30" SHINSHINTO KATANA SIGNED + HIGO MOUNT + NTHK Japanese Samurai Sword Tsuba

Description

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A beautiful strong wide massive & very thick long signed Shinshinto Katana
29-13/16" cutting edge + with a 12-1/15" Tang
Blade is mounted in full Higo Koshirai
/
Mounts
Blade in full professional polish, very healthy solid & very sound
=
no flaw
or
no Kizu !
Mounts
are Edo Higo fittings 19th century ca. 1850's
All complete from A to Z with nothing missing !
Blade Jidai (era) :
late-Edo 19th century & dated 1850's
Signed :
Doshu Ju Masamitsu Saku
Listed know Smith & raterd as well in Fujishiro
Paper
/
certificate
:
NTHK (Miyano Sensei group)
A beautiful & strong massive wide & thick  powerful Shinshinto Katana !
Blade weight :
bare blade alone with no habaki 1119 grams
Nagasa
/
cutting edge :
29-13/16"
or
75. 7 cm  &
razor sharp !
Tang :
12-1/16"
or
30.7 cm
Total blade length :
41
-7/8"
or
106.8 cm
Blade thickness at the habaki notch :
8.11 mm
Width at the habaki :
1-1/4" +
or
3.2 cm
Width at yokote level :
7/8"
or
2.2 cm
Sori
/
curve :
3/8"
or
1.1 cm
Point
/
Kissaki :
1-3/4"
or
4.5 cm
Katana Hamon :
A
beautiful well controlled wide Sugu
-ba slight notore-ba on both side.
Strong long point
/
kissaki
&
there is
big boshi turn-back on both side.
Hada :
Itame nagare mix with beautiful
activities
within
The blade exhibit some beautiful & very clear activity's all over-it !
Blade condition :
in full professional polish, just very healthy & flawless
=
NO KIZU !
No Kizu, no blister, no bend, no crack, no chip, no nick, no opening just
perfectly
very healthy solid & very sound !
Beautiful
Higo Koshirai
/
Mounts
All fittings are Late Edo period 19th century, & all original to the blade
circa
1850's
Mounts have been professional newly re-done but with all it's all original Edo-fittings.
Higo Fchi kashira late-Edo i
ron with silver inlay
Higo Tsuba late-Edo iron with silver inlay's
Iron Umetada Menuki late-Edo (signed Umatada in the back)
Siver foil Habaki
Solid silver foil seppa's
Long Tsuka
/
Handle 11-7/8"
or
30.2 cm
First class big full
black
lacquered Same
/
Skin
Dark
green pure silk Ito
/
wrap
Beautiful strong black lacquered saya
/
scabbard +
dark blue
/
green pure silk Sageo with original black shakudo Shitodome's.
The whole mounts are just strong beautiful & very attractive, all fit nicely tight & perfect !
Just all solid & very sound,
in a beautiful & very clean-
condition = Just minty  "
WITH NO DAMAGES OF ANY KIND
"
Polish & Mounts as been made by professional's & not by clowns !
Polish as been done by Bob Benson " Hawaii ", &
the Mounts by Brian Tchernega " Washington State "
The previous Owner spent over
2 years
(27 months) on that project to have it completed from A to Z !
100% guaranty authentic & genuine old  S
amurai S
word Edo period !
Any other question please ask, my description is honest & very accurate,
perfectly as described & exactly as shown in the pictures below, enjoy in the auction.
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& make full payment within ** 3 days.
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