Bidspirit auction | Nice Japanese Samurai TANTO Dagger

Nice Japanese Samurai TANTO Dagger ~ Double Hamon ~ - Nice Japanese Samurai TANTO Dagger ~ Double Hamon ~ Early Blade. A restrained but still pretty example with its matching iron fuchi-koshira and scabbard mounts having silver overlaid dotted decorations reminding of the stars in the sky, small copper tsuba and fine matching habaki. Mounted with a broad early blade showing interesting double-hamon with a wavy tamper-line inside of the straight one. Tang over-polished but the blade is most surely dates back from the Koto or early Shinto era. Accompanied by a wonderful kozuka with gold inlaid handle with a very cool subject.Total Length in Scabbard - 16 3/8” Blade Length (along the spine, from Habaki notch to the tip) - 10 ”