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Larry's Swords and Fittings for sale list July 2014


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Larry's Swords and Fittings for sale list July 2014

 

 

1. Samurai Mounted Kuni Suke wakizashi. 16 1/8 CE Signed: Kawachi no kami Kuni Suke, no date. Working in the Shinto period circa 1624. Tight ko itame to muji hada. The hamon is Fist shaped choji. Hamon is done in fine tight ko nie. No flaws. 75% polish no pitting and all lines are straight and true. Black lacquered saya, 2 5/8 x 2 1/4 oval iron tsuba with gold and copper floral design around 1/3 of circumference. textured copper fuchi with flying crane in applied gold over marsh grass in applied gold and silver. Good quality large knob same, missing menuki, kashira and ito. High quality copper habaki. $4500.00

2. Shinto period Wakizashi with unusual grooves. Mounted in Shira saya. 21 inch cutting edge, midare hamon in nioi, itame hada, 2 large grooves per side. The top groove is wide and extends about 1/3 the length of the blade, the second (bottom) groove is not much smaller in width than the top groove and goes halfway down the length of the sword. One hole in the nakago. Plain copper habaki. Polish is about 50% Signed Yamashiro Kuni Ju Fujiwara Nori sada (Made by Nori Sada from Yamashiro province and from the Fujiwara clan) This Nori Sada was working in 1673. Overall condition is very good plus. $1150.00

 

3. Koto period Te Yari – Hand Spear: Te Yari is signed and mounted. It has a 9 inch nakago and 5.5 inch head. No flaws and in 95+% old polish. Midare hamon in nioi. Signed Suke Fusa, he was working in 1573. Of the ones listed he is the only one which is listed as using a 2 kanji signature. 15 pts in Hawley. This piece is mounted in deluxe mountings and has the saya for the Yari. Overall condition is excellent plus. $1750.00

 

4. Long Shin Shinto period katana: 31 7/8 inch CE gunome choji midare hamon in nioi. Signed: Owari Ju Katayama Minamoto Katsu Shige Saku Dated: Keio Moto Nen - First year of Keio - 1865. Ko itame hada. Only has saya, 75% polish . $7850.

 

5. Fantastic NTHK npo papered Shin Gunto mounted Yokoyama Suke Naga katana: 26 3/8 in CE, graceful tachi shape. Choji midare hamon in nioi, perfect ko itame to muji hada. No flaws. Signed: Yokoyama Kaga no Suke Fujiwara Suke Naga. Dated in August of 1838. Suke Naga was one of the premier smiths of the Shin Shinto times. Mounted in deluxe shin gunto mounts with the best leather combat cover I have ever seen. (after 40 years of collecting it takes a lot for me to say that) Polish is 98% Overall condition is Excellent plus. Received 78 points at NTHK npo Shinsa. A flawless beautiful sword. $15,500.

 

 

 

6. Gendaito by the 2nd Generation Minamoto Yoshichika: 26 3/8 inch cutting edge, gunome hamon in nioi, with grooves, muji hada. No flaws of any kind and in good polish - 98% or better. 1 seppa does not have serial numbers - a replacement and was on backwards. Had to be or the hole for the release would be in the wrong place. All other parts and the Nakago has the serial number 252. Condition - blade is excellent, fittings are low excellent. Signed: Nidai Minamoto Yoshichika saku kore. He made swords in the style of his father but did not make a lot of swords. This is an excellent example of his work. $1950.00

 

7. Early Shinto Period circa 1600 Boys Day Sword: 17 1/2 inch CE, Midare hamon in nioi with some nie, Masame Itame mix, unsigned, silver foil habaki with rain pattern, 2 seppa are gold foil and 2 are shakudo, good quality 2 3/8 x 2 1/8 inch shakudo nanako tachi style tsuba with 4 heart cut outs, Fuchi/kashira are silver, Dark green ito and no menuki. The tachi style saya is red and black lacquered with silver fittings. Condition of polish is 60%, overall condition is very good plus. This is a first class example of a Boys Day Sword. $950.00

 

 

Fittings

1. Earliest Edo period Iron 3 1/8 inch diameter tsuba, NTHK papered. Applied shakudo mimi, large heart cutouts around circumference of tsuba. 2 hitsu-ana. In excellent plus condition. $950.00

 

2. Shin - Shinto period matched fuchi/kashira: Signed: Tokuya Yasuchika, Mito, Hitachi province. 1825 - 1850. Nanako is in the late Goto style. Both pieces are of high quality shakudo, The Fuchi has first quality nanako background and figures reading a scroll. The detail is incredible down to the eyes and hair and pattern on their clothes. Tree branches finish out the design. The kashira is shakudo and the background is smooth with extremely detailed figures reading a scroll. Condition excellent plus. $650.00

 

3. Shinto period iron Jakushi tsuba. 3 1/8 b y 2 3/4 inch. NBTHK Green paper. 2 open hitsu-ana. Textured iron plate with raised mountain and village scenes highlighted in gold and shakudo. Condition is Excellent plus to mint. $925.00

 

4. Komai Tsuba: 3 x 2 3/4 inch round tsuba x 3/16 in. thick. A very good example of Komai work applied to a copper tsuba of a rich brown color, and a shakudo mimi. This work is normally seen on decorative vases and cigarette cases from the middle-late nineteenth and early twentieth century’s. This is only the second example of this that I have seen over the past forty years of collecting. Excellent condition and color. 7.7 cm x 7.2 cm., 3 in. x 2 ¾ in. $925.00

 

For pictures and more information write: lklahn@aol.com

 

Larry Klahn

123 South 6th St.

La Crosse, WI 54601

PH: 608-784-9900

Email: lklahn@aol.com

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