SABER called Tanto
Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper, horn, gold, iron, silver
Nagasa: 23.7; Nakago: 9.5 cm

Hira tsukuri type blade, mune hikushi, gunome ashi iri type hamon.
Kaeri asashi type boshi.
Nakago funa gata et ha hagari kuri jiri.
Copper habaki.
Saya made of wood covered with black lacquer.
Kojiri and kuri gata in buffalo horn.
Silver-plated copper ornament.
Black silk sageo.
Koi guchi made of buffalo horn covered with shagreen.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered in shagreen, braided with black leather.
Silver-plated copper fuchi, decorated with geometric patterns.
Kashira next.
Menuki depicting four copper gunbai.
Tsuba naga maru gata in iron, chiseled with foliage motifs enhanced with gold, silver and copper.
Kotsuka-hitsu in shakudo, engraved with the dragon Ryū in silvered copper.
Copper seppa.

Missing blade on the kogatana, slight kizu on the blade.

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