[ Feature ]
Form : Shinogi-zukuri. Iori-mune. Both mihaba and kasane are ordinal. High sori attahced. Saki-haba becoming narrow moderately. Chu-kissaki form.
Nakago : Suri-age. Saki is kiri. Yasurimes are kiri. Three holes.
Jigane : Itame-hada. Changing form masa mixed. Rich jinie attached. Chikei appeared.
Hamon : In shallow notare, gunomes mixed. Ashis and deep nioikuchi appeared. Konie attached well. Kin-sens and sunagashis appeared.
Boushi : It runs in sugu. Form is ko-maru. It turns relatively deep.

Toppei-koshirae ; tsuba : sumon-tsuba(coppper, migaki-ji, mokko-shape) ; fuchi-gashira : sumon ; scabbard metal fittings : copper, migaki-ji ; menuki : design of tiger (silver, katachi-bori)
"突兵拵 : 素文鐔(真鍮磨地木瓜形)、素文縁頭・鞘金具(真鍮磨地)、虎図目貫(銀容彫)"

[ Highlight ]
Izumimori Kaneshige 和泉守兼重 was a ne-forger "根鍛治" in his home country of Echizen-ya "越前矢", but later he went to Edo and became a sword smith. His works date from Kan'ei "寛永" 2 to Meireki "明暦" era. This sword has a shallow notare, gunomes mixed. Ko-nie attached well. It has deep nioi-kuchi. This sword shows the characteristic of Kaneshige's "兼重" work. The brilliance of the blade is splendid, and it has been passed down through the generations as the work of Kotetsu "虎徹". The sword is well-balanced while suri-age, and the boushi is well applied, and the polishi is also good.

[ Conditions ]
The blade has one spot of thin rust on the blade and one spot on the tip of the blade, but is otherwise in good condition. The koshirae is thought to have been made around the Meiji period (1868-1912), and although it has a sense of use that is appropriate for its age, it is generally good.