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Gendai Tanto Made from the Steel of Battleship Mikasa |
Signature: Mikasa
HoKo Hide Aki, Showa Roku nen Hitsuji Haru. Made from Mikasa Canon
Steel by HideAki, lucky day in 1931.
Year Made: 1931
Forging Pattern: Dense
Hada, almost Nashiji.
Tempering Pattern: Suguha
Dimensions: Blade Length: 8.9 inches
Nakago: 3.6 inches 5
mm thick and
21 mm wide at Hamachi
Mountings:
Shirasaya with copper habaki.
Overall Condition: Excellent.
A very interesting tanto made from the recovered steel from the
Battleship
Mikasa which was decommissioned in 1921. The steel is surprisingly
nice and is very koto looking. |
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