katonk66 Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Hello everyone. I have a question on the yoroi-doshi tantos: I do realize it's the mune that is thick, but has anyone seen shorter length ones...as in 6.75 inches (nagasa)? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Harbulak Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 Hi Henry, I once had a Yoroi-doshi tanto that had a nagasa of 6.47 inches or 16.4 cm. The moto kasane was 0.340 inches or 8.6 cm. It was signed Omi (no) Kami TsuguHira Tsukuru. The mei did not appear to be that of the first two members of this family, but the workmanship of the nakago certainly matched that of this family of smiths. I was never able to find a match for the mei and assumed the blade was signed by a later generation. So, yes, shorter yoroi-doshi tanto do exist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katonk66 Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 21 hours ago, katonk66 said: Hello everyone. I have a question on the yoroi-doshi tantos: I do realize it's the mune that is thick, but has anyone seen shorter length ones...as in 6.75 inches (nagasa)? I did notice that with some tantos I've seen for sale. Setting aside the possibilities of them being a problematic gimei, some of the signatures I saw didn't really match up with the age of the blade...appearance-wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu2020 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Hnery - do you mean the shape (Yoroi-doshi) suggests an older piece while the signature seems newer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katonk66 Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 12 hours ago, Toryu2020 said: Hnery - do you mean the shape (Yoroi-doshi) suggests an older piece while the signature seems newer? Yes, basically Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu2020 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 SO Yoroi-doshi became a thing in the late Muromachi and you would expect that most would be from that era - however in the Shinshin-to period shapes of all kinds were recreated so it should be no surprise if we find an ancient shape by a more recent artist. Does that make sense? Are we talking about a particular sword? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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