Type (Tachi, Katana, Wakizashi, Tanto, Naginata, Other) : katana
Ubu, Suriage or O-Suriage : no
Mei : (Mumei, Signature) : seki-ju Kanematsu Kazunori saku, seki "acceptance" stamp; black-painted inventory (?) marks on reverse side
Papered or not and by whom? : not
Era/Age : 1937-1945
Shirasaya, Koshirae or Bare Blade? : tsuka (11") built, furnished, and silk-wrapped through Fred Lohman Co., horse-themed furniture from Fred Lohman; scabbard with horn fittings is of Chinese make. (The Hawei tsuba, round-horse-theme, is not included in the sale.)
Nagasa/Blade Length : 26" (nakago is a generous 8 3/4", great for an iai sword; one peg)
Sori : torii-zori
Hamon Type : gunome
Jihada : little is apparent
Other Hataraki Visible : little is apparent
Flaws :six tiny chips on edge, scattered pitting with a five-inch streak of pitting on the front side of the shinogi
Sword Location : University Park, Illinois
Will ship to : Negotiable
Payment Methods Accepted : Negotiable
Price and Currency : asking $1200, U.S.A., buyer pays shippinig
Other Info and Full Description :
This sword was gifted to me by a colleague whose grandfather had brought it back from service in W.W. II. It was in bad shape; included a cheap, black-painted scabbard with low-quality ashi, marked with in unreadable charcter in red paint (suggests it never left the arsenal until after the war?), with standard, middling-quality, army-style hilt furniture. Cleaned up pretty well. Cheap Chinese saya, polished sharkskin, horn fittings, with use scars. Silk sageo. Used lovingly for Sugawara Sogo Budo practice for 30 years.
Pictures: https://photos.app.goo.gl/4AauiBJfTekBeMAc7
