"You can find the strangest things in your parent's
closets." That is what the daughter of a WWII vet
said to me when she asked me if I would like this sword...
According to the daughter, it was a forgotten in a sack and
untouched for nearly 50 years. Now I'm bringing here to
share with you.
To give you the specs, it is a shortened 21" Shinto
blade (mid-1700's), with a tight grain and a Sugu-ha
hamon. The Koshirae are all orginal, and appear to be a
hybrid of a Edo tsuka & tsuba combined with a Showa Gunto
saya. With a black horn kashira and iron fuchi,
everything is orginal, tight and clean (especially the
Tsukamaki), take a look.


Here is are better views of both the omote and ura sides of
the tsuka:




Below are a couple of views of the various disassembled
components of the sword.


And, here are some views of the blade itself.





And, as always, let me know what you think.