sanjuro Posted April 23, 2011 Report Posted April 23, 2011 Ubu mumei koto is an ideal for me. Although many fine blades have been cut down and those of us that prefer koto are used to seeing suriage and O suriage blades simply because they have been around for so long and have been modified in order to remain in use. I have no problem with suriage, it is a fact of life for the collector of koto blades. I would sooner own a suriage mumei koto blade than a gimei shinto example. I guess I'm lucky in owning a few good ubu koto blades, most of which also happen to be mumei, but if a good blade that was suriage came along, I certainly wouldn't hesitate to buy it. (Nambokucho and Sengoku jidai blades particularly so). If that blade also happened to be a Shimada, then so much the better. Quote
rkg Posted April 23, 2011 Report Posted April 23, 2011 one of my favorite pieces in my collection is one that your're not "supposed" to collect - its a fraction-of-an-inch-too-short-to-be-a-katana Wakizashi - Nambokucho period, pretty healthy/nice work and a kirikomi with a piece of the other guy's sword stuck in it - worse yet, it was papered to the netherworld of being Ko-uda piece... I'm sure you've all seen this, but... http://www.rkgphotos.com/recent_stuff/ko_uda.jpg now to go start setting up to shoot a nifty Naoe shizu tanto Best, rkg (Richard George) Quote
paulb Posted April 23, 2011 Author Report Posted April 23, 2011 Hi Richard, I dont think there is anything at all wrong with that blade (super image BTW) or the fact it is ko-Uda. There are a couple of schools where the later work tends to colour your view of the whole. However the early work is real very good. ko-Mihara is a another good example where the shape, jigane and hamon are all great. There are a good number of highly rated ko-Mihara and ko-uda blades which have achieved high level papers. On the other hand a lot of sue-mihara and later Uda work looks very oridnary and has lost much of the character of the earlier works. Quote
Ruben Posted April 24, 2011 Report Posted April 24, 2011 one of my favorite pieces in my collection is one that your're not "supposed" to collect - its a fraction-of-an-inch-too-short-to-be-a-katana Wakizashi - Nambokucho period, pretty healthy/nice work and a kirikomi with a piece of the other guy's sword stuck in it - worse yet, it was papered to the netherworld of being Ko-uda piece... I'm sure you've all seen this, but... http://www.rkgphotos.com/recent_stuff/ko_uda.jpg Hi Gentlemen, again nothing usefull to add, but I am stoked about the hada at kissaki part. It was and still is a very interesting old sword. Greetings! Ruben Quote
Veli Posted February 15, 2012 Report Posted February 15, 2012 [Veli wrote: Not difficult to see which Shinto school it seems to belong...] Bungo Takada? Yes! NTHK attributed this blade as Takada school, around Kanbun era. Am I disappointed? No! This was an eye-opener for me. Until now, I haven't realised Takada school swords could have such a uniform and silky-looking ko-mokume. I might have to revise my opinion on Takada school... Some additional pics: http://www.nihontofinland.com/8 Veli Quote
pcfarrar Posted February 15, 2012 Report Posted February 15, 2012 Did they give any feedback on their decision? Would be nice to know the reasons why they chose Bungo vs Hizen. Quote
Veli Posted February 15, 2012 Report Posted February 15, 2012 Unfortunately all information I have is that on the worksheet Veli Quote
runagmc Posted February 15, 2012 Report Posted February 15, 2012 I would've thought Hizen as well... mainly because of the hada, nie, and boshi. You always hear how Bungo smiths couldn't master konuka hada... if you assume the attribution is correct, then I'd say this one did pretty good Quote
cabowen Posted February 15, 2012 Report Posted February 15, 2012 With that sori, Kanbun wouldn't have been my first guess.... Quote
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