Japanese sword wakizashi in mountings "Kanehisa", kozuka

Description

This is a Japanese sword ko-wakizashi in mountings.       The blade is signed "Kanehisa 兼久",
shinogi zukuri
shape, muromachi period ca. 1550 era made blade.
The blade is in old polish, shows fine scratches but no rust, no stain and in good condition.     The temper line is wavy
chusuguba
temper pattern and has deep temper at the point.      The forging grain is
itame-hada
, shows coarse forging but no opening, no blister and no forging flaws.     There is no bend, no nick, no crack and cutting edge is sharp.      The scabbard is urushi lacquered wood scabbard, no crack, no dent, no lacquer loss and in good condition.
Handle is tight fit with iron
fuchi/kashira
,
tsuka-ito
wrapping shows aged wear but no cut, no loose also in good condition.
Tsuba
is
marugata
shape silver inlay iron
tsuba
with nice patina.     It came with brass handle
kozuka
, shows aged wear.   It measures 15+5/8" cutting edge, 1" width, 5 mm thickness at the notch and 25+1/2" in mountings.     Shipping is priority in U.S.   No international shipping.    Payment due with in 3 days auction end.