NOW SOLD A Simply Stunning WW2 Japanese officer's Gendaito Tradtionally Made Sword By Noshu Seki ju Kanemichi, Of Mino, Blade Dated, Made in the 2061st Year From The Foundation of the Empire of Japan

If one wanted one of the best examples of a traditional hand made WW2 Japanese officer's sword, signed by a good maker and in near pristine condition, look no further. This is in the top 2% of swords from that era we have seen in the past 20 years or so. Army smith, student of Zenjou Kaneyoshi, Koshima Katsumasa and Watanabe Kanenaga
It has an excellent 66.1 cm blade with two mekugi-ana, signed Noshu Seki ju Kanemichi saku and dated 2601 years from the foundation of the Empire (1943), it has a superb gonome-midare-hamon sanbonsugi style [3 cedar], with nashiji hada, and in excellent full military mounts. The fittings still have their original patination and gilt rims fully intact

Code: 24194