Mark C Posted June 13 Report Posted June 13 Hi All, I have a blade with the habaki well and truly stuck on. managed to get it off only to find this: Is this a usual practice as this is the first one I have owed. Regards Quote
Brian Posted June 14 Report Posted June 14 Signature of the polisher. Not very common, but not too unusual. 1 Quote
Bazza Posted June 14 Report Posted June 14 I have seen a few in my time and have one on a kodai Kanemoto katana in Shinguntou koshirae dated TAISHOU ROKUNEN (1917). If you put "polisher's mei" into the NMB search field for 'Everywhere' you will pull up a few threads. There have been a couple where the nagashi area is a mokume pattern Regards, BaZZa. 1 Quote
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