Three gendaito tanto for sale: Kuniharu, Norinari and Sadanari

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Listing three gendai tanto for sale.

 

The first is a long tanto measuring 30.2cm (.996 shaku, just under wakizashi length). It is extremely thick at 9mm kasane and has a 2.8cm moto-haba. The jihada is itame with some chikei. There is a long forging line, not a kitae-ware, but showing a join between two layers. There is however a smaller kitae-ware in the monouchi and several pinholes in the ji. The tanto is a special order piece and is dated Showa 49. Gold-foil habaki and high-quality shirasaya. Details from Sesko's entry on this smith attached. - $1,950 (plus shipping and PayPal).

 

為三谷勇代

陸奥津輕住國治作

昭和二二十九年吉月日

恋都國

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Norinari and Sadanari coming later this evening. Each $1,700 (plus shipping and PayPal).

 

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Norinari tanto with ko-itame hada. Suguha hamon. Carving of bonji is not in the traditional style of horimono and I am assuming was a later addition. The blade appears to have been made as a copy of koto Yamashiro work.

 

Nagasa: 27.8cm

Sori: 0cm (musori)

Motohaba: 2.76cm

 

Mei: Norinari

Nengo: A day in the 10th month of Showa 53

 

$1,700 (plus shipping and PayPal)

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Sadanari tanto with a short nagasa of 21cm. Notare hamon in nie-deki. Ko-itame hada. Flawless. 

 

Mei: Etchu (no) kuni Onishi Sadanari kore o saku.

Nengo: A lucky day in shogatsu (first month) of Showa 47.

 

$1,700 (plus shipping and PayPal).

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Still available.