A long sword (katana 刀) signed with an orikaeshi-mei (折返し銘) of Kanemoto (兼元). Recently it came back from having a full finish polish restoration done by a professional Japanese sword polisher. The style of polish is sashikomei.

The style of the outline of the tempered edge (hamon 刃文) is sanbonsugi-midare (三本杉乱れ) it is characteristic of the Kanemoto School of the Mino Tradition (美濃伝). The sword dates from the late Muromachi Period (室町時代後期) and maybe the work of the third generation Kanemoto.

The remaining portion of the cutting edge of the sword.