Antique Japanese & World Weapons AUG. 29th
Lot 37:
Nice Showa period Japanese KATANA Sword ~ KANEHIRO SAKU ~ in Civilian Tachi Mounts. Nice brass furniture with chiseled foliage and gold inlaid trimming, tip of the scabbard replaced. Early iron tsuba and a very nice pair of large copper beast menukies. Mounted with a powerful blade showing strong active Hamon to the entire tip and around it to the spine. Long tang bearing a signature of a famous Showa smith Kanehiro Saku. Total Length in Scabbard – 38 3/8" Blade Length (along the spine, from Habaki notch to the tip) – 25 1/4"
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