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Hamon : Ko-nie deki gunome midare. Bright and deep nioiguchi with plentiful ashi.
Boshi : Saki togari ha.
Kitae : Itame with some masame. The hada pattern is clear. Ji-nie is present.
About this sword : This is a koto tanto from the Mino school by Kanetaka with clearly visible jigane and bright nioi-guchi. He was active around Eiroku times (1558 -1570). He is listed in the Toko Taikan as a 2.5 million yen smith. Kanetaka cut his mei in a unique and large manner. Please see the reference photo from the Toto Taikan below and this example, which bears his trade-mark mei. This blade is in old polish and there are no kizu. The polish demonstrates crisp lines and geometry indicating that it was done professionally. There is one carbon dot on the omote ha as shown in the photos. This old blade had gomabashi and ken hori at one time. Now 400 years old, all that remain of the hori are the sections in the nakago that were never ground down by polishing. This blade shows no signs of tiredness or shintetsu despite being polished many times over the centuries. This sword has a charming feeling of old dignity when studying it. An NBTHK Hozon paper accompanies the blade as well as a shira-saya, old copper habaki and a storage bag. Overall, this is an attractive, papered, zaimei koto tanto that is wonderfully representative of Mino den at the end of the Koto period. Attractively priced.
SOLD
