1667 YAMANO KAEMON TAMASHIGIRI JAPANESE 2BODY WAKIZASHI ZOGAN MEI SWORD KATANA - $17,500 - (Cream Ridge, NJ)
AN EXCEPTIONAL WAK,TESTED BY YAEMANO KAEMON,JAPANS FOREMOST BLADE TESTER IN ALL OF JAPAN,APPOINTED BY THE SHOGUNATE AT THE TIME TO TEST SWORDS ,LATER HE THEN BEGAN HIS OWN SCHOOLS,,HES SAID TO HAVE TESTED OVER 6000 BLADES,ON CADAVERS ETC,.MY JAPANESE FRIEND SAID HIS NICKNAME WAS "BOONDOCK WARRIOR"!!.THE KOSHIRAE IS EXCEPTIONALLY FANCY & IS FITTING WITH THE EDO TIME PERIOD WHEN KATANA AND DAITO COULD NO LONGER BE CARRIED,CHERRY WOODSAYA WITH RED LAQUER EMBEDDED W/FLECKS OF ORANGE CORAL.SAYA ALSO HAS A SILVERMON,AND KIRI IN RELIEF WITH IRIDESCENCE IN EACH.,ALL FITTINGS ARE GOLDPLATED AND SPORT THE KIRI ..OR PAULOWNIA FLOWER..THIS BLADE HAS BEEN EXRAYED AND HAS NEVER BEEN CUT DOWN ETC..HAS NO KIZU,TINY NAIL CATCHERS NEAR KISSAKI ON HA.NAGASA IS 20 3/4"..HAMON IS SUGUHA,...SIGNED AND DATED BY YAMANOIN 22 24 KT GOLD,WITH TYPE OF CUT AND THE 2 BODY CONFIRMATION... IT HAS ALL BEEN TESTED AND IS PERIOD CORRECT,,IS MUMEI,I HAVE A FEW SMITHS IN MIND,,THE TSUBA IS EDO,IRON AND CORRECT ,1 SEPPA.AND TSUKA IS RIKKO,ITO ORIGINAL..EMAIL ME FOR ANYTHING,I SHIP WW,,FIND ME ON FB UNDER SAME NAME TO CUT RED TAPE N SAVE..,THANKYOU
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