The Musashi-Masamune – One blade, four oshigata









Picture 3: oshigata of the Musashi-Masamune





Picture 5: Two oshigata from the ura side.

9 thoughts on “The Musashi-Masamune – One blade, four oshigata

  1. Fascinating! I wonder, was the blade polished in-between some of these oshigata? That may explain differences for example as shown on the ura side, in the tip section: One of them may represent a slightly deeper layer, now exposed. On a finely layered sword, I’ve seen pattern layouts change quite a bit after some polish and I can imagine this even goes -to some extent- for the effects of the hardening.

    • I am positive that the blade was polished at least one time between these oshigata, that is, my most likely scenario would be an oshigata made from an old polish, then one right after it got polished, and one several decades later with a “new generation set of eyes” so to speak.

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