I took a gamble on a Tanto

blue lander · 2nd August 2015, 12:56 AM

Apparently that's not a hamon, it's a hadori. It's a pattern polished into the blade to "enhance" the actual hamon (assuming there is one)
http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/togi.html#HADORI

stekemest · 2nd August 2015, 12:20 PM

Unfortunately not a real nihonto. You can tell, among other things, by the shape of kissaki.

sirupate · 2nd August 2015, 01:20 PM

I'm with Ferguson on this one

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blue lander Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 456	Apparently that's not a hamon, it's a hadori. It's a pattern polished into the blade to "enhance" the actual hamon (assuming there is one) http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/togi.html#HADORI

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stekemest Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Heidelberg, Germany Posts: 183	Unfortunately not a real nihonto. You can tell, among other things, by the shape of kissaki.