One example that represents such items is Kingindenso-no-Karatachi, featuring a hilt covered with white shark skin, karatsuba (Chinese-style sword guard), elaborately pierced nagakanamono (cylindrical fittings mounted around the scabbard), and hanging fittings (ashikanamono) with yamagata-kanamono (mountain-shaped fittings), all of which are found in ornamental swords in later periods, which makes the sword deemed as their forerunner.
代表的なものに金銀鈿荘唐大刀（きんぎんでんそうのからたち）があり、白鮫（白いままの鮫皮）を巻いた柄、唐鐔、精緻な透かし彫を施した長金物（鞘に嵌める筒状の金具）、山形金物が付く足金物（吊り金具）などの特徴は、後の時代の飾剣（かざりたち）と共通のもので、その祖形であると思われる。