David W Wakeham Posted June 5 Report Posted June 5 I have this bone sword the blade looks to good to be in these fittings. All the bone souvenir swords I have no Hamon or grain. This blade has a Hamon and some grain . Any opinions please. David Quote
Brian Posted June 5 Report Posted June 5 I'd say in this (rare) case, the blade predates the bone fittings, and is a genuine Nihonto, remounted later. I would actually take it out of those, which don't do it justice, and put it into shirasaya. 3 Quote
Mister Gunto Posted June 6 Report Posted June 6 Definately looks to be an old O-suriage nihonto blade. Nice habaki as well. Must admit, that's a much better bone tsuka than I usually see. Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted June 6 Report Posted June 6 The gold trim on the separate Tsuba is an unusual touch, one imagines this may be an example of a 'good' Bone (or ivory) sword. Quote
Bazza Posted June 6 Report Posted June 6 David, I see a yakiba (the whitened area along the edge) but I don't see even a glimmer of a hamon in any of your photos. I agree the habaki is very nice and the gold on the tsuba/o-seppa suggests a better class of bone koshirae, however, I see a tired, worn out blade with possibly heat damage (i.e., has been in a fire). Look at the blade at a low angle along its length while pointing it at a single light source. If there is a hamon it should 'pop' under this lighting. If not, its what I would consider a 'dead' sword and in those mounts still a tourist souvenir and I doubt worth the cost of a shirasaya. Get thee to a To-ken Society or local sword group meeting and show it around. BaZZa. 1 1 Quote
David W Wakeham Posted June 6 Author Report Posted June 6 Thank you every body for your invaluable comments. Sorry the photos are not great. Some history. I brought this some years ago because of the blade. all the blades I seen in bone were terrible just untampered metal. The tsuka was glued to the tang of which I managed to gently to prise apart the seppa were made by myself from sheet brass. As said the Yakiba is a Straight I can also see grain. it is very highly buffed to mirror finish. For all the faults stated I seems to good for the bone fittings. Thanks again for your help and knowledge. David 1 Quote
David W Wakeham Posted 20 hours ago Author Report Posted 20 hours ago HI All I found some odds and ends. And removed the blade from the bone fitting's the Tsuba is old and Tsuka is modern original from Japan. The Saya is from a fake sword. I still think its better than the original bone. I just thought it might be interesting Quote
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