1443 JAPANESE SHIN-GUNTO KATANA

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This item SOLD at 2025 Aug 08 @ 14:46UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT
Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 200.00 USD
Estimated at 400.00 - 700.00 USD
Overall length: 39 3/4". Blade length 27 1/2". Nice heavy blade with a barely perceptible wavy hamon and a gilded brass habaki. There are 2 seppa above and below the classic 4 cherry blossom brass tsuba. The nakago has a single mekugi-ana with a 13 character signature on one side. Matching fuchi and kabuto-gane with copper 3 cherry blossom menuki. White same with dull brown tsuka-ito. Dark brown painted saya with gunto mounts. CONDITION: blade shows staining particularly at the tip, but generally is quite good and would benefit from a professional polish. Tsuba and saya show light wear. Tsuka-ito is dirty and same is mostly deteriorated. (02-23834-2/BF). $400-700.