Antique Japanese & World Weapons AUG. 29th

Japanese Samurai WAKIZASHI Sword ~ Koto or Shinto era.

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Start price: $300

Estimated price: $600 - $900

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Japanese Samurai WAKIZASHI Sword ~ Koto or Shinto era. Large iron tsuba with chiseled decorations and traces of gold inlays, one-character signature near the tsuka. Fuchi-Kashira of copper with engraved bamboo shoots. The mekugi appears to be of steel and is likely a later replacement, unable to take it out thus unknown if the blade is signed.Total Length in Scabbard – 28 1/2" Blade Length (along the spine, from Habaki notch to the tip) – 15 3/4"