Wakizashi assistance - No identifiable maker?

[Genoist]

Hello, thanks in advanced for your help! I purchased this with very little information to go off of. Sadly i see no name anywhere.

 

I had to put them here because every way i tried to put them directly into this chat, it said the files were too big.

 

https://drive.google...ANwsr40z?usp=sharing

 

 

[DTM72]

Ryan,

 

I posted your pics for you. I ONLY added pics of the blade as the rest does not help with identifying the blade itself.

 

it is NOT uncommon to find the nakago (tang) is mumei (no signature) It is difficult to tell from the few pictures you have, but the kissaki (tip) is either cut-back due to damage, or it was intended to be shobu-zukuri shaped. Would need to see a better close-up of just the tip to see where the hamon goes...if we can see the hamon. The nakago is in rough condition and shows a little age, probably koto period. Looking at the hada (grain) of the blade, it is course and not a fine grain or pleasing pattern. 

Many katana and wakizashi were made in the 1500's during the warring period. Since demand was high, quality was not the highest. I suspect this was made during that 1500's time period. You have a 100% authentic Japanese wakizashi. Enjoy it, and maybe somewhere down the road, you can sell or trade this, with some extra cash, for a better quality piece in good polish. <-- if you are looking at collecting Nihonto (Japanese swords). If you just want to say "I own a Japanese sword, and it's 500 years old.", you got it.

 

Feel free to ask any additional questions.

 

Dan

[ROKUJURO]

Looks like a big KIZU/WARE (delamination) in the KISSAKI. Probably someone tried to grind it away and ruined the shape. There is almost no YAKIBA left.
In my opinion, the blade is gone as in 'not salvageable'. Very sad!

[DTM72]

Typical blade shapes. As Jean mentioned above, a past polisher may have tried to polish out the big ware' running parallel to the edge in the tip. Chasing something like that reduces the remaining yakiba (hardened edge) width or makes it disapper totally. Shobu-zukuri is more common in tanto, but some shorter wakizashi may be found in that style. <-- if this is truely a shobu-zukuri wakizashi, the fact remains that it has an ugly ware' in the kissaki and the overall blade quality is low and not work an expensive polish. Enjoy it for what it is.