FINE JAPANESE SAMURAI TANTO SUKESADA. Fuchi & kozuka also signed katana sword

This is a very beautiful and of higher quality tanto fitted in it's presentation box. High quality lacquered saya with the gold dust crab and flower design. The sageo is old and with designs. Nice shakudo/gold kozuka with signed blade. Note kozuka slot also has finely lacquered design.

Blade is almost hitatsura / full temper with large wild midare and from edge up and mune down. Comes with stand and fits precisely in to the wood box. I bought this in the 1980's directly from a Army veteran living in Michigan and never offered before this listing. Kozuka mei : IKEDA KIJINMARU KUNISHIGE.

Blade length 8 1/8 20.6cm. Hamon possibly hitatsura but I just cannot capture no matter what and I try to adjust lighting, etc but just can't get the photo as my eyes see it!

Iron tsuba with silver and gold highlights gold foil?

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