A tanto, steel blade, gilt-metal tsuba and fittings, leather and shagreen hilt with circular menuki decorated with flowerheads, kozuka with gilt-copper hilt decorated with geometric patterns, lacquered scabbard simulating tortoiseshell with gilt-metal mounts (scabbard dented and worn) -- the blade 12¾in.long.

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A tanto, steel blade, gilt-metal tsuba and fittings, leather and shagreen hilt with circular menuki decorated with flowerheads, kozuka with gilt-copper hilt decorated with geometric patterns, lacquered scabbard simulating tortoiseshell with gilt-metal mounts (scabbard dented and worn) -- the blade 12¾in.long.
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