K254 Japanese sword wakizashi in shirosaya mountings "Sadayuki", NTHK paper

Description

This is a Japanese sword
wakiza
shi
in
shirosaya
mountings.  The blade is signed "Echizen ju Mutsu-no kami Fujiwara Nobusada 越前住, 陸奥守藤原信貞",
shinogi-zukuri
shape, Edo period ca. 1670 era made blade.
It came with NTHK Kanteisho paper, submitted on 3, Feb, 1980.     The blade is in old full polish, no rust, no stain and in mint condition.     The temper line is wavy
gunome-choji
with
konie
active temper pattern and has deep temper at the point.      The forging grain is tight
itame-hada
,
no openings, no blister and no forging flaws
.     There is no bend, no nick, no crack and cutting edge is razor sharp.      The blade is rested in ho-wood
shirosaya
mountings with gold foiled double
habaki
, no crack, no dent and in
good condition.
It measures 20+3/4" cutting edge, 1+1/16" width, 5 mm thickness at the notch and 29+1/2" in mountings.     Shipping is priority in U.S.   No international shipping.    Payment due with in 3 days auction end.