Seller:adessa2✉️(15,218)100%,
Location:Martinsdale, Montana, US,
Ships to: US,
Item:382303348371Antique Japanese Sword Koto Katana O'Suriage samurai. Koto katana in new full polish. New saya with black Japanese lacquer. New tsuka with dark blue silk ito. Edo period iron fuchi and kashira with gold and copper wire work. Edo period iron tsuba with gold wire work. Shakudo menuki. New copper habaki.
Blade; 26" long (C.E.), MotoHaba 1 5/16", SakiHaba 7/8", Sori 5/8". OAL with tsuka 35" Mounted in saya 37" Suguha hamon, maru boshi. Itame hada. Nakago is O'suriage and mumei. 2 mekugi ana.
Kizu; There is still minor small pits left in the skin that were too deep to remove entirely with out wearing away too much of the skin. There is some umegane in the shinogi also.
Overall it's an old sword that has been around a few hundred years. Not perfect but it's still here and is solid. Foreign buyers please check first, some countries I will ship to, others I can't.