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Item: 100Gendai34 |
Signature: "Kasama
Ikkansai Shigetsugu saku"
and Date "Showa Ju-ichi Nen
Ni Gatsu Hi (A day February
of 1936)
Nagasa (Length):
26 1/8 inches,
Nakago: 8 1/2 inches,
Sori: 1.5 cm
1.5cm
Motokasane: .7 cm, Sakikasane:
.6 cm, Motohaba:
3.3 cm,
Sakihaba:
2.5 cm
Construction: Shinogi-Zukuri
Mune: Iori-Mune
Hamon:
Slightly slanted saka gunome
choiji
Kitae (Grain):
Fine itame close to muji.
Boshi: Maru
Mountings:
Completely original Shin-gunto
fittings with all matching
number "6".
Overall Condition:
Good condition with two
deep pittings, and a flaw in
vertical of the hamon. This
smith is in John Slough's
book "Modern Japanese
swordsmiths 1868-1945" page
160. This is a great item for
restoration project or study
piece of the high rated
smith in WWII.
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