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Hirazukuri Tanto with Exquisite Fittings


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Morning Everyone!

 

Finally back from deployment, and have one tanto to offer. This piece is a bit of a mystery to me.

 

It appears to be from the Koto era, though how old eludes me. It has had quite a few polishing s in the past judging by the hi that has almost disappeared. Unfortunately someone in the past was overzealous with cleaning and handling as it is hard to see the hamon unless held at the right angle on good light, as well as a small piece of the same missing and the saya split towards the end. The tip has been chipped, with two noticeable dings in the ha as you look at it.

 

The good: This piece is quite elegant the more I look at it. The hamon is a mixture of ko-gunome/ko-midare with hitatsura as it goes toward the kissaki/boshi. There are a few areas with the hamon does bellow, but otherwise maintains the same pattern throughout. It has a very nice mixture of mokume and itame hada. Looks as if ko-nie is abundant. The dings do not protrude through the lowest area of hamon (and it does dip low toward the edge about a millimeter or two due to design, I believe). There appears to be quite a bit of activity in the hamon, but is hard for me describe in this state of polish.

 

IMHO, this piece deserves to have one more polish as it does have a lot to offer. It appears to be early, but I cannot tell if towards Nanbokucho or early Muromachi. I had just bought a very nice Kanemichi from Grey, or I would have this one looked at by a togishi. Used to be blades with low hamon bothered me, but seeing ones like this shows me that there is art in it. The damage is repairable, and the hamon may be a little closer by then, but I believe this one should have another chance .

 

Nagasa: 11 in.

Nakago: 3.5 in

 

Priced at 650 (shipping included US, international may differ) with 10% going to the board.

 

 

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