A WW II Japanese Shin Gunto Katana with spring steel blade cast brass tsuba and a cord lashed faux ray skin grip. In a leather-covered black lacquered scabbard. length of blade 66 cm
Sold for £350
Condition Report
No sign of a hamon
Some old surface pitting to the blade
Mekugi replaced with small nut and bolt
Portepee suspension loop missing
Scabbard catch missing from the hilt
The leather of scabbard does not cover the full scabbard
See images for tang signature
A WW II Japanese Shin Gunto Katana with spring steel blade cast brass tsuba and a cord lashed faux ray skin grip. In a leather-covered black lacquered scabbard. length of blade 66 cm