Marius Posted June 22, 2009 Report Posted June 22, 2009 I have recently acquired a (very inexpensive) diminutive wakizashi. I am sure, some of you have seen it on eBay, nobody bought it, but me, against my own rules to buy only gimei blades, so it serves me right Measurements are: Nagasa 39 cm Motohaba 2.3 cm Sakihaba 1.8 cm Motogasane: 0.48 cm The blade has fumbari and a pronounced sori. Hada is itame, the rest can be seen in the pics. Its proportions make it look like a toy sword, although it is a real nihonto. It rests in an old, carefully crafted tiger-striped honoki shirasaya. The nakago loks like it has been artificially patinated, so this sword may be gendai, though it tries to appear older. What do you think of it? Was it a boy's wakizashi or something like this? Quote
Guest nickn Posted June 22, 2009 Report Posted June 22, 2009 hello it looks a nice little blade with ,as you pointed out, a cleaned a re-patinated nakago is the hada masame? its hard to tell from the photos nick Quote
Marius Posted June 22, 2009 Author Report Posted June 22, 2009 helloit looks a nice little blade with ,as you pointed out, a cleaned a re-patinated nakago is the hada masame? its hard to tell from the photos nick The hada is itame with the pattern flowing into the hamon, which is nie-deki. I can take close-up pics if someone is really interested... The puzzle remains - why is it so tiny? I am not sure if the nakago has been cleaned since the yasurime seem original to the blade. Who knows... Quote
Marius Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Posted June 25, 2009 I am answering myself, but this information may be interesting for some of the Forum Members here: This is possibly a sword for the Genpuku coming-of-age ceremony. I have found a similar sword on eBay, described a wakizashi sized katana given to boys. http://cgi.ebay.pl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0437949377 Quote
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