Description: Lots Photos below under the description A beautiful strong & powerful very-thick long Shinshinto Katana ! Signed & dated, Ubu/uncut or un-shortened + Horimono Bohi / groove & Sohei-hi on both side Paper/certificate : NBTHK-Tokubetsu Hozon + Original Torokucho Japanese prefecture registration card A powerful massive wide & very-thick Katana at 31" or 78.7 cm in cutting edge School : Bizen Signed : Bizen Osafune shi Yokoyama Kaga-no Suke Fujiwara Tomo-no Shin Sukenaga Monji Nagahiro Dated : A lucky day in February during the 2nd-year of Genji = February 1865 Please look photos carefully its A beautiful killer sword & not a piece junk = Its A Killer beast ! Shape : Shinogi-zukuri, with A very attractive strong & powerful shape ! Nagahiro rated Chujo-Saku in Fujishiro page 187, & listed in many other major books..... Nihon Shinto Jiten "Harry G. Afu Watson" the English translation of Fujishiro page 89. Nagahiro was in the famous Kaga no suke Sukenaga Mon/group, Head of the group Bizen Sukenaga. Nagasa / cutting edge : 31" or 78.3 cm & razor sharp !Tang : 12-3/16" or 30.8 cmTotal blade length : 43-3/16" or 108.3 cm Blade thickness at the habaki notch : 9.5 mmWidth at the habaki : 1-3/8"+ or 3.5 cmWidth at yokote : 15/16" or 2.4 cmChu-Kissaki / point : 2" or 5.1 cm Sori / curve : 1/2" or 1.3 cm Hamon : A beautiful well executed Gunome with long Ashi on both side with a strong long-point with A strong big Boshi / turn-back on both side. Hada / grain : A fine well forged fine Itame mix with Nie, & the blade exhibit some beautiful activity within. Blade condition : in very-clean full polish, very-healthy with no-flaw/no-Kizu ! Simply A beautiful very thick & powerful strong massive wide blade ! Bare-Blade weight : 1172 grams alone with no Habaki Mounts / Koshirai Blade rest in A first class new Shirasaya with it's old-original copper habaki& + with it's original very nice & quite attractive old Edo Koshirai circa-1865 Mounts, simply generally clean, quite very-nice & attractive, & original to the blade ! All in good condition with just some minor wear & tare from age & use as expected,but the whole condition for that age is truly excellent with no problem of any kind ! Nothing is falling-apart, simply all together truly just-solid & very-sound ! A Good & very-nice quite attractive mounts with A long strong & powerful gorgeous blade in it ! Any other question please ask, my description is honest & very accurate, perfectly as described & exactly as shown in the pictures below, & so enjoy in the auction ! Terms & condition : The high bidder is required to confirm their winning bid(s) within 1 days/24 hrs & make full payment within 2 days. Shipping & handling USA shipped via USPS Express-mail $175 & fully insured. For oversea shipped via USPS Express-mail & fully insured $250 Lots of Photos below ! A Gorgeous & powerful Shinshinto Katana ! NBTHK Tokubetsu-Hozon Et voila !
Price: 11500 USD
Location: Rego Park, New York
End Time: 2025-02-02T13:04:19.000Z
Shipping Cost: 175 USD
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Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Primary Material: Iron
POLISH: IN FULL POLISH, VERY HEALTHY & NO FLAW !
Paper / certificate: NBTHK TOKUBETSU-HOZON
Color: Mix
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
Region of Origin: Japan
MOUNTS / KOSHIRAI: FULL ORIGINAL OLD KOSHIRAI MOUNTS
Maker: BIZEN OSAFUNE SHI YOKOYAMA NAGAHIRO
Age: 1865
