| Item
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S-14 |
| Price
USD
$8,500.00 |
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Description |
| Very rare katana signed
with 2 makers. Shimada Soshu smiths Yoshisuke and Hirosuke both signed
this blade and seems to be a joint effort. Shimada Yoshisuke is a
very well known smith that worked in the Soshu style. This blade has
a beautifully active hamon of nie-deki gunome midare with a gorgeous
hada of itame with lots of chikei. A ken horimono is cut into the
shinogi Soshu style and this blade looks like a copy of an older famous
Soshu blade. There are no flaws, but sword could use a professional
polish.If polished, this sword will be incredibly beautiful. The mountings
consist of a very rare and beautiful Higo mount. Higo original mountings
are very sought after in Japan as they are both very beautiful as
well as utilitarian. Very very good original cloud design lacquer
is in very good condition. Iron Higo fuchi kashira and kojiri are
original and in good condition design of kiri and karakusa. Menuki
are very nice dark deep shakudo dragons of very good quality. Tsuba
is also Higo, iron plate with gold and silver nunome zogan. Due to
the marks on the bottom of trhe seppadai, thistsuba looks to be that
of the famous Kamiyoshi Higo Kinko School. |
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