Item
#1256 |
| Price
USD
$6,500.00 |
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Description |
| A very nice signed, dated, papered Shin-Shinto blade with a very nice original Handachi koshirae.
The blade is in a very good full polish and is very healthy. The hamon is choji midare with a hada of itame.
The Handachi mounts are in very good condition. The blade has a cutting test and is accompanied with a NTHK-NPO kanteisho. Guaranteed to pass NBTHK Hozon if sent through us. |
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| Time Period |
| Late Edo P eriod - 1800's |
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| Signature |
Signed - 筑後久留米住宏綱作 - Chikugo Kurume ju Hirotsuna Saku
Dated - 天保十?年二月日 - Tenpo Ju?-nen Ni-gatsu Hi - Day in Febuary of the 10+ year of the Tenpo period
(February 1840-1848)
Test Cut - 脇毛 土段入 - Wakige Dodan Iri - "Wakige"(cut through both armpits), "Dodan Iri"(into the sand).
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| Dimensions |
Cutting
edge length - 26 inches (66 cm)
Sori - 0.61 inches (1.55 cm)
Width at hamachi - 1.23 inches (3.13 cm)
Kasane (thickness) - 0.32 inches (8.2 mm)
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