AF26215 Kogatana: Unsigned “Gyokuren Fudan”

Ordering Number: AF26215

Kogatana: in Shirasaya
Inscription: Unsigned Gyokuren Fudan 玉簾不断

Overall length: 15.0 cm (5.91 in)
Blade length: 29.0 cm x 1.55 cm (11.42 in x 0.61 in)
Era: modern times

Special feature: Rounded Gunome midare with fine nie making thick and soft nioikuchi. Unfortunately, as the blade is unsigned, it is unknown who made it, but bright and beautiful hamon shows high skill of the swordmith. The word “Gyokuren Fudan” , which is carved on the blade, describes the appearance of a waterfall, where countless individual drops of water continuously join together to form a single, unbroken stream.

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