1259 JAPANESE KATANA.

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This item SOLD at 2024 Feb 11 @ 12:39UTC-5 : EST/CDT
Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 175.00 USD
Estimated at 350.00 - 500.00 USD
Overall length: 39 1/4". Blade length: 27 5/8”. A 1945, very late war, shin-gunto katana with a machine-made blade stamped “207745” and a brass habaki. There is one seppa below the plain iron tsuba. Matching iron fuchi & kabuto-gane. Wooden tsuka with crosshatched lines. Iron saya with drag & single suspension ring. CONDITION: blade is excellent for a late war example. Tsuka shows light wear, and saya shows light wear with some oxidation & paint loss. (02-21251/BF). $350-500.