Measuring 13 1/2 inches overall with a 9 inch blade, showing a very strong, very straight hamon, attractive and vivid grain, a set of asymmetrical bo-hi grooves on the sides (wider and deeper on the right) and a silver finished two-piece habaki. Both the hilt and the saya are finished in fine black lacquer, the former with a silver chrysanthemum themed bolt in lieu of a mekugi and a silver wrap-around ornament engraved with rope patterns, and the saya has red and gold lacquer floral patterns, rope motifs, and a silver ornament shaped like a pair of chopsticks in the kogatana pocket. The tang is well aged, with a 6-symbol carved signature on the left side and a single mekugi-ana which cuts through the topmost symbol, suggesting a heavily shortened blade.