1180 SHIN-GUNTO KATANA.

SOLD
1,000.00USDto m*****L+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2024 Apr 15 @ 11:56UTC-4 : AST/EDT
Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 350.00 USD
Estimated at 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Overall length: 36 3/4". Blade length: 27 1/8". Blade has an irregular hamon and a silvered habaki. The nakago has a single mekugi-ana with a 7-character signature on one side and an 8-character signature on the other. Standard gilded 4-cherry blossom tsuba with two seppa on each side. Matching fuchi & kabuto-gane. White same with brown tsuka-ito and 3-cherry blossom menuki. Greenish brown saya with matching shin-gunto mounts. CONDITION: blade is in a very good polish but is quite dirty and has substantial dried grease. Tsuka shows light wear overall but has a single break to the tsuka-ito. Saya also shows light wear. (02-21847/BF). $700-1,000.