[Bontee]

Following on from my first post about my newly acquired Sudanese Armdagger I thought some of you might be interested in this katana which I was gifted.
It has been dated to 1576 ,it is a muromachi period blade,forged by one of a number of smiths named Tomotsugu.
The mons designates that it belonged to a family named Miyashi.
The blade has been polished many times during its life and is not in the best condition and was remounted during the second world war.
It was originally a battle blade ,as opposed to being a ceremonial blade.
The point is,I like it ,I use it for solo iaido practice during my aikido training and it has been fitted with training hardware to preserve the original fittings.
It will now have some company from my Armdagger ,they can compare notes when no-one is around 😄
All the best
Kevin