Sukaira Posted October 17 Report Posted October 17 No questions - just dropping some recently acquired Tadayoshi 3 eye candy. 2 Quote
2devnul Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 Hi, Thank you so much for sharing. No I can finally accept that I have a good quality Gimei. Please share more pictures if you can, thanks! Quote
Sukaira Posted November 4 Author Report Posted November 4 @2devnul So the jigane will actually be done slightly differently on blades that do not have suguha hamon. For Tadayoshi blades with suguha, the jigane will be done in a very luxurious way, while the blades with hamon like yours will be done in slightly lessor way, for whatever reason. Maybe to let the hamon take more of the attention. I will post some more images of mine, but you should also inspect the images below, which are a Sandai Tadayoshi, with hamon like yours. 1 Quote
Sukaira Posted November 4 Author Report Posted November 4 Here are the high resolution links: https://web.archive.org/web/20251104215232/https://www.aoijapan.com/img/sword/2024/24555-2.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20251104215411/https://www.aoijapan.com/img/sword/2024/24555-3.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20251104215411/https://www.aoijapan.com/img/sword/2024/24555-4.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20250907044511/https://www.aoijapan.com/wakizashihizen-kuni-mutsu-no-kami-tadakatsu-tokubetsu-hozon-token/ Quote
Sukaira Posted November 4 Author Report Posted November 4 Besides what others have said, I personally think the biggest problem is the lack of deep file marks on the nakago with your blade. Every single Sandai I have seen has had very aggressive filing marks. You can see my blade below, but also the one linked above has the same deep filing. 1 Quote
2devnul Posted Wednesday at 01:27 PM Report Posted Wednesday at 01:27 PM @Sukaira Thank you for sharing, so there is a 'light in the tunnel'. When I compare Hada/Hamon to the example from AOI it is indeed quite similar. Especially high Gunome Hamon, Boshi and Sugata/Kissaki/Nakago shape. If I will have time I will examine file marks once more, maybe take some pictures. If it is a Gimei, then the blade is still high quality and perfect Mei. Best of course will be sending sword for Shinsa, but I have no idea how to approach this topic ... Quote
Sukaira Posted Wednesday at 04:29 PM Author Report Posted Wednesday at 04:29 PM 2 hours ago, 2devnul said: @Sukaira Thank you for sharing, so there is a 'light in the tunnel'. When I compare Hada/Hamon to the example from AOI it is indeed quite similar. Especially high Gunome Hamon, Boshi and Sugata/Kissaki/Nakago shape. If I will have time I will examine file marks once more, maybe take some pictures. If it is a Gimei, then the blade is still high quality and perfect Mei. Best of course will be sending sword for Shinsa, but I have no idea how to approach this topic ... I agree, if it is gimei, it is still a really a nice blade and the Mei is pretty damn good! Quote
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