Gunto unseen unboxing

[Lareon]

[Lareon]

17 minutes ago, DRDave said:

Dimensions aren't accurate, I'm just measuring the photo; but looks possibly koto to me.  Kissaki please?

 

[Lareon]

So how I got the tsuka off in only 4 hours....

 

 

The nakago was very rusty and I think there was a small wooden shim or broken piece of wood in there too. It really wouldn't budge.

 

My fingers ache now.

 

I used the table method for a while and after an hour managed to get a few mm clearance. I wrapped the tsuba In the towel and used a rubber mallet to tap it over and over while using rubber gloves to hold the tsuka.

This got me enough to wedge a fork between the Seppa collar and the tsuba.

 

I wrapped.the fork in electrical tape so as not to damage any metal and used it to apply a lever force to the tsuka as gently as I could and did this all round this took a while but I couldn't see light in the mekugi ana anymore.

 

With a combination of this and running a little choji oil down between the fittings I could hear it moving slightly. I had to do this for a while. Even at the end it required a fair bit of force to get off.

 

Hope you guys enjoyed the adventure!

 

 

[Lareon]

Light coating of oil on the nakago to stop that red Rust.

 

 

[DRDave]

48 minutes ago, Lareon said:

Looks like a seki stamp up there.

 

Yep, that surprises me.  Sure looked to me like it might have some age to it. 

[robinalexander]

Good photos Tony...I am sure I'm not the only one enjoying this. 

 

Tks for the time taken so far! 

[vajo]

where did you see the seki stamp? I didn't found it.

The nakago looks not like a typical showa sword.

[Lareon]

2 minutes ago, vajo said:

where did you see the seki stamp? I didn't found it.

The nakago looks not like a typical showa sword.

 

[vajo]

Oh thanks Tony. Looks not like a seki stamp. What is it? The blade looks older. High shinogi. Maybe you can make better pictures from the hamon in sunlight to see some details. Interesting purchase.

 

[Lareon]

Here's one more. Let me get my DSLR out and take some proper photos

[Moley]

Oooohhh

 

[SteveM]

忠廣

 

Tadahiro

[Stephen]

1 minute ago, SteveM said:

忠廣

 

Tadahiro

Just started to type Tadahiro lol

[vajo]

Now its clear. 

[ROKUJURO]

Do I see TOBIYAKI in the HAMON? That would not be found in SHOWATO I think.

[Stephen]

@Bruce Pennington

 

Dont look like standard seki stamp.....what say ye?

[vajo]

It gets more and more interesting. 

I missed the shadow line above the hamon what is typical for showato. And i think i see the layers of steel and some activity. I don't think its showato. It looks like a nice sword.

 

 

I didn't find a Tadahiro named Showa Swordsmith in my books. Only the known linage of Tadahiro.

 

 

[Stephen]

22 minutes ago, Stephen said:

@Bruce Pennington

 

Dont look like standard seki stamp.....what say ye?

Nevermind he cleaned it up a bit.

[vajo]

Found that picture in google search. The stamp looks similar?

 

From Rich's site is a Tadahiro listet Seki Kaji Tosho 

忠広 (Tadahiro) Real Name: 後藤 善三郎

 

Kato Zenzaburo?

[Lareon]

1 hour ago, ROKUJURO said:

Do I see TOBIYAKI in the HAMON? That would not be found in SHOWATO I think.

The blade has damage from somekind of fluid or chemical that won't come off with isopropyl or after an oiling. 

In one or two of the shots it looks the same as the hamon

[Lareon]

1 hour ago, vajo said:

It gets more and more interesting. 

I missed the shadow line above the hamon what is typical for showato. And i think i see the layers of steel and some activity. I don't think its showato. It looks like a nice sword.

 

 

I didn't find a Tadahiro named Showa Swordsmith in my books. Only the known linage of Tadahiro.

 

 

Interesting. I'll take some photos of the metal and blade tomorrow. See if I can capture some more information

[george trotter]

Date is hard to see but looks to me like it might be  "? thousand ? hundred year"

(that is: Koki 2 thousand 6 hundredth year) = 1940.

[Lareon]

Tried to get a few more of the Hamon for everyone. 

 

There's some kind of dark staining on the blade. Doesn't come off. Isn't rust.

 

Any ideas? Looks chemical to me