Lot 651 Dα

Tanto. 19th century

Blade length: 23.8 cm, hira zukuri, iori mune, ko-itame hada ni nagare hada, suguha hamon with chikei and sunagashi. Boshi: hakikake with kaeri. Nakago: ubu with one mekugi-ana ending in ha-agari kurijiri, mumei.

Koshirae: 19th/20th century, aikuchi mounting with fuchi-kashira, koiguchi and kojiri in silver, decorated with a cloud motif. Together with a brass kozuka and a kogai. Menuki in the shape of a dragon. The wide ribbed saya lacquered dark grey, black binding over same.
Total length: 48.5 cm