A carpenter tools smith "Sekido Teruhide" made a sword

Sunobe blade (Non-traditional, modern steel)

blade length 60.0cm

"Sekido Mitsunobu (seal)"
The blade has many small wounds and scratches that came from battle.
The hamon pattern is well organized gunome.

Near the tang


At the middle part


The mount is Japanese Navy sword in WWII, but some fittings on the scabbard have disappeared.

An information about "Sekidou Mitsunobu" => http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/teruhide.htm
I have never seen or heard he made traditional blades. I wonder if he made only sunobe blades during WWII.
The Sekido had been a famous sword smith school in old days, but they turned to a carpenter tools smith meeting the ending of samurai age. Then they got a big fame in their new field.



A Blade of wood plane made by Sekido Teruhide
A sample of Japanese style wood plane.

 
The blade made by Sekido Teruhide and the wood box. The letters on the box also are written by him self.
 
Sekido school is very famous in old carpenters. Tools made by Teruhide are far more expensive than his swords.
This plane blade is around 500,000.yen now.
19cm x 11cm