Ordering number: 08156

Gunto in Shirasaya with army sword mounting.
Signature: Masatoshi Saku.(NBTHK Hozon Paper)

The blade was polished .
Blade length : 65.4cm or 25.75inches　
Sori : 1.6cm or 0.63inches　
Width at the hamachi : 3.1cm or 1.22inches
Wide at the Kissaki : 1.6cm or 0.63inches
Kasane : 0.75cm or 0.295inches
Era : Syowa period.

Shape : The blade is healthy blade with nice Sori without Kizu.
Jitetsu Koitame and Komokume hada convined with much Jinie attach and Chikei work.

Hamon : :Niedeki Gunome midare and Cyojimidare mix.
In Hamon, there are many Sunagashi and Kinsuji work.

Special feature : Masatoshi was a human national treasure.
This sword was made by this sword smith when he was young.
At Syowa 14th,(1939) He got the Kinpai prize.
He was a student of Miyaguchi Yasuhiro and Tsukamoto Okimasa.
After the war, He got Takamatunomiya prize, Yusyu prize and also many prizes .
He passed away already.
This sword was made his early stage at Syowa period.
The Jigane and nice attractive Hamon make us a feeling of a cheerful thing.
It is very rare and fantastic sword.

Koshirae: army sword mounting.

NBTHK Hozon Paper
Aoi Art estimatin paper : whole Oshigata.

Image2 　　　Koshirae image