Sword blade points

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Clay is smeared over the edge of the blade before the final forging. Afterwards the clay is removed and the haemon, cloud pattern is revealed.

The haemon, cloud pattern can be seen on the topmost of these blade points, ref a).

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-117-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1956.634
• Date: 15th century
  17th century
  1828
  19th century
  a)17th century b)15th century c)1828
  
• Material: Scabbard, tachi
  Sword
  Sword
  Tachi / sword
  
• Dimensions: 30.00" L
  33.50" L
  36.00" L
  39.50" L
  
• What: Scabbard, tachi
  Sword
  Sword
  Tachi / sword
  
• Subject: Weapons / swords and daggers
  Weapons / swords and daggers
  Weapons / swords and daggers
  Weapons / swords and daggers
  
• Who:
• Where: Japan
  Japan
  Japan
  Japan
  
• Event:
• Description: Sword, with curved steel blade half double-edged, and a shark skin hilt with bronze mounts chased with sea-dragons: Japan, 1828
  Tachi or sword, with curved pointed tempered single-edged steel blade, a ray-skin hilt bound with silk cords, two gilt memuki, and a tsuba of dark alloy: Japan, 17th century
  Tachi scabbard of wood, decorated with a dragon on nashi-ji lacquer, dark alloy mounts, and flat silk suspension cords: Japan, 19th century
  Sword, with a curved single-edged steel blade, an ornamental guard, and a fish-skin hilt wrapped with black silk cord: Japan, 15th century
  
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