Wakizashi
Ordering number: 08023
Wakizashi in Shirasaya@Yamashiro.
Signature: (Kikumon) Ecchu no kami Masatoshi (Tokubetsu Kicho Paper)
The
blade was polished .
Blade length : 48.7 cm or 19.17 inches.
Sori : 1.5 cm or 0.59 inches.
Mekugi: 1
Width at the hamachi : 3.30 cm or 1.29 inches.
Wide at the Kissaki : 2.40 cm or 0.94 inches.
Kasane : 0.74 cm or 0.29 inches.
Era : Edo Enpo period.
Shape : Both sides of the blade has Bo-Hi engraved and wide andf
thick
with deep Sori healthy blade.
Jitetsu :Koitame hada well grained with Jinie attach.
Hamon : Niedeki Suguha hamon from the Hamachi area and then
Gunone midare hamon and sansaku boshi in Kissaki area.
Special feature : The founder of the Ecchu no kami Masatoshi
was started Keicyo era and continued 4th generation.
This blade is 3rd generation who was called Tosaburo.
He cut the Kikumon on the tang.
This blade is healthy and nice looking dhape.
Tokubetsu Kicho Paper : Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.
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