[ S13 ] Antique Shinto full polished Japanese katana in nice koshirae shirasaya

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ITEM # swd-13

This is a beautiful shinto sword,blade housed in shirasaya & it has a set of very nice koshirae,100% flawless, just over 26.5 inch long cutting edge ,thick heavy & very healthy blade with great balance, blade is signed Yoshi Naga, nothing to fault anywhere on the blade,
Superb hada throughout , very nice suguha hamon with nice turn back on boshi .

Mei : Yoshi naga
Nagasa : 67.7
Jidai： Edo period Kanbun Shinto
Width at Habaki : 33 mm
Width at Kissaki : 22mm
Hamon : Suguha
Jitetsu :itame mixed

Koshirae :
Tsuka: Black silk bound
Fuchi/Kashira : Matching Silver
Tsuba : Iron Sukashi (Owari school I think )
Menuki : Large Shakudo dragons with gold highlights
Scabbard : Saya - Black roiro saya

Shiraysa is of high quality, finished with polished horn & Ivory eyelet

Purchased from Mr Neville Mathews around 18 years ago & has been in my collection ever since, for anyone who knew Neville they will know just how much knowledge he had , he was very highly respected world wide in the Nihonto world.
The sword is not papered but I guarantee it will get papers in a heart beat & it can be sent to shinsa just as it is.