1258 JAPANESE KATANA.

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This item SOLD at 2024 Feb 11 @ 12:38UTC-5 : EST/CDT
Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 175.00 USD
Estimated at 350.00 - 500.00 USD
Overall length: 38 1/2". Blade length: 27 1/2". An NCO grade shin-gunto katana with a machine-made blade featuring a full-length hi and numbered “93104”. There is a brass habaki and a plain iron tsuba with a single seppa above & below. Aluminum molded tsuka, with integral kabuto-gane, missing its sarute. There is a plain copper fuchi with Kokura Arsenal marks. Standard late war military iron saya, painted dark brown/green, with a drag and single suspension ring. CONDITION: blade has a good polish. Tsuka shows wear to the painted finish but no damage. Saya has scattered oxidation but no serious damage. (02-21192/BF). $350-500.