A HANDACHI KATANA, the blade honzukuri, iorimune, torii-zori with extended chugissaki and full length groove, tsukare mokume hada with masame, some kizu and pitting, boshi obscured, unsigned, suriage nakago, Muromachi period, 68.9cm.; in a saya of black lacquer of grained wood, copper ishime-ji handachi mounts, copper gilt dragon menuki, heavy iron Akasaka tsuba, lozenges in yo-sukashi within the dote-mimi, 18th century