Some pics
I finally cleaned up and photographed the kastane. It's hard to photograph, but I've tried to show that there does appear to be a genuine (wootz like?) pattern to the blade. It's more "angular" than the wootz I've seen on the forum, so I don't know what to call it. But it doesn't appear to be pitting, since its unifom and I can't feel it as a texture. It would be my first wootz piece, if it is wootz, so I don't really know what I'm talking about here, but hopefully someone else will! Still a steal of a piece, I love it.
One other thing that's curious, though. The balance on the sword is a bit odd, since its center of balance seems to be exactly at the point where the blade becomes the ricasso. So its seems this sword at least was not meant for fighting.
Comments once again appreciated!
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