shibeni Posted January 18, 2009 Report Posted January 18, 2009 Hi, My new katana is completely unrestored and it’s out of polish with some speed rust, it has two battle cuts on mune and on ji, and it has ware. Blade is very long and massive with 73 cm or 28 ¾ inches nagasa. Overall length of the blade is 93 cm or 36,61 inches. Hamon is suguha with large nie and lots of ko-nie. Boshi is komaru with full turnback up to the mune. I can also see hitatsura and nie in some areas of the mune. Nakago is mumei, ubu with horizontal yasurime (dark brown patina). Jitetsu is a tight ko-itame. Iron tachi (or handachi?) fittings are uniform and in very strange open work design made of copper or gold (like stars and curves design). Heavy iron tsuba is much older than the sword. Menuki are fishermans in the boat. As I wrote in my last post here in NMB forum, blade has also long ware and some jaki ware. The age of katana is still uncertain, but probably it’s not older than shinshinto (?). Any opinion about the possible age and question about if is worth to be restored (polish and new saya) even if blade has ware some jaki ware? Sori = 2,6 cm (1,02 inch) Nakago = 20,5 cm (8,07 inch) Width at yokote = 2,2 cm (0,87 inch) Width at mune machi = 3 cm (1,18 inch) Thick at mune machi = 0,7 cm (0,28 inch) Thick at yokote = 0,5 cm (0,20 inch) than spread to 0,7 cm an become narrow till the kissaki point. Regards, Bojan Quote
shibeni Posted January 18, 2009 Author Report Posted January 18, 2009 Hi, more photos of the blade and (handachi) fittings. Regards, Bojan Quote
takakage Posted January 18, 2009 Report Posted January 18, 2009 Hi, the nakago looks shin shinto . As it is a mumei sword may be a polisher could do a mako ade (polish of a small part) and you should submit for a shinsa before to spend any money for polish and saya...... Quote
shibeni Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Posted January 21, 2009 Hi, thank's for your opinion and advice Takakage. I know that is very difficult to judge from the photos. It will be much easy decision for sending it to restoration, if the blade has no kizu . Regards, Bojan Quote
shibeni Posted January 31, 2009 Author Report Posted January 31, 2009 Hi, One more picture of suguha, large nie and lots of ko-nie. This is the good part of the blade. Bojan Quote
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