Japanese Samurai Sword Long WAKIZASHI full polish Great HAMON
Swordsmith signature : Bishu Osafune ju Sukesada
Production age : 1600s Momoyama Period
Description
Japanese Samurai Sword Long WAKIZASHI full polish Great HAMON
Swordsmith signature : Bishu Osafune ju Sukesada
Production age : 1600s Momoyama Period
It is Beautiful and Very sharped because an expert has polished it recent year.
Blade Shapes : Shinogi zukuri
Jihada : itame hada
Hamon : Choji midare (Great)
This blade has the features of the Great HAMON (Choji midare) of Sukesada.
Blade material : Tamahagane (玉鋼)
There are one kizu as you can see them in the photographs.
Please check them out with photographs.
HABAKI : Silver coat on copper base.
TSUKA & SAYA : Shirasaya
With Copy of Japanese cultural registration paper (torokusho).
Size
Koshirae (Shirasaya) 755 mm / 29.7 inch
Blade Length (Nagasa) 544 mm / 21.4 inch
Nakago + Nagasa 685 mm / 27.0 inch
Blade Width (Motohaba) 30 mm / 1.18 inch
Blade Carve (Sori) 14 mm / 0.55 inch
Blade Thick (Motokasane) 6.3 mm / 0.25 inch
Blade weight 543 g / 19.2 oz
Total weight (Koshirae & Blade) 859 g / 30.3 oz