Horimono waki tang id help

[paul alex]

I gave up researching this a while ago no matter how long I look at it I still have no idea what I see.ive since learnt a lot can be learnt from blade shape ingraving style ect .I'm so grateful of you guys taking time out of your day to help me. you really are on another level 

[DoTanuki yokai]

Maybe Tadamitsu 忠光 or Nagamitsu 長光 but the first kanji is just a guess could also be Mune. 
Looks like a nice blade do you have the size of the cutting edge, it looks like a big Hira Zukuri Wakizashi. 
The engraved sign is a Bonji(Sanskrit) but don’t remember it from seeing now.

 

Edit: It looks authentic but is shortned it is called Suriage and common on many old blades. 
I think this blade was made in the Muromachi period. 

[paul alex]

3 minutes ago, DoTanuki yokai said:

Maybe Tadamitsu 忠光 or Nagamitsu 長光 but the first kanji is just a guess could also be Mune. 
Looks like a nice blade do you have the size of the cutting edge, it looks like a big Hira Zukuri Wakizashi. 
The engraved sign is a Bonji(Sanskrit) but don’t remember it from seeing now.

I'm not sure what you mean size of cutting edge.the blade is very thin and very sharp 

[paul alex]

36 minutes ago, paul alex said:

I'm not sure what you mean size of cutting edge.the blade is very thin and very sharp 

Thanks 

[SteveM]

I was thinking the mei looks like 家光 (Iemitsu). 

 

Cutting edge = sharp part of the blade from the tip to the part where the blade meets the handle/tang. Usually there is a defined step or notch, but in your case it looks like its been polished so many times the notch has all but disappeared. You can still see a bit on the back ridge of the blade. Anyway, the cutting edge of your blade looks to be about 17.5 inches?

[paul alex]

59 minutes ago, SteveM said:

I was thinking the mei looks like 家光 (Iemitsu). 

 

Cutting edge = sharp part of the blade from the tip to the part where the blade meets the handle/tang. Usually there is a defined step or notch, but in your case it looks like its been polished so many times the notch has all but disappeared. You can still see a bit on the back ridge of the blade. Anyway, the cutting edge of your blade looks to be about 17.5 inches?

17.5 is correct Steve there's no ridges across the width it's smooth and no hamon is visible thanks for the info

[Franco]

1 hour ago, paul alex said:

I'm not sure what you mean size of cutting edge.the blade is very thin and very sharp 

 

The cutting edge is defined by a straight line measurement taken from the very tip of the sword to the munemachi. 

Steve is correct, it appears the hamachi which generally lines up with the munemachi appears to gone, polished away. 

While this blade appears to be 'tired,' it still provides a hands on piece to begin developing one's vocabulary. An all important first step in learning for nihonto. There are numerous visual glossaries available online as well as online nihonto record sheets/forms that can be used to help guide you through identifying and recording all the features and measurements of a sword.

 

Regards,

[paul alex]

12 minutes ago, Franco D said:

 

The cutting edge is defined by a straight line measurement taken from the very tip of the sword to the munemachi. 

Steve is correct, it appears the hamachi which generally lines up with the munemachi appears to gone, polished away. 

While this blade appears to be 'tired,' it still provides a hands on piece to begin developing one's vocabulary. An all important first step in learning for nihonto. There are numerous visual glossaries available online as well as online nihonto record sheets/forms that can be used to help guide you through identifying and recording all the features and measurements of a sword.

 

Regards,

Thanks for the advice Franco my confusion was with the word size and not length. size made me think maybe width