Kantei
The point of a polished blade, with the undulating grain of the steel, on a dark blue cloth.

Photo: the smith himself

Suguha · notare · Sōshū

Work and style

Tachi, katana, kodachi, tantō and protective swords; since the Nikkō votive tachi, more suguha.

On this page
  1. His works, in his own words
  2. In the NBTHK catalogues
  3. The process, step by step
  4. At the forge

His works, in his own words

  • Tachi of 2021: broad mihaba, large kissaki and a bōhi running along it; very tight ko-itame jigane; a notare (湾れ) hamon with large and small gunome.
  • Tantō of 2019 for the exhibition of protective swords: kiriba-zukuri on the omote side and shōbu-zukuri on the ura, with an engraved ken and claws; ō-itame jigane mixed with ko-itame; a shallow notare with plenty of ko-nie, kinsuji and sunagashi. Conceived in the manner of Sōshū Sadamune.
  • Katana of 2017, 71.2 cm: normal shape, very fine ko-itame with abundant ji-nie, suguha with small ashi and a small, round bōshi (帽子).

He says that since the Nikkō votive tachi he makes more suguha and that he likes the Yamashiro tradition of Awataguchi. No copy of a particular sword is known by him.

In the NBTHK catalogues

  • Tachi 慎平作 (Shinpei saku) of February 2016: 78.2 cm, sori 2.8 cm, polished by 押田行廣 (Oshida Yukihiro) and with habaki and saya by 鷺谷政信 (Sagiya Masanobu). It is no. 11 in the Heisei no Meitō Meikōten catalogue (2019).
  • In the NBTHK catalogues: a 71.1 cm katana at the 2017 新作名刀展 (Shinsaku Meitōten) and, at the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten), a 74.5 cm tachi and a 30.0 cm tantō (2019); a 74.8 cm tachi (2020); a 71.6 cm tachi and a 22.2 cm tantō (2021); a 79.3 cm katana (2022); an 80.0 cm katana (2023); a 55.9 cm kodachi and a 26.8 cm tantō (2024); a 21.6 cm tantō (2025); a 75.9 cm tachi and a 25.6 cm tantō (2026).