SW 0149 - Handachi Showa - Okimitsu

Tachimei: Oki (no) Kuni ju Okimitsu Saku; Nagasa: 65,8 cm; Motohaba: 3,25 cm; Sakihaba 2,05 cm; Torisori: 1,6 cm; ko kissaki; mekugi ana: 1; Nakago length: 21,8 cm, ubu; Yakiba chu suguha midare-notare; Ataraki Hashi - nie deki, Ara Nie, Ji Nie (strong Yakiba and Jigane); Boshi: Ko maru; Hada: Ko Itame-NashiJi Soshu Den. Koshirae: handachi, fittings Edo periods, shakudo, tsuba edo period, iron, sentoku inlaid, flowers theme, aoi gata. Perfect polish, no defect. A strong warrior weapon.

Real name Hara Hiroshi from Shimane province; Listed in Toko Taikan page 29, Gendai Toko Kinko page 109, Gendai Toko Meikan page 89. Okimitsu was a very well respected smith during and after the war. He was working during war time and got the Army sword technical encouragement chairman prize and also he got 19 times Nyusen prize after the war. He was born 1928. NOT ON CATALOG