27-5/8" YASUKUNI SHRINE GENDAITO YASUNORI 1943 - Japanese Samurai Sword Katana

Description

40 photos below just under the description
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Exceptional & Superb Rare
Yasukunito
Specimen !
A long WW2 Yasukuni Shrine Gendaito Katana
By Kotani Yasunori, dated A lucky day March 1943
In A beautiful first class high-grade WW2 Shingunto mounts
Rare at 27-5/8"
or
70.2 cm of Cutting-edge
Paper
/
certificate :
NBTHK Tokubetsu-Hozon
Not too many gendaito's are getting Tokubetsu Hozon,
the high level-paper are
attesting the authenticity of the signature
& it's high quality of workmanship !
Signed :
Yasunori
Beautiful well made Tang
/
Nakago & dated :
A Lucky-day in March 1943
Yasunori page 190 in John Scott Slough Gendai book
Hand forged & water tempered !
Shape :
Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa
/
cutting edge :
27-5/8"
or
70.2 cm
Tang :
8-3/8"
or
20.3 cm
Total blade length :
36"
or
90.5 cm
Blade thickness at the habaki notch :
6.9 mm
Width at the habaki :
1-1/4"
Width at Yokote :
7/8"
Kissaki
/
point :
1-3/16"
Deep & graceful Sori
/
curve :
7/8"
Hamon :
A very attractive well executed
Gunome midare-ba with A thick nio-guchi mix lots of Nie,
kissaki
/
point :
A
beautiful full strong
boshi
/
turn-back on both side.
Hada
/
grain :
A fine well forged Ko-Itame mix, & the blade exhibit some beautiful activity within.
Blade condition :
original & untouched generally
very-clean first minty
polish
& very-
healthy !
No kizu, no crack
/
hagire, no bend, no blister, no chip, no opening, no ware
just mix with some very minor tiny scuff
/
scratches/rubbing at few places
"
J
ust to
mention
"
,
but & otherwise absolutely nothing major & nothing further,
Simply & strictly the
blade is beautiful just very-
healthy
& untouched since day was made.
Simply & honestly that's truly A Killer & very rare Yasukunito S
pecimen
!
High
-grade WW2 Shingunto Mounts
Blade rest in it's full & original beautiful first class mounts
Beautiful good mounts all original to the blade from A to Z, beautiful & very-clean.
Good solid & clean Tsuka
/
handle with it's original WW2 wrap & good real same
/
skin
+ with A beautiful minty & very clean WW2 Tassel
"
Blue & brown
"
Good solid metal scabbard with no dent & the catch lock-pin works perfect
1 high-grade pierced Tsuba & 4 Seppa's
.
All
fittings
are matching # 103
The
whole
mounts are good & beautiful, solid & sound,
generally very-clean & in excellent condition,
just showing some minimal & minor normal wear & tare from age
& WW2 use with a nice patina !
Any other question please ask, my description is honest & very accurate,
perfectly as described & exactly as shown in the pictures below, & so enjoy !
Terms & condition :
the high bidder is required to confirm their winning bid(s) within 1 days
/
24 hrs
& make full payment within 2 days.
40 photos below !
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The Yasunori is below
( Swords above are not included )
Beautiful Yasukunito by Yasunori !