It is shobu-zukuri shape with a very nice curve.
It has a beautiful wavy hamon - gunome-midare hamon and very good polish.
It has straight ITAME hada - grain.
It has a simple Honoki (Japanese magnolia wood) shirasaya scabbard.
The habaki is made out of copper with cat scratch pattern. It's a later date, probably early Edo.
It is a beautiful sword and a excellent piece of Japanese history.
It would be great to add to any Japanese antiques collection.
SIZE:
Whole length: 50 cm
Nagasa: blade length: 31 cm
Sori: about 0.8cm
Motohaba - width: about 2.9 cm
Sakihaba - width: about 2.7 cm
Weight: about 530 gr
SHIPPING:
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