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Good morning, 

I spent the weekend reading and absorbing the wealth of information on this forum. 
It seems that I’ve only scratched the surface.

 

I'll try to describe one of my swords.

 

It's about 33 cms long, there are no markings or signatures. 

The Yokote is faint but visible. There are numerous fractures along the blade.

 

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.


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tony

 

 

 

 

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12 minutes ago, tonyjones said:

The length of the kissaki is 3.5 cms .

I am amazed how you guys can identify the the maker that lived over 300 years ago.

 

 

The size looks about right for the period. There are many who will argue for me being quartered alive for such guesses,  but most of the things appear to match.

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Dear Tony.

 

If you have a look here, http://www.sho-shin.com/osaka-ishido.html  , also here, https://nihontoantiques.com/project/ishido-den-fss-812/     You will see why Kirill made that suggestion, I think.  However, a note of caution, do your own research and be open to other ideas.  Just as Ishido smiths copied/developed Bizen style hamon so did others.  

 

Enjoy.

 

All the best.

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It's impossible to say anything valuable as this sword is not polished. All we can see is that the hamon seems to be based on a notare midare, kind of hamon that is mainly found in Shoshu and in the schools having been influenced by it (middle and end Koto). The solutions are therefore very numerous.

 

The Ishido school copied the Bizen Ichimonji style so no notare hamon.

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