Kanetsune Matagi Hunter?

[nozh2002]

(Hope moderator will not move it to Gallery just because I put a lot of pics in all my posts.)

Kanetsume Matagi Hunter.
Laminated blade - Clay or Waricomi (which for some reason here called San Mai, but I never hear this term in Japan) with Aogami in core. Blade - 4 27/32" x 29/32" x 11/64" convex grind (again Japanese use best grind for each purpose - for hunter it is convex grind - no this one side grind for tactical and hunters noncense). Very nice looking knife and comfortable.

http://playground.sun.com/~vasya/Kanetsune-Matagi-Hunter-3-002.jpg

Have some questions:
1. On the sides there is some pattern looks like imitation of hand hammering. Is it imitation or some special technic? (I don't really like imitations of any sort)
2. This knife kind of traditionall hunter, I saw similar in Kukihade shop in Yokohama

http://playground.sun.com/~vasya/Kanetsune-Matagi-Hunter-3-010.jpg

but with Sumonogashi. Does somebody know more about this kind of knives?

Japanese very carefull about their history, should be some kind of hundreds years design. Guard is made as a ring and did not hide wooden handl near blade. Handle and sheas covered by cherry bark (sacura?).

http://playground.sun.com/~vasya/Kanetsune-Matagi-Hunter-3-004.jpg

http://playground.sun.com/~vasya/Kanetsune-Matagi-Hunter-3-006.jpg

http://playground.sun.com/~vasya/Kanetsune-Matagi-Hunter-3-012.jpg

Thanks, Vassili.

 

[nozh2002]

Nobody knows? Looks like traditional design...

more pics here: http://playground.sun.com/~vasya/Kanetsune-Matagi-Hunter-3.html

Thanks, Vassili

 

[Cougar Allen]

(Hope moderator will not move it to Gallery just because I put a lot of pics in all my posts.)

If you had enough sense to put your posts with a lot of bloated pix that take forever to download in the Gallery in the first place, the moderators wouldn't have to move them for you.

Or you could learn what the "save for web" option is for, or you could post a link to the pix instead of putting them in the thread, or you could post just one or two pix with links to the others....

 

[nozh2002]

Or you could learn what the "save for web" option is for, or you could post a link to the pix instead of putting them in the thread, or you could post just one or two pix with links to the others....

OK. I did not know about this rule - it is not obvious.

Thanks, Vassili.