Japanese Edo Samurai Sword Great Hamon Long Wakizashi & Edo KOSHIRAE
Swordsmith signature : Bicchu Kuni Mizuta Kunishige
1600's : early Edo period (Both blade and Koshirae)
Description
Japanese Edo Samurai Sword Great Hamon Long Wakizashi & Edo KOSHIRAE
Swordsmith signature : Bicchu Kuni Mizuta Kunishige
1600's : early Edo period (Both blade and Koshirae)
Blade Shapes : Shinogi zukuri
Great Hamon : Larag Gunome midare
Jihada : mokume hada
Hamon : Large Gunome midare (Great)
Blade material : Tamahagane (玉鋼)
It is Beautiful and Very sharped because an expert has polished it recent year.
Please check them out with photographs.
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KOSHIRAE (Edo period)
Wooden TSUKA Shark skin
MENUKI : Copper, FUCHI : Iron, KASHIRA : Iron (Dragon).
HABAKI : Copper.
4 SEPPA : Copper
TSUBA : Iron
Wooden lacquered SAYA, KOJIRI : Iron (Dragon).
SAYA has several antique signs.
However, is no problem to use.
Please check them out with photographs.
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with Sword bag
and Copy of Japanese cultural registration paper (torokusho).
Size
Koshirae 840 mm / 32.7 inch
Blade Length (Nagasa) 596 mm / 23.5 inch
Nakago + Nagasa 764 mm / 30.1 inch
Blade Width (Motohaba) 29 mm / 1.14 inch
Blade Carve (Sori) 16 mm / 0.63 inch
Blade Thick (Motokasane) 6.0 mm / 0.23 inch
Blade weight 545 g / 19.2 oz
Total weight (Koshirae & Blade) 1007 g / 35.5 oz