Wakizashi "Yamato-no-kami Yoshimichi" with excellent polish


blade length 54.6cm, curvature 1.1cm, thickness at the base 7.5mm, width 3.3cm
 
The tang

The signature "Yamato-(no)-kami Yoshimichi"
 
The steel is very fine with bright jinie (steel particles), and the layer pattern is a small wood grain.






 
The hamon is bright, made of konie (small particles) and some amount of nie (large particles). The hamon pattern is an aesthetic gunome and choji.






The polishing is by the classical style, and it is very excellent. The steel looks very clear, and the steel particles are very fine. The hamon is also clear. We don't find such a clearness on recent polishing. I wonder why present polishers don't make such work. This honest polishing shows that the blade is very high quality even the hamon pattern is an obstruction.
 
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