ray. The kanmuri-otoshi blades I've owned all looked scalloped, for lack of a better term, but this one looks more like it was just cut away, perhaps to get rid of some major flaw, as Ben suggested. But I also don't see signs of core steel. Quote
Stefan Posted November 27, 2019 Report Posted November 27, 2019 It is Kamuri Otoshi. Blade quality is pretty low. .Slight scratches, O.K, it is out of any polish. To discuss any signatures in this state...no. By the way, i am not sure if the boshi is there. The polish is to crude. 1 Quote
SAS Posted November 27, 2019 Report Posted November 27, 2019 If the hamon that is visible is the actual hamon, the boshi is yakitsume. Ko maru was more usual for Mihara school works during Muromachi according to Nagayama. Is it possible that this sword could be slightly suriage and reshaped to carry as a wakizashi from an original (older) form as a pole arm weapon? 1 Quote
BenVK Posted November 27, 2019 Report Posted November 27, 2019 I suspect this is the result of "removing" one or more deep cracks in the shinogi -ji Maybe I'm seeing things that are not there but bear with me.. The shinogi-ji on one side of this blade seems ok but something else has happened to the other side which I've marked in red. Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted November 27, 2019 Author Report Posted November 27, 2019 Yes, that's definitely odd, Ben. Quote
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