Nostro Titus Posted January 5, 2007 Report Posted January 5, 2007 The following picture is of a late 19th century naginata of which the nakago was simply left as it was forged, complete with oxidation from the forge as well as a few hammer marks. The end of the nakago has been broken off, resulting in a rough end. Some rough filing was done to accept the habaki. Up to this point this is the first and only case I have encountered thus far. Has anyone else run into this? Even for a quick low cost production blade I thought that nakago were at least cleaned. Regarding the blade, it has crudely carved naginata-bi and large notare hamon (it is in too bad a state to see more than that unfortunately). Nostro Quote
Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini Posted January 5, 2007 Report Posted January 5, 2007 Not a Naginata, but a Yari with similar features and same period (middle-late XIX c.) should be in Castello Sforzesco, Milan. Guess it was made for Daimyo processions or as cheap items for tourists. Quote
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