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Jason Anstey · 3rd September 2007, 01:58 PM

Hi Jonng

It's an interesting piece worth a closer look.

Are you able to nock out the bamboo peg (meguki) and take a photo of the nakago (tang)

A photo of the mune (spine) of the blade will help and a photo of the horimono (engraving)

My initial thoughs are that it could be a kamakazi tanto, but it might be better than that.

Cheers

Jason

PS. Please forgive me for putting the Japanese terms if you already are familiar with the nomenclature.

3rd September 2007, 01:58 PM	#2
Jason Anstey Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 102	Hi Jonng It's an interesting piece worth a closer look. Are you able to nock out the bamboo peg (meguki) and take a photo of the nakago (tang) A photo of the mune (spine) of the blade will help and a photo of the horimono (engraving) My initial thoughs are that it could be a kamakazi tanto, but it might be better than that. Cheers Jason PS. Please forgive me for putting the Japanese terms if you already are familiar with the nomenclature. Last edited by Jason Anstey; 3rd September 2007 at 03:49 PM.