A Ko-wakizashi, Japan, dated 1742. Blade hirazukuri, light torii-zori. Weak suguha hamon in nioi-deki. Hada bearly recogisable, probably chu-itame masame. Ko-maru boshi with deep kaeri. Slightly stained, with some scratches. Nakago with one mekugi-ana and sujikai-yasurime, signed "Omi No Kami Minamoto Hisamichi, Kampo Ni Nen ... Hi Hachi Gatsu Jitsu Kikku" ( August 1742, third generation). Gold-plated copper habaki. Tsuba und all fittings (with the exception of the endpiece, which is supplemented with horn) made of shibuichi decorated with a pattern of wave,

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