Yoroi doshi tanto

[estcrh]

You are wrong Eric, if you have the right scanner and a good technique with much less effort you have better scans than pictures. To be convinced, have a look at Aoi-Art scans

Jean, great article, I think the perfect combination would be to have scanned pictures and photos, that way you have good two dimensional pics by scanning and photos give you the multi dimensional pictures. For looking at a blade scanning works fantastic, but for looking at the entire sword you still need photos.

[Ed]

Mark, George ,

Thanks for sharing, Nice Tanto's.

 

Jean is right, scanners if used properly can produce quiet satisfying results. Personally, I prefer photos(if they are good). I think the problem with George's photo it was not photographed or save with high enough resolution, making the photo impossible to enlarge without it becoming grainy.

 

Jean, I don't really know how to reply to your nie question. It would be quite a task to research enough period pieces to establish a pattern regarding nie vs nioi in shishinto yoroi doshi and the smith's rationale behind it. To me, I would venture to guess that it was a matter of school/smith preference/ability or as you said perhaps something related to the period or style of the times.

[pcfarrar]

Wish we had some better photos of Peter's.

 

Ed, here are some better photos.

[Jean]

Ed,

 

Once again the Nie

[Ed]

Peter,

Very nice, the nie has formed gorgeous sunagashi. Thanks for sharing.

 

Jean,

Wow, very evident in peters eh ??

[Jean]

You see what I mean now Ed :|

[loui]

Jean, I may have to prove your theory wrong:) I'll know for sure when the polish is done - sometime. Dated 1860.

[Jean]

In fact, I have no theory. What I have seen (often) in yoroi doshi is nie or ara nie and I have added is it significant or not (talking about statistics)?

 

Yoroi doshi have existed in late Muromachi period. 80 to 90% were Bizen made. Nie deki or nioi deki? Statistics and influence on their use... meaning piercing armours ...

[estcrh]

In fact, I have no theory. What I have seen (often) in yoroi doshi is nie or ara nie and I have added is it significant or not (talking about statistics)?

 

Yoroi doshi have existed in late Muromachi period. 80 to 90% were Bizen made. Nie deki or nioi deki? Statistics and influence on their use... meaning piercing armours ...

The New Generation of Japanese Swordsmiths Tamio Tsuchiko (Author), Kenji Mishina (Translator) has a good discription of "nie" and "nioi"

[takakage]

Just spotted this post and funnily enough I got my Yoroidoshi tanto back from the UK polisher Tony Norman today.

 

Mine is signed Bishu Inuyama ju Michiaki [尾州犬山住道暁] and dated 1867. The kasane is just over 1cm and it has a mitsu-mune.

 

The whole thing is awash with nie and ji-nie. Sorry that the poor quality photos really dont do it justice.

 

 

Hi,

 

Just add an oshigata of an other blade of this smith.

[Brian]

Uploaded the pic directly and removed the photo hosting link. These sites take down their pics eventually, and then these reference posts are meaningless. So prefer the reference photos to be uploaded here.

 

Brian