2devnul Posted May 27 Report Posted May 27 Hi NMB! My friend recently purchased this Wakizashi as he (and me too) was charmed with the Hamon/Hada. Mumei, no papers, looks like O-Suriage (originally Katana), Shinto Wakizashi. Our guess is Tachibana Yasuhiro. What are your thoughts? As always any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! 1 Quote
Jacques Posted May 27 Report Posted May 27 If the upper part of the hamon is different from the lower part (which I think it is) we are in sue Seki or sue Bizen. 1 Quote
2devnul Posted May 27 Author Report Posted May 27 1 minute ago, Jacques said: If the upper part of the hamon is different from the lower part (which I think it is) we are in sue Seki or sue Bizen. Thanks Jacques. Well, I would say the pattern is the same all the way. Choji IMO. Quote
2devnul Posted May 28 Author Report Posted May 28 Hello, @Jacques it might be the picture, or you have much better eyes, as I don't see any significant Hamon pattern changes. What do you think about Yasuhiro theory? Quote
lonely panet Posted May 28 Report Posted May 28 Could it be shinshinto? The hamon appears harder and darker at thr peaks. ? Ishido school just jumped into my brain like adhd birds 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted May 28 Report Posted May 28 Jacques, what do you mean by 'upper' and 'lower'? Quote
Nihonto student Posted May 28 Report Posted May 28 9 minutes ago, Bugyotsuji said: Jacques, what do you mean by 'upper' and 'lower'? I think it refers to the fact that from the monouchi the midare becomes more flamboyant and exuberant... personally I think the blade is shinto, hada seems very thin to be Muromachi, I don't see traces of O hada and in the shinogi I only see masame, the call on Ishido therefore seems legitimate... to me what doesn't add up is that the hamon doesn't have variations in height and doesn't reach the shinogi and above all the boshi doesn't seem to add up for Yasuhiro or for Ishido in general...Fujiwara Takada is another option for me. Adam can you kindly post the measurements? Nice blade anyway 1 1 Quote
2devnul Posted May 28 Author Report Posted May 28 27 minutes ago, Nihonto student said: Nice blade anyway Thanks! My friend got a nice deal I think, I would steel that blade from him Nagasa 54cm Width at Habaki 30mm Sori 11mm Thickness 7mm Since it is (IMO) shorten Katana, then I would say measurements won't help much. I will be checking the leads, thanks for the hints. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted May 28 Report Posted May 28 Does anyone else get feelings of Bizen Sukesada? 1 Quote
2devnul Posted May 28 Author Report Posted May 28 35 minutes ago, Bugyotsuji said: Bizen Sukesada I wish This mystery is giving a hard time since it is O-Suriage and IMO (based on fresh patina) whole Nakago is 'new'. Probably sword was shorten during Shinshinto times or even later. Quote
Nihonto student Posted May 28 Report Posted May 28 17 minutes ago, Bugyotsuji said: Does anyone else get feelings of Bizen Sukesada? it would be the other option that I did not mention, I wanted to have the measurements because the blade seems to tend towards sakizori... but with Sukesada I have a basic problem... if I think of Sukesada the first thing that comes to mind is the koshi hiraki (which I do not see here) but in reality I have seen arrangements of choji midare of all types, suguha, hitatsura... so if I do not see a clear koshi hiraki I struggle to recognize it... Quote
Jacques Posted May 28 Report Posted May 28 4 hours ago, 2devnul said: Hello, @Jacques it might be the picture, or you have much better eyes, as I don't see any significant Hamon pattern changes. What do you think about Yasuhiro theory? Are you sure you can read a hamon correctly? I'd like to know what makes you think of Yasuhiro Quote Jacques, what do you mean by 'upper' and 'lower'? The upper part of the hamon comprises the mono-uchi; the lower part extends from the yakidashi to approximately halfway up the blade. 1 Quote
2devnul Posted May 28 Author Report Posted May 28 33 minutes ago, Jacques said: Are you sure you can read a hamon correctly? I'd like to know what makes you think of Yasuhiro As an amatory collector I can't be sure of anything related to Nihonto topic My guess about Yasuhiro was based on 3 swords from books I have. Kissaki, Sugata, Hamon looks similar. To bad I can't compare Nakago. Quote
Jacques Posted May 28 Report Posted May 28 Tachibana Yasuhiro worked in the Ichimonji style, the hamon seen on this sword does not correspond to this style. example: https://www.token-net.com/juyotoken/tachibana_yasuhiro.html 1 Quote
Rivkin Posted May 29 Report Posted May 29 Its Edo period most likely, but having full nakago picture would help. Boshi contour is sort of visible but again could help. Quote
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