Martin Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Hi all, I may have a silly question here. But on a sword of mine there is an area that seems to look like an eye-pair (even each eye with a pupil and maybe an abstract mouth underneath). It maybe not be that well recognizable on the pictures than it is when you hold the sword in hands - but this seems that those "eyes" could have been made on purpose. Does anybody know if there were smiths who were able (and wanted) to give a sword a kind of Hada "motive" like they sometimes did with the Hamon (ie. pine tree, Mt. Fuji)? Or is it more likely that I had a bit too much wine that evening :lol: cheers, Martin Quote
John A Stuart Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Hi Martin, Just a coincidence I'm sure. Before last polish probably not there and gone with the next. John Quote
mike yeon Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 I agree with John. Could be some sort of chikei or even jifu. or simply the polish. it's funny to think of it as eyes though. maybe the smith was the one who had a little too much sake... mike :D Quote
Stephen Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 smith watching you drink too much wine. Quote
Martin Posted January 11, 2007 Author Report Posted January 11, 2007 smith watching you drink too much wine. Stephen, that sounds good to me :lol: Quote
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