Talk:Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki/@comment-88.188.124.55-20160824101645/@comment-126.21.105.169-20160903092443

First of all thank you for this. I'll share what I know

on last May it was confirmed that the National Treasure Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki is indeed the blade Ryoma had used, the one he held when he was assassinated.

Here's the thing, Yoshiyuki DID have midare-ha, but his original hamon was pretty-much destroyed in a fire in Kushiro, Hokkaido around a century ago and was re-forged by the same smith to become the blade he is now, with a sugu-ha.

A little trivia I found out while digging around, Yoshiyuki was the mamorigatana of the Sakamoto family. It was believed that Ryouma had inherited Yoshiyuki from his brother Gonpei, via Satsuma-han then Nakaoka Shintarou, so the possibility that Ryouma had two blades is probably very thin.

Lately there's been a topic flowing around about how Yoshiyuki's old midare-hamon reappeared very subtly under his sugu-ha as it's been rather long since he was re-forged.

I hope this helps!