Suishinshi Masahide (1750-1825) A Suishinshi katana Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1813 Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, shallow toriizori Kitae (forging pattern): tightly packed ko-itame in jinie with chikei Hamon (tempering pattern): narrow notare in near mirror image on both sides, with large nie and yakidashi Nakago (tang): ubu with one hole, kesho file marks, signed Suishinshi Masahide, with the smith's kao and dated Bunka junen nigatsu no hi (A day in the second month of 1813) Habaki (collar): one-piece, gilt-copper Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 24 1/4in (61.6cm) Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 1/4in (3.1cm) Sakihaba (width before tip): 7/8in (2.2cm) In a shirasaya (wood storage scabbard) With Tokubetsu Hozon Token (Sword Especially Worthy of Preservation) certificate no. 1004891 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated February 4, 2016