Louis Mills large tanto in Muromachi period mountings
 

Louis Mills is one of the foremost smiths making Japanese style blades in tamahagane and oroshigane.

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Louis Mills in his traditional type forge.

His production is scarce and this piece was inspired in a Muromachi Period koshi mountings

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which has a tiger-eye stone kashira instead of the more traditional wooden piece in which it was inspired:

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Here's a picture of the blade

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Entire description and price viewable here.

Thanks for looking

Amazing, this much work and art. really beautiful.

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