Moro hilt, a question of region.

[Gavin Nugent]

Originally Posted by mross

Gav,
Nice blade. I have a predilection to Kamps and have several, three being of the smaller variety. I did not see any sizes listed, must have missed it, but based on the photo it looks like what I call a boys KP. Judgeing from the handle I would say the son of a very high status person. As to the tag, from the Nihonto world; buy the sword not the story.
Michael

Absolutely Michael,

I didn't even want the story involved in this forum posting but the do gooders and evil lurkers of the world insisted on making there own postings and involving a provenance written on a tag, certainly made for interesting reading but not where I wanted the discussions to go, kind of clouded the sword.
Far too large for a boy, this is massive at over 45inches, the norm being approx 38-39inches in my experience.
I'd be interested to know why at such a size you consider it for a boy?


Gav

[mross]

Originally Posted by freebooter

Absolutely Michael,

I didn't even want the story involved in this forum posting but the do gooders and evil lurkers of the world insisted on making there own postings and involving a provenance written on a tag, certainly made for interesting reading but not where I wanted the discussions to go, kind of clouded the sword.
Far too large for a boy, this is massive at over 45inches, the norm being approx 38-39inches in my experience.
I'd be interested to know why at such a size you consider it for a boy?


Gav

Gav,
My bad. Like I said I did not see a size posted, probably missed it. But took a size joke the wrong way and the picture made it look short. No, 45 inches is definitly NOT for a boy. That's a monster. Sorry for the mix up.