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Excellent wakizashi, NBTHK Hozon to sukesada


Pika007

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Up for sale- my personal pride and joy of my collection:

Long wakizashi, mumei o-suriage from katateuchi, saki-zori, silver foil habaki in shirasaya and near perfect condition.

NBTHK Hozon to osafune sukesada

 

Shze:

Nagasa: 52.3cm, 20.6"

Motokasane: ~6.7mm

Motohaba: ~27.8mm

Hamon is a very bright choji in '"kani no tsune", hada is a dense ko-itame, utsuri and some ji-nie appear. Please refer to the pictures.

horimono: bo-hi with tsure-hi

Polish is in excellent condition, and is executed well. 

 

Personal opinion: What is very apparent is that this is no "workshop siukesada", it's one of the earler sukesada smiths.

I have a couple of very good opinions pointing to a certain one (two independent sources saying the same), but as those are opinions- please draw your own conclusions, i will answer if asked.

Many pictures are attached under several types of lighting, please take a good look. I will take any pictures requested. 

The blade is in near perfect condition. I can honestly not find anything, but this is not a completely new polish, so i can not say "100% perfect".

Guaranteed against any kind of fatal flaws.

 

Requested price: 7000$ OBO

Shipped everywhere on the planet with EMS express mail, UPS/DHL available upon request for select destinations.

Sword will not be sent to destinations that i can not insure the shipment for.

Any offer will be answered, i'll hear any opinion or reasoning, worst that can happen is that i'll say no.

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[FORGOT TO ADD IN THE FIRST POST]

If someone would like to contact me and can not use a PM for any reason, my email is ofekoik90@gmail.com

 

Thanks ken, i want every aspect of the blade to be visible, and as we know- hamon and utsuri are where we learn about the hardening work, i think it's one of the most important things to show.

 

I do hope the next owner enjoys this blade as much as i did (and still do!)

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Would you call that a double bo-hi of sorts or is there a specific term for that type? It's very interesting, must be quite uncommon?

 

It depends on the place and time- this style of hi with tsure-hi is somewhat common for several of the sukesada smiths in meio-eisho (1492-1516 or so), especially with a certain 3 of them.

I have seen several more in museums during my travels in Japan. Was actually supposed to land there this morning, thank you coronavirus....

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Another question out of curiosity, I am seeing a distinct straight line within the primary bo-hi near the nakago. I cant tell if its low enough where the habaki would cover it but it almost looks like a different material or perhaps a break where the polish ends?

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as you can see, it's right near the machi,  where the polish (at least the most recent one) ends.

Did forget to add in the opening post, the blade is in very healthy condition. i doubt it has seen many polishes over the years

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Like i said, i will accept any criticism. Mumei muromachi vary widely in price depending on what they may be and what work they exhibit, i took all options into account when setting the price point. 

As the opening post states- all offers are welcome if backed by proper reasoning, i won't ignore or go sour on anyone.

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First of all please let me say that I do like this Wakizashi very much. I think it is very nice Bizen work. I was sending the seller a PM when he had posted it on FB some months ago, making positive remakrs about it.

 

Unfortunately the NBTHK papers is in MY OPPINION annoying since it is too vague not staing a specific smith nor periode - as in most cases. If it gave more details, pricing would be much easier. Of course if we had a TBH paper it would help in terms that we can most likely expect to look at a Nambokucho periode piece since Mumei past Nambokucho usually does not achieve TBH papers. It is however impossible to tell wheter the blade had been submitted to TBH and failed or wheter it did just not get submitted.

 

The price is up between the seller and a potential buyer. This is for sure a nice blade and it is unfortunate the papers shed little light on a more specific attribution.

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There is no criticism of the blade. It looks like a nice Sukesada, clean, in good polish and with some good activity.

The issue is it is mumei, wakizashi, and probably Muromachi and therefore you are contending with signed Sukesada (they are plentiful) and longer ones in your price bracket. 

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"sukesada in muromachi" is a blanket term for smiths anywhere from mass production low quality to national treasures and juyo bunkazai.

Please let's not start a full in-depth discussion here, the other forums are for that. As i have mentioned before- If anyone has an offer and wishes to bring up options and discuss further, you'll find i'm very open for opinions and changes. However, this is not the place.

 

Please do trust i have done extensive research and talked to some people who are much more knowledgeable than myself, this is not some random "sukesada" i pulled off a gun show for 1-2K and just felt like bumping the price just because. And once again- price is negotiable, not set in stone.

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Maybe senility has set in with me but I do like reading the above comments which to my mind are civil and generally considerate, one of the other. As well of course being informative. But it is the civility that appeals.

Possibly it is because of my own sometimes social clumsiness when younger and it being nice to see how it should be done.

Why do I write this ? Just to show how much I enjoy you letting me join your NMB- so thanks.

Who knows where we will be this time next year?

 

Roger d.

(should I have posted this here because it is relevant)?

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Well, bickering will bring us nowhere, and since nothing but overall legitimate points were voiced- there is zero reason why this should turn into a squabble.

And since i do respect these opinions,

The price is reduced to 6,000$ OBO, and i'm willing to make a certain agreement regarding tokubetsu hozon shinsa. 

 

As someone who started his way in this field by being scammed by another, the last thing i'd like to do is give someone the same feeling. I know the next owner of this blade will be nothing but pleased- but i would very much like to make sure of that.

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Bump. offer until june 18th-

5,000USD

including shipping and insurance anywhere on the planet. This is pretty much as low as i'll go.

I have an offer which i'm reluctant to take due to the nature of the buyer, rather it to go to someone from here or similar circles.

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