12" OAL, 7" blade with single bo-hi groove on the right side, a zig-zag hamon, gilt habaki, four-lobed iron tsuba, gold accented fittings, leather grip wrap over floral themed menuki, and a speckled black lacquer saya. Tang shows two mekugi-ana with a three-figure signature on the left side. A photocopied certificate from "Nipponto Antique Japan" (a firm active in Italy) describes the blade as "shinshinto" era (1781-1876), with the fuchi and tsuba from the Edo period (1600-1867).