Answer #7 previous answer was Kagehide (Orikaeshi Tachi mei)
Special features: he jigane is quite nice with a lot of Utsuri appear.
From this point of view, the blade is Bizen school.
The Hamon is suguha style with many ashi.
Kissaki area is sansaku boshi.
The blade looks like Kobizen style except hamon.
It is quite difficult to judje this sword as Kagehide.
Because Kagehide didn’t make many swords.
The most famous Kagehide is Date Masamune’s sword which was called Kuronbogiri.
Kagehide was a son of Mitsutada.
Both of them, they made simple suguha hamon mainly.
Butthe blade was judjed mumei blades, active ichimonji style hamon.
I think most of Zaimei (with signature blade) swords were made very simple suguha hamon.
As we said, it is very difficult to answer correctly but we hope you will enjoy the texture of the jigane and elegant hamon.
Appraisal Quiz #8 (8.15.2008)
Who made this sword do you think ?
Hint:
Blade length : 54.0 cm or 21.25 inches.
Sori : 1.4 cm or 0.55 inches.
Mekugi: 1
Width at the hamachi : 3.51 cm or 1.38 inches.
Wide at the Kissaki : 2.55 cm or 1.00 inches.
Kasane : 0.78 cm or 0.30 inches.
Shape : The blade is 3,51 cm very wide and thick with long kissaki nice looking shape.
Jitetsu :Koitame hada well grained with jinie attach and also many chikei work.
Hamon :
From the hamachi area, suguha hamon start and then gunome midare hamon. Kissaki area is nice round shaped hamon.
Special features :
Hamon: generally this sword smith start suguha hamon from hamachi area and round shaped kissaki hamon.
Jigane: beautiful jigane.
nakago: kikumon
Yasurime(fail):Katte sagari style.
Would you please consider the point carefully especially era, hamon, jigane and also nakago style.
Answer will be posted at next Appraisal Quiz.
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