Late Bungo blade for the Bungo lover.....

[cabowen]

Someone sent me this scan recently and I thought I would share as I know there are those here interested in such things....

 

Bungo ju Kuniyuki saku

Showa 18 Nen (1943)

 

Still making them in Bungo even during the war.....

 

Blade appears to be of decent quality....

[peter]

Hi Chris,

Any pics of the blade?

peter

[cabowen]

Sorry, I have none....Am told the hamon is a shallow notare with some nie scattered along the habuchi....

[Nihonto Chicken]

Okay, but I'm more into battered and butchered Bungo, of which I seem to have more than my fair share.

[peter]

Hi Rick,

I for 1 would still like to see your Bungo collection,

Peter

[David Flynn]

Here's one dated Meiji 37

signed Hidenaga

[Nihonto Chicken]

Hi Rick,

I for 1 would still like to see your Bungo collection,

Peter

 

Oops, hoisted by my own device (hyperbole). Actually, though I have in my long appreciation of nihonto, well, let's say, oft times overpaid (or, alternatively, "bought too early"), I actually have only one Bungo now, not too terribly battered and butchered, but typical of my penchant for overpaying for losers. My other Bungo lookalikes and wannabees, generally in lesser condition, I have since raffled off, usually for a well earned educational loss (read, a small gain in knowledge financed by a large debit in dollars). Unfortunately, I don't have a decent digital camera, only a scanner. If and when I may rectify this deficiency, I will post some photos of my Bungo blade (would likely make your heart go pitty-pat if you didn't know it was Bungo). So now that I'm inoculated against and immune (I hope) to the onset of battered and butchered Bungo acquisition, I still have a warm and soft feeling for those who have at times in the past similarly succumbed. Bungo uber alles! (Well, a warm spot for Kanabo as well.) :lol: