Katana

dralin23 · 27th July 2007, 05:00 PM

hi bill
it is realy an nice sword in a very good condition. i like satsuma swords, but i wonder why looks the tang so old. at normal you can see at an nihon-to made in the end of the shinto time an very clear yasurime (file marks at the tang) , at the tang is not such an dark rustpatination and the mei is very good and clear visible. these tang shows for me like made in the early shinto time. in the past i was an member in the european section from the nbthk and so i was in the happy position to see a lot of good swords from the other members and so i can say, it is the first time that i see such an "old looked" tang at such an young sword! at normal i would say you make an mistake to think it is from 1861 but you have an paper from the nbthk. there are many questions for me!!!
stefan

27th July 2007, 05:00 PM	#5
dralin23 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 204	katana hi bill it is realy an nice sword in a very good condition. i like satsuma swords, but i wonder why looks the tang so old. at normal you can see at an nihon-to made in the end of the shinto time an very clear yasurime (file marks at the tang) , at the tang is not such an dark rustpatination and the mei is very good and clear visible. these tang shows for me like made in the early shinto time. in the past i was an member in the european section from the nbthk and so i was in the happy position to see a lot of good swords from the other members and so i can say, it is the first time that i see such an "old looked" tang at such an young sword! at normal i would say you make an mistake to think it is from 1861 but you have an paper from the nbthk. there are many questions for me!!! stefan