Fatal flaw or?

[m4l700]

Hi everyone,

 

I was looking at this sword and it has a fairly desirable and rare gunto koshirae(im mainly a gunto/gendai collector), but there is this strange break in the hamon that distracts me.

 

What do we think about this? It's only on a certain spot on both sides, and the blade being mumei it might have been rejected or?

 

Haven't bought it yet, but i'm really thinking about it.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

 

[m4l700]

[Ray Singer]

The 'break' in the hamon appears to be where someone has cleaned off rust, removed the hadori work and obscured all visibility. That said, all you can see in the other areas is kesho, so it's difficult to say how intact the actual hamon is in any part of the blade.

[m4l700]

1 hour ago, Ray Singer said:

The 'break' in the hamon appears to be where someone has cleaned off rust, removed the hadori work and obscured all visibility. That said, all you can see in the other areas is kesho, so it's difficult to say how intact the actual hamon is in any part of the blade.

Thank you for your sharp eye Ray!

 

Based on the sugata and nakago, I was thinking it might be Shinto? Possibly Kanbun or Kan'ei? I know that is hard to judge based on these pictures.

 

Sorry I still have much to learn with older than Gendaito blades, but I do enjoy it! 

 

[Ray Singer]

Yes, this looks Shinto. 

[ROKUJURO]

I think it could also be heat damage with loss of hardened edge, but one should see it in hand to be sure.

[PNSSHOGUN]

One to avoid, while the Koshirae is rare they still come up from time to time with better condition blades.

[m4l700]

13 hours ago, PNSSHOGUN said:

One to avoid, while the Koshirae is rare they still come up from time to time with better condition blades.

Thank you John! I know it might not be wise to invest in this blade as an aesthetic and historical piece, but for the (low)price of this package I basically get the blade for free Hard to resist with this koshirae(even not in the best condition but still)