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Appraisal Quiz

Answer #8 previous answer was Echizen no kami Minamoto Rai Nobuyoshi.

Nakago: On the tang, kikumon is engraved.
Fail:Kattesagari.
Nakagojiri: typical Nobuyoshi style.
Jigane:Koitame hada well grained with jinie attach which is beautiful jigane.
Hamon:From the hamachi area, suguha hamon and then gunome midare like toranba style.
Inside of the hamon, subagashi work.
This Toranba hamon is different from Sukehiro and other sword smith.
Because insside of the hamon has a lot of sunagashi.

Special feature : Echizen no kami Minamoto Rai Nobuyoshi was a son
of first genertation Kyo Shinano kami Nobuyoshi.
And his real name was Takai Kinsaburou.
He was strongly influenced by Sukehiro and Inoue Shinkai.
And his strong points are Touranba-Hamon and Suguha with deep Nioikuchi.
He has some signature “Echizen no kami Minamoto Nobuyoshi” , “Nyu-do Minamoto Rai Nobuyoshi” ,
“Takai Echizen no kami Minamoto no Nobuyoshi”.
He moved to Osaka pref in his late life and made Sword at there.
It’s felt that this Katana was made in his late life, because there is “Kikumon Ichi” in signature.

Appraisal Quiz #9 (8.22.2008)

Who made this sword do you think ?

Hint

Blade length : 37.8cm or 14.88 inches.
Sori : 0.7cm or 0.27 inches.
Mekugi : 3
Width at Hamachi : 2.95 cm or 1.16 inches.

Shape :
The blade was cut shortend nagamaki.
Jitetsu :Koitame hada well grained with jinie attach and also utsuri appear.
Hamon : Niedeki style based gunome midare with rather thick
He cut the signature on the Katana mei not Tachi mei.

 

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