Blade Opinions

[Geoff Ward]

Hello all,I've had this blade for awhile and finally got a decent enough camera to try and get some photos.I would like some opinions as far as if it would be deemed worth submitting for Shinsa It came from a yard sale in broken old Shirasaya and was in pretty sad condition.For what I paid for it and the several bayonets and a beater Wakizashi after selling the rest, I decided to have it polished at the recommendation of a friend.Any comments appreciated.I never realized how difficult it was to get photos of blades till now! Thanks,Geoff

[Geoff Ward]

.

[Geoff Ward]

'

[Geoff Ward]

`

[Geoff Ward]

-

[Geoff Ward]

\

[nickn]

May I ask who did the polish?

[b-m-n_animal]

Acid polish that's a shame if I remember rightly they might not send it for Shinsa and I think the acid doesn't stop eating at the blade .

looks like it's had the Nakago cleaned as well. is the sword more strait than curved? if so it might be A Shinto blade (1648-1852)

[nickn]

acid doesnt keep eating into a blade or any other metal once applied
simple chemistry
if it did ,as the japanese use acid to check for the hamon, all swords would have rotted away!
nice hada but the blade has quite a few kizu which is a shame

[Geoff Ward]

You are correct Nick, quite a bit of Kizu.My main goal of the polish was to have a
study piece that would cover a wide variety of traits both good and bad so I could begin to educate myself on hand forged blades. I think with what the polisher had to start with he did a really Great job.
Here are a few pics of the work in progress. Thanks,Geoff

[Geoff Ward]

.

[DanielSvensson]

Geoff, please let us know the name of the polisher. I can assure you I have no intention starting a witch hunt but it sure looks like an acid polish. I hope some of the more experienced members will slap me and say Ayasugi Hada but somehow i doubt it. These things are very important for the community to know.

Kind Regards
Daniel

[nickn]

It's just a heavy hadori polish

[zts]

polish is very good.

[nickn]

Nice hada
Do you have any before photos?