[ s297 ] Japanese Samurai sword Wakizashi

Description

Japanese Samurai sword Wakizashi, Mu-mei -unsigned, nice sori, fine suguha hamon (straight), one small open grain shown in pics which is very acceptable in a blade as old as this, I would put the blade as Koto maybe early shinto period , The blade is good but in dire need of a light polish as the hamon & hada are quite obscured, blade has a bohi (fuller), quite plain fuchi & kashira nice tsuba with dragon head Coy carp design with nice silver pin highlights, very nice 2 piece habaki collar & nice detailed menuki, unsigned but very nice kozuka handle depicts horses, kogatana (kozuka blade) is very worn.
saya/scabbard is in reasonable condition, it does have some lacquer loss & a couple of gouges etc but overall, it presents quite well.