Tanto, Shirasaya

[ Signature ] omote : "藤原政次" ura : "明治七戌壬月日"

[ Size ] Blade length 25.0cm (8 sun 2 bu 5 rin), sori 0.2cm (6 bu 6 rin), moto-haba 2.79cm, moto-kasane (mune) 0.78cm, (shinogi) 0.80cm, mekugi-ana(hole) 1, blade weight 297g, shirasaya length 41.5cm

[ Province ] Unknown

[ Feature ]
Form : Hira-zukuri and shô-bu zukuri. Iori mune. Mihaba is wide. Kasane is thick. A little sori attached. Fukura is plump curved line. Sturdy form.
Nakago : Ubu. Yasurimes are suji-kais. Saki is kuri-jiri. One hole.
Jigane : Itame-hada. Shirake-utsuri comes to appear.
Hamon : Gunome-midare. Ashis and yôs appeared. Nie attached well. Sunagashis and tobi-yakis appeared.
Boushi : Its top becoming sharp. It turns deep.

[ Highlight ]
Thick blade thickness, kasane as well. It looks surely sturdy tantô. On shinogi-ji of back side shows itame-hada. Tobi-yakis appeared on front side. Some wild taste can be observed. Fujiwara Matatsugu "藤原政次" is not shown on Swordsmith directory "銘鑑".

[ Conditions ]
There is shallow rust below habaki connected part, both on front and back. Around kissaki of back side, there is mark of scratch.

[ Attachments ]
Habaki (suaka-ji, single), shirasaya and bag of shirasaya.

[ Item number ] A031019 [ Price ] SOLD