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JAPANESE KATANA.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
JAPANESE KATANA.
Overall length: 37 1/4". Blade length: 26". Blade has a wavy hamon & has a dragon cut into 1 side w/ what appears to be a comet. The other side has a few curved lines cut in. Brass habaki. Iron tsuba showing a dragon design. There is 1 seppa below & 2 above the tsuba. Nakago has a 9 character signature & 1 mekugi-ano. Tsuka has matching dragon motif fuchi & kashira. Menuki appears to be bamboo leaves. White same w/ green tsuka-ito. Saya is leather covered wood w/ a brass ring. CONDITION: blade shows some minor discoloration & appears to have been improperly sharpened. Tsuka shows light wear w/ some staining. Saya has scuffs to the leather. (02-15183/BF). $400-600.