|
Post by xingyusword on Sept 23, 2023 6:25:38 GMT
Restored a commonly used unokubi zukuri blade for Tanto, but some people say it looks like shobu-zukuri, do you think? It is worth mentioning that this type is relatively difficult to master when used for long blades
|
|
|
Post by larason2 on Sept 24, 2023 4:52:53 GMT
It's not unokubi-zukuri, because it doesn't have a sharpened section on the spine. That means it's shobu-zukuri.
|
|
tera
Moderator
Posts: 1,659
|
Post by tera on Sept 24, 2023 16:21:57 GMT
Are you thinking of moroha-zukuri? The kissaki does look more like shobu-zukuri than unokubi-zukuri, but of the three I thought only moroha-zukuri had an edged mune.
|
|
|
Post by Arlequin on Sept 24, 2023 16:51:03 GMT
It's not unokubi-zukuri, because it doesn't have a sharpened section on the spine. That means it's shobu-zukuri. That's moroha, unokubi does not have a sharp mune. The blade is clearly unokubi, a nice example of one at that.
|
|
AndiTheBarvarian
Member
Bavarianbarbarian - Semper Semprini
Posts: 9,843
Member is Online
|
Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Sept 24, 2023 17:11:49 GMT
Shouldn't an unokubi have a shinogi zukuri or hira zukuri cross sektion on base and tip, outside the shobu part in the middle? To me this looks like a mixture of shobu and moroha. Not bad, it is what it is.
|
|
|
Post by larason2 on Sept 24, 2023 20:02:46 GMT
Arlequin I think you're mistaken. The unokubi (cormorant's neck) zukuri has a sharpened mune, like a naginata. The moroha (double edged) also has a sharpened mune, but the tip is pointed. The unokubi has a tip like the shobu zukuri, and overall is like it, except for the sharpened mune section.
|
|
|
Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Sept 24, 2023 22:58:16 GMT
looks like shinogi without the yokote to me
|
|
|
Post by randomnobody on Sept 24, 2023 23:35:06 GMT
Arlequin I think you're mistaken. The unokubi (cormorant's neck) zukuri has a sharpened mune, like a naginata. The moroha (double edged) also has a sharpened mune, but the tip is pointed. The unokubi has a tip like the shobu zukuri, and overall is like it, except for the sharpened mune section. I think you may be the mistaken one here. I have an antique naginata-naoshi wakizashi, and the mune is not sharpened at any point.
What makes a blade unokubi-zukuri is the transition into, and then back out of, the high-shinogi form associated with shobu-zukuri, while the rest of the blade some other sugata, be it shinogi-zukuri (more common) or hira-zukuri (not uncommon but less common).
I'm not sure I would consider this blade unokubi. To me it is a shobu-zukuri with koshi-bi. A very nice one, of course.
|
|