Lot Essay
The blade is made in the style of 'Hocho Masamune', there is a sayagaki attributing the blade to Kotetsu
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A TANTO, the blade hira-zukuri, iorimune, itame hada with ji-nie, midare hamon of nie, wide and narrow grooves on the omote, triple grooves on the ura, ubu nakago, 17th century, 21.7cm., in shirasaya