This is a beautiful vintage IC.Cut MI-4 made in Seki, Japan by Ishikawa Cutlery, one of the city's finest makers that has a long history of crafting samurai swords and began producing knives in 1940. It features a Blue Paper Takefu Shirogami San Mai blade. The handle is leather wrapped hardwood and it comes with a black leather sheath in the original box. Blade is just under 9" long. Extremely scarce find!