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JAPANESE KATANA.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 900.00 USD
JAPANESE KATANA.
Overall length: 37 1/2". Blade length: 26". Temper line is difficult to discern but appears to be straight. Copper habaki. Shinogi zukuri blade signed “NOSHU SEKI JU TANIGAWA ISSHIN SAKU” also has a Seki stamp. Iron tsuba w/ a single cherry blossom piercing. Iron menuki depicting quivers of arrows. Fuchi & kashira are iron w/ a seashell design. Black lacquered saya. CONDITION: blade has a good polish w/ some scattered minor staining. Tsuka ito is worn but intact. Saya is worn w/ some chips to the finish. An ashi & sarute have been attached for WWII use. (02-15117/BF). $600-900.