Caracal Posted September 7 Report Posted September 7 Hii, What can you see on this sword, a Wakizashi/Suriage? Is it a Muromachi late Koto Mino, unfortunately it is not newly polished so you cannot see the structure of the sword. Thoughts on this sword? Is it the result of blade shortening Suriage (for remounting)? What can you read on Nakago? Unfortunately, there are no better pictures, but thanks in advance to everyone who tries to give an answer. //Rob, Quote
Alex A Posted September 7 Report Posted September 7 Yes, its shortened. You sure its a wak?, how long is the blade? Looks long for a wak Quote
Alex A Posted September 7 Report Posted September 7 Hi Robert, All i could say is that it appears to be a shortened sword and it could be late Muromachi Mino. What makes you state late Muromachi Mino? Quote
Caracal Posted September 7 Author Report Posted September 7 Hi Alex - My thoughts? The sword is Mumei. I just want to get confirmation from others who have more knowledge on what I see on the sword. Hamon - Togari midare which is hard to see in the picture? Bo hi /muromachi? Suriage (are there none of the original nakago present, Nakago jiri/Kuri Jiri/Haagari? Or Is it a sword that is suriage from Bizen den? Or what can you see? Thanks Rob, Quote
Rawa Posted September 7 Report Posted September 7 Sugata https://markussesko.com/2015/04/20/kantei-1-sugata-8/ https://weblog.tozando.com/sori-the-curve-that-captures-the-sharpness-and-beauty-of-the-Japanese-sword/ Blade have even after being suriage koshi-zori shape? Or it's just early pre edo saki-zori? Nakago dsnt indicates being more pointy. [We see entire bo-hi] Dr @Rivkin could this be katata-uchi/uchigatana repurposed as wakizashi? @Caracal please post measurements of nagasa/nakago Nakago imo have only some minor differences in oxidation after getting another mekugi-ana. Late muromachi period? Quote
Rivkin Posted September 8 Report Posted September 8 Its hard to be sure, but I think its not Bizen. Isolated togari. Late Muromachi, probably was not a long blade to begin with. Possibly Mino or similar provincial work. 1 Quote
Caracal Posted September 14 Author Report Posted September 14 I have received another answer to my questions about the sword. Interesting what you think. Could it be as follow? "I think this Wakizasi was cut short which means suriage Machiokuri. The texture looks very nice so the blade was made in the early Muromachi period or more. The hamon is hard to see# Quote
Sukaira Posted Tuesday at 11:24 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 11:24 PM 4th pic almost looks ayasugi-hada Quote
When Necessary Posted Wednesday at 03:00 PM Report Posted Wednesday at 03:00 PM The ha-machi and mune-machi are misaligned in the third photo but look normal in the first (which is a long shot of the sugata). Could you confirm which is correct? 1 Quote
Caracal Posted Friday at 12:04 PM Author Report Posted Friday at 12:04 PM Here are more pictures of the sword, if it can be helpful in describing what kind of sword it might be Quote
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