KATANA SWORD NO FURTHER A MYSTERY

Daishō style handachi sword mounting. sixteenth–17th century, Azuchi–Momoyama or Edo time period. in the late Muromachi interval (Sengoku period) to the early Edo interval, samurai were being sometimes Geared up with a katana blade pointing downwards just like a tachi. Hi: A longitudinal groove about the blade to really make it lighter. It a