{"id":467,"date":"2012-01-18T14:36:14","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T19:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?p=467"},"modified":"2012-02-04T16:10:14","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T21:10:14","slug":"wakizashi-kuni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?p=467","title":{"rendered":"Wakizashi &#8211; Minamoto Kuni Yoshi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This wakizashi is stored in a beautifully carved shira saya and is signed by the maker; Minamoto Kuni Yoshi. The blade is very unique as it has two sides finished completely different from one another. One side of the blade, mei side, has 1 Wide and 1 narrow long groove the entire length of the blade. The other side has two short grooves, 1 wide and 1 narrow and a sanscrit character in the middle of the blade. The hamon has wide billowing semi-circles with a lot of activity. Each side of the blade displays different kissaki as well as blade surface construction This may be a result of a sword smith contest or sample of his sword making techniques.The blade length along the cutting edge is 16 inches.\u00a0 More research on the history of the blade will follow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?attachment_id=683\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-683\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"683\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?attachment_id=683\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/P3240032-Medium.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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The blade is very unique as it has two sides finished completely different from one another. 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