AF26199 Utility Knife and Tobacco Pouch:Mumei (Unsigned)

Order No.: AF26199

Utility Knife and Tobacco Pouch Knife
Signature: Mumei (Unsigned)

Overall Length: 23 cm (9.06 in)
Blade Length: 14.16 cm (5.57 in)
Motohaba (Width at Habaki): 0.53 cm (0.21 in)
Habaki: Single Brass Habaki

Period: Bakumatsu to Meiji Period

Special Features:
Sugata (Configuration): A utility knife of Kanmuri-tōshi style. No mekugi-ana (peg hole).
Hamon (Temper Pattern): Nie-deki gunome mixed with tama-yaki, with the boshi turning back in a rounded form.
Jigane (Steel Surface): Mukuji (plain forged surface without visible grain pattern).

The koshirae is engraved with a wave design.

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