AS20465-Tanto: Oide Toto Oumi Kuni Taneaki Zo

Tanto in Shirasaya with Koshirae(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)
Signature :　Oide Toto Oumi Kuni Taneaki Zo
Meiji 44 Nen 9 Gatsu Kichizitsu (1911)

Sayagaki: Omi Ju Taneaki

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyo-jyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku)
This sword belongs to Jyojyo saku ranking.
The blade was polished.
Habaki:　Wooden Habaki
Blade length : 25.6 cm or 10.0 inches.
Sori : 0.1cm or 0.03 inches.
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi : 2.26cm or 0.88 inches.
Width at the Kissaki: 1.86 cm or 0.73 inches.
Kasane : 0.48cm or 0.18 inches.
The weight of the sword 150 grams.
Era: Meiji 44 (1911)
Shape: Wide and thick Tanto with Ubuha.
Jigane : Ko-Itame and Ko-Mokume Hada mixed. Jinie attached beautiful Jigane.
Hamon: Niedeki, deep Nioikuchi with Ashi. Sunagasi worked. Boshi is turn back sharply with deep Nioikuchi.

Special feature: Taneaki was worked at Hokkaido province’s steelworks and made swords at there. He was famous because he is
the ancestor of Horii Toshihide, Tanetsugu.

Koshirae:
Saya: Black Ishime Ji Saya.
Tsuba: Mokko shape Shakudo Tsuba, the dragon is engraved with gold color.
Menuki: Ume, pinecone, eggplant, and bamboo leaves are engraved with gold, silver, and copper color.
Fuchikashira: Shakudo Nanako, turtles are engraved with gold color.
Kozuka: wood.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token
Aoi Art estimation paper: whole Oshigata.