K16 Japanese sword in mountings, NBTHK paper

Description

This is a Japanese sword wakizashi in mountings.       The blade is unsigned,
shinogi zukuri
shape, Edo period ca. 1700 era made  blade.
It came with NBTHK Kicho paper attributed as "Fujiwara Takada" submitted on 5, Feb., 1977.        The blade is in old full polish, no rust, no stain and in mint condition.     The temper line is wavy
gunome
temper pattern and has deep temper at the point.      The forging grain is tight
itame-hada
, no opening, no blister and no forging flaws.     There is no bend, no nick, no crack and cutting edge is sharp.      The scabbard is
urushi
lacquered wood scabbard, no crack, no dent, no lacquer loss and in mint condition.
Handle is tight fit with old man motif gold inlay
shakudo
fuchi/kashira
,
tsuka-ito
wrapping is no cut, no loose also in good condition.
Tsuba
is
marugata
shape iron
tsuba
with nice patina.     It measures 19" cutting edge, 1+1/16" width, 5 mm thickness at the notch and 28" in mountings.     Shipping is priority in U.S.   No international shipping.    Payment due with in 3 days auction end.