marivo Posted May 25 Report Posted May 25 This Waki/Tanto with Akuchi Koshirae, total lenght of the blade is 35.5 cm so its a???? Waki?? Also bought online in Japan so it takes a couple of months to arrive. Seems to be Edo and is signed: 国吉作- Kuniyoshi saku ?? Hope Jacques D can say something positive about my 2 latest purchases?? Thanks.... Quote
Alex A Posted May 25 Report Posted May 25 Some might call it a Sun-nobi Tanto, others a Ko Wakizashi. 1 Quote
Rawa Posted May 25 Report Posted May 25 Waki is a blade [nagasa] 30-60 cm long. So yeah its a wakizashi. 1 Quote
Rawa Posted May 25 Report Posted May 25 Would say yours hamon is gunome-midare [more alive] as notare would be more regular waves. Look on yours boshi [hamon on tip/kissaki] 1 Quote
Rawa Posted May 25 Report Posted May 25 https://www.sakuramatsuriantiquariato.com/en/valutare-una-spada-giapponese/lo-hamon-della-katana-giapponese/ More common types of hamon 1 Quote
The Blacksmith Posted May 25 Report Posted May 25 I would definitely class this as a wakizashi. And a rather nice and decent one. 1 1 Quote
Alex A Posted May 26 Report Posted May 26 Not that it matters, but ive never thought of these as "swords", but knives. As in i would never call a bowie knife, a bowie sword. Whereas a wakizashi is a short "sword". Semantics. 1 1 Quote
Jacques Posted May 26 Report Posted May 26 Wakizashi. From what i can see hamon seems notare based. 1 Quote
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