Kanetsune

兼常 (Kanetsune)

Lineage: the signature does not state the generation

A name used by smiths of Seki in Mino; Seki Kanetsune is listed as yoki-wazamono in the 1797 Kaihō Kenjaku.

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Kanetsune (兼常) is a name used by smiths of Seki in Mino. The Kaihō Kenjaku, the ranking of blades by cutting quality published in 1797 by the Yamada house, which carried out the shogunate's cutting tests, counts Seki Kanetsune (関兼常) among the fifty yoki-wazamono, the third of its four grades.

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Rank 63

Kanetsune

Kotō (up to 1596) · Mino · 74.6 cm · In shirasaya Available

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon

€9,280

Points: 152.1 points · current max. 255
Rank 293

Kanetsune

Kotō (up to 1596) · Mino · 72 cm · In shirasaya Available

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon

€14,650

Points: 88.2 points · current max. 255

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