A Japanese dagger tanto, blade 13¼” (worn and badly scratche...

Hammer

£360

A Japanese dagger tanto, blade 13¼” (worn and badly scratched but retaining traces of the wavy yakiba), the hilt of plain dark wood with gilt and black menuki in the form of flying birds, the tsuba of cornelian with cut out for the kodzuka (the fuchi kashira missing), the saya with mottled brown lacquered finish, cornelian kurikata, and with kodzuka having signed blade and enamelled brass hilt, Generally GC (small splits in the saya, kojiri and uragawara missing) £300-400