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Masterpiece Tanto

Tanto : Hasebe Kuninobu

2017/01/28

Tanto in Shirasaya (NBTHK Hozon Paper)

Signature: Hasebe Kuninobu

Sayagaki: Hasebe Kuninobu Nagasa 8sun 4bu ari kore
Daikinsu 10 mai

Chu-koto: Jo saku: Yamashiro
The blade was polished.
Blade length : 25.4 cm or 10 inches.
Sori : 0.2 cm or 0.07 inches.
Mekugi: 3
Width at the hamachi : 2.46 cm or 0.96 inches.
Kasane : 0.38 cm or 0.14 inches.
Era : Nanbokucho period, around Joji era.
Shape : Wide and thin Tanto. Mistumune style.
Ken and Futasuji-hi are engraved.
Jitetsu : Itame hada well grained with jinie attach. This is beautiful Jigane.
Hamon : Ko-Nie deki, Hitatsura with deep Nioikuchi. Boshi is Ko-maru.

Special feature : Hasebe Kuninobu is son of Hasebe Kunishige.
He is good at Minayaki works. It is similar to Hiromitsu and Akihiro' blade.
This blade is typical Kuninobu blade.It is
a masterpiece indeed. We highly recommend this blade.

In box
NBTHK Hozon Paper
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.

Price : JPY 2,000,000-.

-Masterpiece, Tanto