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A TANTO
A tanto in aikuchi mounts, the blade shobu-zukuri, ko-itame hada, gunome-midare hamon of nie, two short grooves either side, suriage reshaped nakago with original machi signed Aki..., 19th century, 16cm., in a natural wood mounting carved as a dragon, the tsuka formed as foam expelled from its mouth
A tanto in aikuchi mounts, the blade shobu-zukuri, ko-itame hada, gunome-midare hamon of nie, two short grooves either side, suriage reshaped nakago with original machi signed Aki..., 19th century, 16cm., in a natural wood mounting carved as a dragon, the tsuka formed as foam expelled from its mouth