Bidspirit auction | 14th-16th C. Japanese Samurai Armor

14th-16th C. Japanese Samurai Armor Piercing Tanto - 14th-16th C. Japanese Samurai Armor Piercing Tanto Dagger with Rare Hamon. Interesting Samurai Tanto dagger with an early blade of exceptional thickness and strength, built for piercing through heavier types of armor and featuring a very unusual Hamon tamper line on Top of the blade in oppose to its usual appearance along the edge of the blade. Most likely a Koto era blade (up to 1500s) having a large fuller to one side and two thin fullers to the other, typical of Koto blades. mounted in a later Shira Saya case with bone inlaid opening for mekugi. Overall length: 12”. Blade length: 7”.