Mikaveli Posted November 8 Report Posted November 8 (edited) So, I've come across this sword: Just wondered how common it was to see shortened wakizashi (that started life as a wakizashi). This one is Kanbun, and would have originally been around 58cm, but it's suriage by around 10cm. Now 47-48cm. Not much black rust has developed, so I wondered when this happened? My first thought was when the maximum length of non-samurai class swords was limited to KO wakizashi during the early Edo period? Edited November 8 by Mikaveli Quote
Mikaveli Posted November 10 Author Report Posted November 10 1 hour ago, Jacques said: I would say Shinshinto rather Kanbun What points you towards shinshinto? Quote
Rivkin Posted November 10 Report Posted November 10 Deep, well spaced yasurime can be shinshinto. Boshi is not seen, its another thing to check. Ofcoarse its possible to try to guess the signature. Quote
Jacques Posted November 11 Report Posted November 11 On 11/10/2025 at 1:39 AM, Mikaveli said: What points you towards shinshinto? Yasurime and the lack of taper shows that this sword is not from Kanbun era. 1 Quote
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