1252 JAPANESE KATANA.

SOLD
750.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2024 Feb 11 @ 12:35UTC-5 : EST/CDT
Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 200.00 USD
Estimated at 400.00 - 600.00 USD
Overall length: 39 3/4". Blade length: 27 1/4". A shin-gunto katana with a straight hamon and silvered brass habaki. Nakago has a single mekugi-ana and features a 7-character signature on one side and a 2-character signature on the other. There is also a 4-character, red painted signature at the end of the nakago. There are two seppa on either side of the classic gilded brass tsuba featuring four cherry blossoms on each side. Matching fuchi and kabuto-gane with original sarute. White same with mustard colored tsuka-ito. Gilded 3-cherry blossom menuki on each side. Standard military saya with matching koiguchi, semegane, & ishizuke. Saya body has a green/brown painted finish. CONDITION: blade has a nice polish with four small nicks in the edge adjacent to the habaki. Tsuka shows light wear overall with minor staining to the tsuka-ito. Saya shows moderate wear with some loss of finish and a few very minor dents. (02-21189/BF). $400-600.