A naginata ... real or fake.

Klop · 30th November 2022, 07:00 PM

my 2 cents; the tang (nakago) seems to be shortened, ending square and I would expect it to be about the same length as the blade part. At the japanese sword forum Nihonto Message Board they have a translation help section, advice would be to post it there. Signatures often follow patterns, in this case possibly: Provence name -honorary title- smith name-"made by". Please let us know what it turns out to be

Oh, and maybe redundant; don't clean/sand/polish/whatever the nakago. Color and filemarks are indicators of age.

Kind regards,
Eric

fernando · 30th November 2022, 08:26 PM

Thank you Eric; will do. Someone is already helping me establish such contact.
And by the way; about the shortened tang:

http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/naginata.html

30th November 2022, 07:00 PM	#1
Klop Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 63	my 2 cents; the tang (nakago) seems to be shortened, ending square and I would expect it to be about the same length as the blade part. At the japanese sword forum Nihonto Message Board they have a translation help section, advice would be to post it there. Signatures often follow patterns, in this case possibly: Provence name -honorary title- smith name-"made by". Please let us know what it turns out to be Oh, and maybe redundant; don't clean/sand/polish/whatever the nakago. Color and filemarks are indicators of age. Kind regards, Eric

30th November 2022, 08:26 PM	#2
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Thank you Eric; will do. Someone is already helping me establish such contact. And by the way; about the shortened tang: http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/naginata.html