The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Japanese Sword Blade. The blade is unsigned and has a single fuller to each side to within 30 mm of the point. The polisher Kotoken Kajihara describes this blade in 1984 as "having a curvature of 1.2 cm with a Kissaki: Chu-Kissaki. Nakago: Ubu-Nakago. Jihada: Itame-Hada. Hamon: Choji-Midare. Boshi: Suguha, Nakamaru. Horimono: Bo-Hi on both sides of the blade". A modern silver double habaki has been fitted to the blade. It is contained in a plain shirasaya with Japanese characters on the front.
This blade is believed to be late Muromachi period (15th century) and made at the Sukesade School in the Bizen province.
Japanese sword blade. The tang is unsigned and is described in 1984 by the Japanese polisher Kotoken Kajihara as: "Shape: Shinogi-Zukuri, Length: 64.8 cm, Curvature: 2.5 cm, Kissaki: Sho-Kissaki, Nak
Japanese wakizashi blade. It is described by Kotoken Kajihara the Japanese polisher in 1984 as: "This sword blade has no fault. Both Jihada and Hamon are good. The inscribed signature on the tang was
Japanese sword blade. It is described by Kotoken Kajihara, the Japanese sword polisher in 1983, as: "Few swords made in the Kamakura era have Ubu-Nakago. This Tachi blade was, however, made at that ti
Japanese Wakizashi Sword Blade with a single peg hole in the tang and a two character signature. The Japanese polisher Kotoken Kajihara described this blade in 1983 as: "Jihada and Hamon are good. Swo
Japanese Katana Sword Blade. "This Katana appears to be a form of Kogarasumaru which is the oldest style of Japanese sword. It seems to have been made by a high-ranking swordsmith belonging to the Gas
Japanese katana sword blade. The Japanese sword polisher, Kotoken Kajihara noted in 1986 that: 'This particular work of SHIGETAKA was done in the second generation. Jihada is Mokume-hada and beautiful
