Lot 88: Samurai Sword

Estimate: $900 – $1,500

Shin Gunto Tachi Type 94 including two 1934 company grade officer’s tassels (brown/blue). Blade signed and dated “Koa Isshin Mantetsu Saku”. Reverse dated the Spring of 1942, saka stamp, and #744 on spine (South Manchurian Railway Co.), Dalian Factory. Shinogi-zukuri, nagasa 67cm. No sarute. Not abused, great condition. See Slough’s p. 94-96.