Consigned
Kanemitsu Gendaito Katana with NTHK Certificate moounted in Shirasaya. Well made blade with active hamon.
$2800.00
Kantei–sho (鑑定書) ‒ Appraisal
Takeuchi Kanemitsu (竹内兼光)
Shōshin (正真) ‒ Authentic
nagasa 2 shaku 1 sun 2 bu kore ari (⻑さ弐尺壱寸弐分有之) ‒ Blade length ~ 64.2 cm
Heisei 29 nen 1 gatsu 8 nichi (平成二十九年一月八日) ‒ January 8, 2017
Nihon Tōken Hozon Kai (日本刀剣保存会) ‒ NTHK
No 18392
meibun (銘文) ‒ Signature: (haki–omote) Takeuchi Kanemitsu (竹内兼光)
(haki–ura) Shōwa jūhachinen jūichigatsu (昭和十八年十一月)
“November of 1943”
kitae (鍛) ‒ Forging: itame–nagare
hamon (刃紋) ‒ Hardening: ko–gunome–chōji
bōshi (鋩子) ‒ Hardening in tip: sugu with a rather pointed kaeri
chōkoku (彫刻) ‒ Engravings:
nakago (中心) ‒ Tang: mekugi–ana (目釘穴) 2, yasurime (鑢): sujikai starting where polish ends
bikō (備考) ‒ Remarks: Gifu, bears a hot stamp (kokuʼin) on mune
shinsaʼin natsuʼin (審査員捺印) ‒ Seals of Judges: 6 seal
