Blade length: 42.4 cm, shinogi zukuri, iori mune, itame hada, ko-nie deki, o-choji midare hamon with much hataraki, chu-kissaki, boshi: unrecognisable. Nakago: suriage with two mekugi-ana ending in kiri, mumei. Koshirae: 18th/19th century. Saya with red lacquered shagreen, round tsuba with applied silver fish, signed: Masanori. Menuki and fuchi-kashira in shakudo with carp in gold, fuchi signed: Omori Teruhide (kao), kozuka and kogai of gold and shakudo decorated with carp, signed: Ishiguro Masayoshi (kao), white binding over same. Medium Button2 Condition Report Traces of use, scratches and old rust residue (kuchikomi) Provenance Private collection, Southern Germany Notes VAT: Margin scheme