[ s399 ] Nice gendaito Katana in antique koshirae

Description

Nice gendaito Katana in antique koshirae, nice blade in old polish, nice hada & hamon all the way on both sides of the blade, very nicely filed tang & neatly cut signature & date.
the koshirae is all quite nice, excellent tsuka with tight binding, excellent ray skin (Same) Iron Tsuba with craned in silver etc ,fuchi & kashira with gold crane style birds. Menuki are dragons. Nicely filed brass habaki.
Timber lacquered scabbard, has a few bumps & bruises, excellent healthy blade, good hamon with no flaws or damage to the blade, no open hada etc, a nice blade signed Toshihide. cutting edge is 25.5 inch (64.8cm)
Its a nice old sword in quite nice condition.images realy dont do the blade justice.