SW 0198 - Katana Showa - Price Euro 2.288,00 Mei: Koa Isshin Mantetsu Kin Saku, Showa Mizunoe Uma (Spring 1942); Katana mounting; Nagasa: 66.7 cm; Fittings: Lobster Theme; Saya: stone surface laquer, horn details; Sageo: Silk; Motohaba: 3,11 cm; Sakihaba: 2,05 cm; Motokasane: 7,0 mm; Sakikasane: 5,2 mm; Sori: 1,62 cm. According to the "Dai Nippon Token Shoko Meikan" (pub 1942), Mr.Suzuki Kohdo who was a non-regular employee staff of Mantetsu invented a special process of manufacture of the Koa-Isshin sword. In 1939 the factory manufactured 400 Koa-Isshin swords a month. Two swordsmiths were invited to the Mantetsu facility to teach sword making; they were Takeshima Hisakatsu and Wakabayashi Shigetsugu. Shigetsugu came back to Japan before the end of the war and became Rikugun Jumyo Tosho. Blades signed "Koa Isshin" tend to be well finished with good attention paid to the carving of the mei and finish of the nakago. The hada is usually described as ko-itame or nashiji and the hamon is normally done in suguha. |
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