| Product No. TAN-0366 茂範 | |
|---|---|
| Mei |
Shigenori Back: On a Day in January 2008, the 20th of Heisei |
| Shape | Hirazukuri Iromimune |
| Era | Heisei Period |
| Length |
24.9 cm 9.8 in |
| Motohaba |
2.5 cm 1.0 in |
| Munekasane |
0.7 cm 0.3 in |
| Registration Authority | Kanagawa Prefecture |
| Registration Date | January 16, 2008 |
| Jihada (Metal pattern) | Ayasugi |
| Hamon (Temper line) | The broad suguha intertwined with the grain of Ayasugi wood |
| Bōshi (Point / Tip) | Hakikake |
| Nakago (Tang) | Ubu, Kattesagari file and a Kurijiri end |
| Mekugiana (Rivet holes) | 1 |
| Habaki | Copper base gold foil with file habaki |
Price |
300,000 JPY |
| This Swordsmith Ozawa Shigenori [小澤茂範] was born in 1967 and lives in Ashigarakami-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture. He is a disciple of Takano Yukimitsu [高野行光], a disciple of Ono Yoshimitsu [大野義光], and was licensed to make swords in 2005. He has received lots of awards for exhibitions at the Modern Sword Exhibition by the NBTHK, and is an up-and-coming swordsmith currently experimenting with traditional techniques such as so called 'hadaka-yaki' without tsuchioki. This tanto, by swordsmith Ozawa Shigenori, 42 years old, is a magnificent and ambitious work in which the ayasugi-hada is meticulously tempered. |
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