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Katana "Kunitsugu" in Koshirae

blade length 72.9cm, curvature 1.6cm, width at the base 31mm, thickness at the base 7mm, weight 740g
There is a groove on the both side.
 
The signature is,
"Minamoto Kunitsugu saku" (made by Minamoto Kunitsugu)
"Heisei 8 nen Ichigatsu kichijitsu" (1996 January lucky day)
 
The steel is a wood grain layer pattern.


 
The hamon is a choji pattern including sunagashi and kinsuji. The appearance may be attractive for beginners eye.

(Jump to => The hamon in kissaki)
 
Of course this is a real Japanese sword mede by the traditional method, but the quality is not high. And so is the polishing work
 
The habaki is silver.

 
Koshirae



The tsuba is a destroyed old one, and the other metal fittings are modern mass products. That is no worth to explain details. It is just a mount for use.
This sword is very suitable for cutting performance or iai practice.
 
There are a box and a letter from the smith to the orderer.

The letter says that the smith made this sword with incenseing and showering for ablution. But it is not a meaning, it is only by a strategy of his business.
500,000.yen
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The hamon pattern in kissaki is nijuba, komaru, hakikake (double temper line, small round turn back, sweeping pattern). The polishing work is not very good, so the hamon in kissaki is not seen very clear.