MASAHIRO UCHIGATANA? SOSHU?

Valjhun · 10th May 2009, 09:46 PM

I've bought that sword recently. The blade seems poor condition, but is the signature from the great master Masahiro from Soshu, KAMAKURA era blade?

Valjhun · 14th May 2009, 03:18 PM

Gents! Any comments?

kisak · 14th May 2009, 03:41 PM

My guess is that the polish, or rather lack thereof, makes it rather difficult to make a proper assessment.

As the yokote is gone, perhaps someone's tried to touch it up a bit? Hopefully any such attention won't have resulted in any permanent damage.

Valjhun · 14th May 2009, 06:54 PM

I guess thatone never had a yokote.

kisak · 15th May 2009, 02:26 PM

To my eyes, it seems you can rather see where the yokote should have been. A shobu zukuri blade would probably have had a more gradual transition into the kissaki area. And neither hada nor hamon appears to be visible here.

10th May 2009, 09:46 PM	#1
Valjhun Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 692	MASAHIRO UCHIGATANA? SOSHU? I've bought that sword recently. The blade seems poor condition, but is the signature from the great master Masahiro from Soshu, KAMAKURA era blade? Attached Images

14th May 2009, 03:18 PM	#2
Valjhun Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 692	Gents! Any comments?

14th May 2009, 03:41 PM	#3
kisak Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Stockholm Posts: 182	My guess is that the polish, or rather lack thereof, makes it rather difficult to make a proper assessment. As the yokote is gone, perhaps someone's tried to touch it up a bit? Hopefully any such attention won't have resulted in any permanent damage.

14th May 2009, 06:54 PM	#4
Valjhun Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 692	I guess thatone never had a yokote.

15th May 2009, 02:26 PM	#5
kisak Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Stockholm Posts: 182	To my eyes, it seems you can rather see where the yokote should have been. A shobu zukuri blade would probably have had a more gradual transition into the kissaki area. And neither hada nor hamon appears to be visible here.