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Ancient Katana Naga cho shaku?


phil reid

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Hi Phil,

 

To drop a hint, what you've put in the thread title relates to the blade's measurements. Do you have any pictures of the full blade with the habaki and shirasaya tsuka off? I think you'll get some better comments if viewers can see the whole sugata clearly.

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Hi Phil , without offending anyone intentionally I think the pictures say it all.

Loose grain, kizu,blisters,core steel and at least two places where hamon runs off in one image, but hadori is trying to hide this.

What were you looking for information wise?

Regards Adam

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Phil, aside from the obvious forging flaws, it is an interesting study piece, especially if you didn't pay too much for it.  What is the length of the cutting edge?  It could be osuriage and might be fairly old.  It's hard to tell without a photo of the whole bare blade, but it looks  to have a fair bit of koshizori, at least based on my impression that there is a fair amount of curvature in the nakago.  A photo of the whole shape, and dimensions of the cutting edge and sori would be helpful.  

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