2571 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE KATANA.

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This item SOLD at 2022 Aug 31 @ 16:24UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT
Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 125.00 USD
Estimated at 250.00 - 400.00 USD

Overall length: 39". Blade length: 28". Blade has a light, but perceptible, irregular hamon. Gilded brass habaki. Iron tsuba. Iron tsuba w/ brass inlay. 1 Seppa above & below the tsuba. Tang is unsigned & has a single mekugi-ano. Matching fuchi & kashira. Black tsuka ito w/ white same. Bronze menuki appear to be sea monsters. Saya has a black leather covering w/ a layered, brown, textured leather top. A black cord wrap is tied around the top of the saya. CONDITION: blade was possibly incorrectly sharpened during its life. The edge has a nick & corresponding oxidation. Tsuka shows moderate wear overall as does the saya. (02-16972/BF). $250-400.