Elephant Toenail Sword Nickel silver bolsters with fine

Nickel silver bolsters with fine red spacer

The blade is signed Echizen Koku Shimosaka which was a group of swordsmiths in the Echizen province in the late Muromachi and early Edo period (1580-1624)

3 1/8" stainless "Dot Matrix" Damasteel blade

97" blade of AUS 8

Elephant Toenail Sword Nickel silver bolsters with fine1 15 16" and 2 3 4" blades of ATS 34, satin finish, 4 1 4" closed length Main blade is ground from 1 4" stock and is 1 3 8" at its widest Stainless steel bolsters, liners, and back spring Jigged bone scales with stainless steel escutcheon Made in 1993, near mint condition (there are several very fine pin cracks in the handle)