JAPANESE MODEL 1886/1905 CAVALRY SABER, REF 53/23, 30 1/4″ BLADE IS IN G+/VG POLISH, SCABBARD HAS 85% ORIGINAL OLD BLACK LACQUARD FINISH, FIRST HALF OF BLADE HAS BEEN ARSENAL SHARPENED FOR USE DURING WWII, VG//VG+
US PRE WWI MILITIA PRESENTATION SWORD WITH “IVORY” GRIP, GRIP IS SIMILAR TO REF 11/11 ONLY WITH NO LANGET, ONE SIDE OF THE MINT BLADE IS ACID ETCHED IN GREEN “PRESENTED TO QR MS (QUARTERMASTER) SERGT (NAME) BY MEMBERS OF CO D 7TH INFANTRY, N.G.N.Y., MARCH 10, 1913”, OPPOSITE SIDE HAS PATROITIC SCENE WITH EAGLE AND HM “HENRY V ALLIEN NEW YORK, N.Y.”, C/W LEATHER SCABBARD WITH BRASS FURRELS, MINT OVERALL CONDITION AND APPEARS IT WAS STORED IN A LINEN BAG
JAPANESE SHINTO PERIOD (1660’S) KATANA, HAS STANDARD STYLE HANDLE WITH BLACK TAPE WRAPPINGS BUT BLADE IS STORED IN A PLAIN NON MATCHING SIRA/SAYA WOOD SCABBARD, 23″ BLADE HAS BEEN SHORTENED YEARS AGO AND IS FAIRLY BRIGHT HAVING BEEN LIGHTLY POLISHED, BLADE HAS SEVERAL SMALL IMPERFECTIONS (KIZU) BUT STILL RATES AS VG/FINE, 2 PIECE BRASS HABAKI, 3 1/8 BLACK IRON TSUBA HAS BRASS/GOLD WIRE FLOWER DESIGNS WITH BOTH KOZUKA AND KOGAI HOLES, FUCHI AND KASHIRA ARE BLACKENED BRASS WITH HAMMERED FLOWER DESIGNS, MENUKI ARE BLACK CARVED DRAGONS?, DEEP BLACK TANG IS SIGNED ON ONE SIDE AND HAS ALSO BEEN SHORTENED ALONG WITH THE BLADE MANY YEARS AGO!
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