strange wakizashi on eBay

[Marius]

Anybody seen such strange hamon? I have never seen anything like that...

 

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-sword-beau ... 240%3A1318

[pcfarrar]

It's a typical Yoshimichi Sudare ba hamon. You don't see them on ebay that often but they aren't rare.

[Marius]

Thanks for the info.

 

I am an ignorant lazy bum, too lazy to Google Yoshimichi. Apologies. May Brian delete this unnecessary post

 

I will probably have to ban myself from posting for a while...

[Jacques D.]

Hi,

 

It is a Yoshimichi from Osaka branch, I'm not sure it is a shodai blade.

[Rickisan]

Mariusz -

Thanks...I'm glad you posted this question. And thanks to the guys that explained it.

 

I would have also called it fake...just because Ive never seen that type of hamon before.

 

I love this site....get to learn something new everyday!

Rick

[Brian]

I don't think it is a very well polished sudareba, but sudareba it is. I have some stunning pics of sudareba that I took of a sword here in a shop in Kobe that I will upload when I get back. In person, a well done polish really looks stunning and is a great kantei point.

 

Brian

[Jean]

I don't think it is a very well polished sudareba, but sudareba it is

 

In fact I dislike it, I don't know why, it makes me uneasy, too showy, perhaps polishing

[DirkO]

most hamontraits have a certain practical aspect as well. Ashi make it more resilient, and so on. But what would this kind of hamon add in practicallity ?

[Jean]

I don't know, probably the same as Kiku had or Fuji yama hada

[shan]

Hi All,

My first ever Blade found in a Barn in Devon 25 years ago was a Tamba No Kami Yoshimichi and the Sudare-Ba was a lot nicer than the hamon shown on this listing ,Lineage from the mishina school if i remember rightly.

I am not sure of the swirls and the 2 dots but i hate this version of this usually intersting hamon.

Mine was simply the lines with a swirl twice either side,but it was so much nicer and more expertly done.

It was a fashionable variant of the showy hamons like Kiku sui , Hako-Ba ,Sanbonsugi and other striking hamon.

Brought back memories none the less.

regards

Shan

[Brian]

Here are 2 nice pics of sudareba that I took of a Yoshimichi in a small Kobe sword shop. Very nice when properly polished.

 

Brian

[shan]

Yep, thats what my own looked like,a little tighter on the swirls but nonetheless the same.

regards

shan

[Jean]

Brian,

 

Have you an idea of the price and generation?

[Brian]

Jean,

Unfortunately I would be lying if I guessed. The shop spoke NO English at all, and I was too busy gazing to take notes.

However I did see a LOT of Tanba no kami Yoshimichi on this trip. It was as if every shop had one or 2, with papers to various generations.

 

Brian

[Ted Tenold]

I don't think it is a very well polished sudareba, but sudareba it is.

 

You're being kind. To continue in the spirit of that kindness, I'd say... "The decisions were unorthodox, and the applications casual".

[Brian]

So what you are saying is that the application of the abrasive materials was considerably below the usual, expected, exemplary standards and therefore the results are lacking in their aesthetic beauty and refinement?

 

yeah..the polish sucks. (top one, not the new pics)

 

Brian