This piece is a sturdy katana originally made as a gunto, perfect for test cutting.

The blade is in excellent condition, with no forging defects, chips, or rust. The surface is slightly cloudy. The jigane is a well-packed itame, and the hamon is an irregular gunome with niedeki. There is no signature, but this was made as a military sword during the Showa period.

The koshirae fittings were made in the Edo period, and the tsukamaki was newly rewrapped in January 2025.

If you are searching for an affordable test-cutting katana, you are looking at the right one.

• Blade length: 66.8 cm
• Curvature: 1.3 cm
• Number of Mekugi hole: 1
• Sakihaba: 21.0 mm
• Sakikasane: 4.6 mm
• Motohaba: 31.6 mm
• Motokasane: 7.0 mm
• Signature: No signature
• Era: Gendai
• Structure: Shinogi-zukuri, Iori-mune
• Jigane: Itame
• Hamon: Gunome
• Nakago: Ubu
• Weight: 690 g(blade only)/940 g(without Saya)
• Koshirae: Black cotton wrapped Tsuka with Kuro-ro lacquered Saya
• Original Registration No.:  Iwate 31217

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