Category Archives: Japanese Swords

This sword has a nicely curved naginata style blade, 12 & 1/8 inches long, with a wavy midare hamon. The matching tsuba, fuchi & kashira and menuki have gold cherry blossoms . The kozuka also has gold cherry blossoms. This … Continue reading →

This Yari is from the Ed Hollenbeck collection. It is signed and shows a battle scar in the center of the blade. The blade length is 12 & 1/2 inches while the total length is 27 &1/4 including the long tang. … Continue reading →

This is a Shinto period blade with a 16 inch cutting edge in flawless condition. It is mumei and has not been shortened. The hamon is a very flamboyant, erratically wavy line extending to the mid point of the blades … Continue reading →

This is a slender blade of 13 & 1/16 inches in length with a thin suguha hamon. A deep groove  is cut the entire length on each side, ( horimono ) going into the ubu nakago. The nakago is signed … Continue reading →

This sword was mounted in WWII mounts and under the leather cover is the original black saya. It now has a black silk wrapped handle and Edo style tsuba. The blade is a cut down tachi or katana, shortened about … Continue reading →

This blade has a beautiful Gunomi midare hamon and the tang shows that it has been shortened an inch or so during it’s lifetime. When shortened,  part of the last character of the signature is gone, but it is still … Continue reading →

This is a Tensho period wakizashi ( 1573 ) with a slightly wavey suguha hamon.The blade has been awarded Nippon-to Kantei-sho papers listing the sword smith as; Fuji Shima  of Kaga province which today is called Ishikawa. Mounts are wicker … Continue reading →

This wakizashi is stored in a beautifully carved shira saya and is signed by the maker; Minamoto Kuni Yoshi. The blade is very unique as it has two sides finished completely different from one another. One side of the blade, … Continue reading →

This sword is housed in shirasaya and is freshly polished. It’s original family mounts from the early Edo period accompany the sword as well as the silk storage bag. The blade is signed on the tang; Yamato Daijo Fujiwara Sadayuki. … Continue reading →

This is a beautifully tempered blade with a Gunome-midare hamon with a lot of activity and is o-suriage ( cut down ) to 26 & 3/8 inches along the cutting edge. It is housed in a maroon speckled saya with … Continue reading →