Kantei #5 -- Posted February 2010

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Length: 70.3 cm
Sori: 2.2 cm
Motohaba: 2.95 cm
Sakihaba: 2.1 cm
Kissaki Length: 4.5 cm
Nakago Length: 21.0 cm
Nakago Sori: 0.2 cm

Keijo: Shinogi-zukuri, iori mune, broad mihaba, minimal difference between the motohaba and sakihaba, thick kasane, with deep sori, elongated chu-kissaki.

Kitae: Tight ko-itame with a hint of large mokume in the lower half. Thick ji-nie. Fine, abundant chikei. The steel is clear.

Hamon: Gunome mixed with choji. Long ashi inserted. Wide nioi, with thick nie, and some coarse nie here and there. Sunagashi thoughout with nie suji (nie forming lines), kinsuji, and small tobiyaki mixed in the yaki-kashira (heads of the choji). The nioi-guchi is bright.

Boshi: Suguba with a deep round return, and hakkake.

Nakago: Ubu, kurijiri, kessho o-sujikai yasurime, one mekugi ana.

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