Marius Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 Gents, a sturdy tanto, a long yoroi doshi. Comes in shirasaya, with nice copper habaki. NBTHK has attributed it to Uda Tomotsugu, while NTHK thought it is a Bizen Osafune Kiyomitsu. You decide what works best. Nagasa 25.4 cm Motohaba 24.8 mm Motokasane 6.4 mm Hada: itame nagare Hamon: nie deki, sunagashi, nice big formations of nie I think it is this sword smith (from Sesko's Index): TOMOTSUGU (友次), 5th gen., Tenbun (天文, 1532-1555), Etchū – “Etchū no Kuni Kawasaki-jū Tomotsugu saku” (越中国河崎住友次作), “Hikokurō saku Tomotsugu” (彦九郎作友次), first name Hikokurō (彦九郎), he signed also with his place of residence, that is to say Kawasakimura (川崎村) written as (河崎) without “mura” (村, “village”), he was active from Tenbun to Eiroku (永禄, 1558-1570), most of the extant Uda-Tomotsugu blades go back to this generation, the jigane is a standing-out itame-nagare, the hamon is a gunome in ko-nie-deki mixed with ko-midare and sunagashi, the nioiguchi is subdued, chū-jō-saku SOLD 1 2 Quote
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