A TANTO, the blade takanokozori with narrow mihaba and thick kasane, itama-masame hada slightly tsukare, hoso-suguha hamon of nie, ubu nakago signed Masahiro, late 15th/early 16th century, probably Mihara school, 28.6cm. in black lacquered saya with a geometric design, the kurikata replaced, copper fuchi-kashira, brass kogai and kojiri, shibuichi kozuka