Cutting Tests

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Kunitsuna ‘live’ cutting test katana

Koto period Sukesada wakizashi (w/ 1 & 2 body cutting test) Nicknamed- “Unrivalled sword for the end of days”

Yukihiro 2 body cutting test katana with Tanzan sayagaki

Koto Kanefusa KATANA, dated August 1566 AD. W/ 2 Body cutting test; Sayagaki by Tanzan, Tanobe Michihiro sensei

Hizen Saga ju KUNIHIRO w/ cutting test. Sayagaki by Kunzan - Dr Homma, Published: Kanto Hibi Sho by Dr Homma.

Hizen Yukihiro 2 & 3 gold inlay cutting test with Tanzan (Tanobe Michihiro sensei) sayagaki - now for sale

Yoshitake

Tadahiro

Kazusa Kaneshige

Kazusa Kaneshige

Kazusa Kaneshige

Yoshikane

Yasutsugu

Ny?d? Minamoto Ipp?

Magoroku Kanemoto

Kazusa Kaneshige

Hizen Masahiro

Nobuyoshi

Tsuguhira

Tadayoshi

Juyo Yasusada

Suketoshi

Tsuguhiro

Tsuguhiro

Fujiwara Sukechika

Kunikiyo

Yoshitake

Munehiro

Kunimura

Juyo Kaneshige, Kanetsune, Hojoji Masateru w/ three separate cut tests. Named Raiden (God of thunder and lightning) published Shinto taikan...

Yasusada 3 body

Yasusada 4 body