Bought This Fuchi

[PhoenixDude]

Ordered this today for a bargain price.
​Any insight yall can give me on it? I think its shakudo, though im no expert on tosogu.

[ROKUJURO]

Jay,

did you test it with a magnet? Does not look like SHAKUDO, but that may be the photo. 

[PhoenixDude]

Havent gotten it yet. It may be iron, seller wasnt sure.

[Brian]

To be honest, not something I would have bought for any price. Nothing there really worth grabbing unless you just need to mount something.
Sorry...but you won't have lost a lot anyways, so assume it's not an expensive lesson. Maybe $20?
Resist the urge to buy anything that is cheap. Oneday, like all of us, you will look at it all and wonder why you didn't just buy one or 2 very nice items instead.

[PhoenixDude]

Yeah it was like 22$ shipped.

[nagamaki - Franco]

Expensive slip sinker.

 

Fittings, like nihonto, calls for as the Japanese suggest, begin with viewing the very best examples possibly available, almost to spoil your eyes. So that 'junk' hurts your eyes when seeing it.