To tide me over…

These videos are very beautiful showing off a sword’s hamon and jihada (steel grain). I watch one three times a day 😑
 
I’ve bitten the bullet and decided to go and pick up my sword from Edinburgh before my busy period makes it difficult.

Next Tuesday, I’m taking the train, first class (@£500 and 8hours each way!) and staying in the beautiful, historic, Hilton Edinburgh Carlton which is in the centre of the old town and right next to Edinburgh Waverly Railway station. YOLO🤷🏾‍♂️
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Gyakuto said:
I’ve bitten the bullet and decided to go and pick up my sword from Edinburgh before my busy period makes it difficult.

Next Tuesday, I’m taking the train, first class (@£500 and 8hours each way!) and staying in the beautiful, historic, Hilton Edinburgh Carlton which is in the centre of the old town and right next to Edinburgh Waverly Railway station. YOLO🤷🏾‍♂️
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It looks as something out of a Bram Stoker story, probably haunted, as some kind “The Shining” place, good luck !
 
A lot of Edinburgh is gothic looking. This hotel was built in 1899, so not that old really.
 
Gyakuto said:
I’ve bitten the bullet and decided to go and pick up my sword from Edinburgh before my busy period makes it difficult.

Next Tuesday, I’m taking the train, first class (@£500 and 8hours each way!) and staying in the beautiful, historic, Hilton Edinburgh Carlton which is in the centre of the old town and right next to Edinburgh Waverly Railway station. YOLO🤷🏾‍♂️
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Can’t wait to see it!
 
The katana is called Sōhō Fūsetsu (双峰風雪) ;
  • 双峰 (Sōhō) — Twin Peaks - making reference to the twin, mountain-like peaks in the hamon.
  • 風雪 (Fūsetsu) — Wind and Snow -making reference to the whiteish colour of the hamon and the swirling 'mokume' grain in the steel.
Twin peaks—within wind and snow.

I feel this kind of name is very typical of classical Japanese naming, where meaning is layered rather than spelled out.
Twin Peaks (双峰)
These are your hamon's defining feature:
  • Two rising forms near the tip
  • Balanced, deliberate, almost symbolic
  • Like paired summits emerging from a ridge
In Japanese thought, paired peaks can suggest:
  • Duality in harmony
  • Balance (in/yo-duality)
  • A quiet sense of symmetry and control
Wind and Snow (風雪)
This is where the name becomes alive.
風雪 (fūsetsu) is a very classical compound. It appears in literature to describe:
  • Harsh mountain weather
  • Endurance through time
  • The passage of seasons
  • Beauty within austerity
In the blade:
  • The jihada becomes wind — subtle, swirling, never still
  • The hamon becomes snow — bright, settled, crystalline
Thevsteel contains motion and stillness at once.
Twin peaks standing—
through wind that never rests,
through snow that quietly endures.
Or more abstractly:
  • Form (peaks)
  • Movement (wind)
  • Stillness (snow)
All coexisting in a single object.

Sōhō Fūsetsu seems especially fitting for this sword because:
  • It is not just describing what you see
  • It expresses how the blade feels
A calm surface…
with motion beneath…
and two quiet summits rising through both.
 
Gyakuto said:
The katana is called Sōhō Fūsetsu (双峰風雪) ;
  • 双峰 (Sōhō) — Twin Peaks - making reference to the twin, mountain-like peaks in the hamon.
  • 風雪 (Fūsetsu) — Wind and Snow -making reference to the whiteish colour of the hamon and the swirling 'mokume' grain in the steel.
Twin peaks—within wind and snow.

I feel this kind of name is very typical of classical Japanese naming, where meaning is layered rather than spelled out.
Twin Peaks (双峰)
These are your hamon's defining feature:
  • Two rising forms near the tip
  • Balanced, deliberate, almost symbolic
  • Like paired summits emerging from a ridge
In Japanese thought, paired peaks can suggest:
  • Duality in harmony
  • Balance (in/yo-duality)
  • A quiet sense of symmetry and control
Wind and Snow (風雪)
This is where the name becomes alive.
風雪 (fūsetsu) is a very classical compound. It appears in literature to describe:
  • Harsh mountain weather
  • Endurance through time
  • The passage of seasons
  • Beauty within austerity
In the blade:
  • The jihada becomes wind — subtle, swirling, never still
  • The hamon becomes snow — bright, settled, crystalline
Thevsteel contains motion and stillness at once.
Twin peaks standing—
through wind that never rests,
through snow that quietly endures.
Or more abstractly:
  • Form (peaks)
  • Movement (wind)
  • Stillness (snow)
All coexisting in a single object.

Sōhō Fūsetsu seems especially fitting for this sword because:
  • It is not just describing what you see
  • It expresses how the blade feels
A calm surface…
with motion beneath…
and two quiet summits rising through both.
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So two boobies rising with the bra, I mean breath… not just described but felt. I like it. 😁
 
It arrived today having been bought on March 28th, posted on 19th May and the UPS started it’s unintelligible querying of this and that, with pdf forms an ordinary person has difficulty completing electronically, unhelpful email responses etc etc. As soon as I paid the £101 fees and import tax, it appears the next day 🙄

Things are becoming increasingly troublesome when buying swords from Japan and mainly due to UPS. 🤷🏾‍♂️
 
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