This katana was made by Masaya, a young swordsmith from Gifu, Japan, and is a piece specifically designed for iai and batto. Overall, the blade is in healthy condition, but there is a thin forging flaw about 8 cm long at about 5 cm from the kissaki tip on the sashiomote and a very small spot of black rust about 3.5 cm from the habakimoto on the sashiura. The blade also has a kakinagashi type of groove engraved on the blade, making it ideal for iai or batto. It may be more suited to batto because of its relatively heavy weight. It has a very active pattern with fine sakachoji hamon on the itame skin. The koshirae fittings are modern. Part of the saya and the kurigata are wrapped with sharkskin for a high quality finish. We have set a very affordable price considering the condition of the sword, so buy it now.

• Blade length: 74.8 cm
• Curvature: 2.0 cm
• Number of Mekugi hole: 1
• Sakihaba: 22.4 mm
• Sakikasane: 4.4 mm
• Motohaba: 31.3 mm
• Motokasane: 7.4 mm
• Signature: Masaya Saku(front), Reiwa Gonen Natsu(back)
• Era: Gendai
• Structure: Shinogi-zukuri, Iori-mune
• Jitetsu: Itame
• Hamon: Saka-choji
• Boshi: Komaru ni Kaeru
• Nakago: Ubu
• Weight: 1,020 g(without Saya)
• Original Registration No.: Gifu 087209