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Tanto : Mumei (Yamato school)

2017/01/09

Tanto in Shirasaya

Signature : Mumei

The blade was polished.
Blade length : 29cm or 11.4inches.
Sori : 0.2cm or 0.08inches.
Mekugi : 2
Width at the hamachi : 2.455cm or  0.97inches.
Kasane : 0.62cm or 0.24inches.
Era : Muromachi period.
Shape : It is kanmuri otoshi(the curve is towards the ha)
and quite long wakizashi.
Jitetsu :Koitame hada well grained with jinie attached.
There are flows of masa and chikei is seen.
Hamon : NIe base suguha with mixture of double ha,
sunagashi and kinsuji works. There are uchinoke in the ha.

Special feature : From the hamon, it could be identified
as Yamato school sword.

Aoi Art estimatin paper : whole Oshigata.
Price : 65,000 JPY-

-Tanto