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Kotani Yasunori Katana

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I offer a very beautiful yasukuni to made by the famous tosho Kotani Yasunori in March 1943. This especially long katana comes in shirasaya and the original matching numbers shingunto koshirae. This yasukunito has a good wartime polish, so every activity is clearly visible. Anyway I recommend a new quality polish to reveal the supreme beauty of the Yasunori entirely. The shingunto koshirae is in excellent to near mint condition. The locking mechanism works well. Here are the measurements of the katana: 

 

Nagasa: 69,85cm

Overall: 91,44cm

Motohaba: 3,175cm

Sakihaba: 2,1cm

Kasane: 0,63cm

Sori: 1,9cm

 

This katana was purchased from Ed Marshall. With his permission I post here the link to the former listing. There are detailed pictures and further information about this special smith. The asking price is 6250€ or best offer. The sword is currently in Germany and can be shipped worldwide with DHL premium international. As payment method I prefer paypal friends and family or bank transaction. 

 

https://yakiba.com/yasunori-kotani/

 

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Stefan,
My eyes must be playing tricks on me...perhaps best to upload a better pic of the one you posted above. Because I see the edge as wavy and can't quite understand what I'm seeing

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The polish was done in WW2, so I think these pictures may be more convenient for the eye. Besides I used the link to Ed Marshall‘s listing, because he made way better pictures than I am able to. 

 

 

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Okay, now I understand your point. The ubu-ba is not there, so the Yasunori was repolished. This second polish was in my opinion done before the end of WW2. My conclusion is that this Yasukunito was carried into battle and repolished before August 1945. 

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Thank you very much Stefan, everything is possible...!?

 

Overall a very nice long sword, harder to find with this nagasa!

 

Nice complete koshirae also :) 

 

 

Again good luck!

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I reduce the asking price to 6000€ or best offer. Besides I post directly some of Marco‘s great pictures, which can all be found in the above posted google link. 

 

All the best 

Stefan

 

 

 

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