NotANinja Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 Hi all! I've recently received my Shigemitsu wakizashi back from Les who very kindly put a window polish into the kissaki and a bit to show off the hada. The hada is quite interesting to my eyes but I'm struggling with identifying the boshi, it doesn't look much like anything I can see in my copy of Nagayama, and the number of blades I've seen in person is so far very low. Does anyone have any insight or recognise this type at all? I'll also attach a picture of the hada for prosperity. Many thanks in advance! Quote
Rivkin Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 Looks like hakkikake or actually kaen with a bit of nijuba in the boshi. 2 Quote
Robert S Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 The problem that I see is that if a full polishing was done which eliminated those chips, the boshi would be close to running off the edge... and once the pitting had also been dealt with, it probably would run off the edge. Just based on these photos, the blade is edging toward being unrecoverable, although of course it can be preserved with the chips and pitting remaining, but stabilized. Did Les have any thoughts on that? Quote
NotANinja Posted October 1 Author Report Posted October 1 27 minutes ago, Robert S said: The problem that I see is that if a full polishing was done which eliminated those chips, the boshi would be close to running off the edge... and once the pitting had also been dealt with, it probably would run off the edge. Just based on these photos, the blade is edging toward being unrecoverable, although of course it can be preserved with the chips and pitting remaining, but stabilized. Did Les have any thoughts on that? Yes he and I discussed it and both decided it wasn't worth putting a full polish on it as there's a few even bigger chips close to the hamachi, but we decided on a window as I still wanted to see if I can narrow down the smith. At a later date I think I'll get a polish that preserves the chips to show it some respect however. 1 Quote
Robert S Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 11 minutes ago, NotANinja said: Yes he and I discussed it and both decided it wasn't worth putting a full polish on it as there's a few even bigger chips close to the hamachi, but we decided on a window as I still wanted to see if I can narrow down the smith. At a later date I think I'll get a polish that preserves the chips to show it some respect however. I really like that approach. Not all blades can be fully brought back to perfect condition, but they can still be preserved and appreciated. 1 Quote
NotANinja Posted October 1 Author Report Posted October 1 12 minutes ago, Robert S said: I really like that approach. Not all blades can be fully brought back to perfect condition, but they can still be preserved and appreciated. My thoughts exactly! Quote
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