September 10-12, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/12/2024
47.8cm nagasa (approx. 18 - 3/4") of shinogi zukuri form with a gentle notare hamon with mokume (burl) grain. Slightly larger than normal chu kissaki, possibly reshaped. Kirijiri nakago with 2 mekugi-ana, signed in two characters, illegible due to corrosion. Shakudo foil habaki and seppa. Tsuba with a nanako ground and foiled rim. Fuchi with golden flowers on a nanako ground, kashira en suite, and dragon menuki. Plain saya executed in a burnt ochre. CONDITION: Good, somewhat out of polish with some kizu and areas of rough polishing throughout. Mounts with some handling marks on saya, split at rear of koiguchi.