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26th February 2011, 02:57 PM
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A typical Japanese "fan" tanto. Not uncommon; mostly tourist pieces. See my page on tanto (when site is back online, March 1) at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/unji.htm Rich S ------------------------------------------------------- Richard Stein, PhD Japanese Sword Guide http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm "Never go anywhere without a knife" - Leroy Jethro Gibbs ------------------------------------------------------- |
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26th February 2011, 11:09 PM
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I agree with Richard.
The sugata (shape) is pore. This kind of blades and mounting where made in de Meiji period. But still an antique piece from Japan. Jonno |
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27th February 2011, 08:52 PM
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The blade shows a hamon... It may be poor quality, but it's a 'real' blade. As for the shape, it's made for concealment.
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27th February 2011, 09:30 PM
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yes, it looks like a hamon and yes it is real blade. But when i see the pictures and judge the nioi guchi, then I don't think it is a real nihon-to.
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