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J Reid

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  1. J Reid

    NBTHK

    Interesting! Yet... How contradicting.
  2. Paypal can't legally take money out of your account. Your paypal account will just go negative. You don't want to lose your paypal/ebay account over this though..
  3. p.s. I am sorry for your loss. This guy is obviously an ass... Brian please excuse my language.
  4. Thomas.. Paypal will not credit the buyer back unless he returns the item first. Don't surcome to his threats of money first then "dagger". Have him ship it back to you and when you get it back refund him less shipping costs. Tell him shipping both ways is his responsibility. If you don't do anything, paypal WILL side with the buyer and you will lose both your item (which you can repair again and resell) and the money. Regardless of what "proof" you can muster up through conversations- The odds are 99% you will lose in any dispute with paypal or ebay. Your only advantage at the moment is that he needs to ship back to you in order to get a refund. Even if he files a chargeback outside of paypal, you can dispute that with a tracking number.. You need to focus on one thing. Salvage the transaction and get back whatever of your costs you can ie. Broken item, shipping costs, and ebay fees. The rest is already lost.
  5. I guess this is the risk level involved in shipping delicate goods to someone who possibly does not know how to handle such goods. I would offer the refund. But definitely get the transaction cancelled on ebay before the refund is given and also mention that shipping is the buyers responsibillity (both ways). Have him/her agree to at least those terms.
  6. If the buyer returns the item there won't be a case to argue.. The buyer could send a stick back and the seller would still lose with paypal.
  7. In a situation like this. Ebay will side with the buyer if they open a dispute. You need to attempt to nicely let them know that you obviously know they broke it. Offer them a partial refund. If they refuse, offer to refund them less 10% and paypal fees, shipping both ways etc. if they ship it back to you and offer to cancel the transaction on ebay( so you don't pay fees). Usually this should discourage a return. If it doesn't.. Well it's better to have the item back than a forced refund by paypal and no item.
  8. Thanks Paul. I thought this exercise was fun!
  9. Ron, No.3 blade is clean.. (condition of ji hada is much better than No. 2 Shinto) But the nakago tells the truth. Even though the pictures are grainy, you can see that there is a lot of age in the last 3.5 inches of the nakago in comparison to the top 2 blades (youngest). Alex, There were often shinshinto copies of koto works, not as often in shinto times. So no 4. is definitely not shinto.. The bottom blade is obviously kamakura (using sugata, kissaki, and patina on the nakago) and the oldest of the lot with an nice patina on the nakago. Of course these could all be master forgeries and we could all be way wrong!! But I'm just going to throw the idea on the table that all 4 of these swords are probably somewhat important works and authenticated as un-tampered with (age considered ie. patina etc.).
  10. 1. shin-shinto (ubu) 2. shinto (shortend by maybe 1.5-2 inches at machi) 3. koto (nambokucho) 4. koto( kamakura) ??
  11. Hmmmm.... verryyyy interesting Christian! I enjoyed reading that very much so.
  12. Good investment! I think you're in the clear Matt.
  13. Just don't spend too much on showato. Actually, only buy them if they're in good condition and a good price. Buy the gendaito. Look over all of the showato and just make sure they aren't "Frankensteins" (mash of spare parts put together). Militaria collectors want matching numbers, good paint jobs, no rust, and most importantly, no restoration needed! As is condition only. Militaria collects feel that restoration removes historical value. Nihonto collectors will accept a cheap purchase gendaito even if restoration is required. That's my two cents. Good luck!
  14. J Reid

    true Dai-Sho

    Haha that's hilarious. I enjoyed reading it thoroughly.
  15. Hey, I'm doing a project and was wondering if any of our Japanese members could help me out. I need this poem correctly translated and written in the vertical fashion. "Like an old tree From which we gather no blossoms Sad has been my life Fated to bear no fruit" I do already have it translated but just want to make sure that its written in the correct format. If anyone could just post it written in Japanese and vertically, I would be so grateful. Thanks!
  16. $1400 seems fair. If its a gendaito. But it looks like a showato. So $7-900. EDIT: oops just realized this was answered.
  17. Tametsugu? Or minamoto ?? I'm bad at reading mei. But that's my guess.
  18. Maybe that's why it didn't re-paper? Originally it was unnoticed? Suggesting this without actually examining the picture, assuming its hagire (as the listing has magically disappeared). Or the papers are el'fake-O. Personally, I would buy a muramasa with hagire but not for 48k!! Haha. MAYYBEE for 8k-10k after the papers were examined. My priorities are also irregular and I'm cheap.
  19. I just don't like old papers coming out of Japan on big names.
  20. I wouldn't value this blade near 3k. I would say if you had a sword (3k value) you were willing to trade, I would ask for this and $1000 minimum ( based on condition and your doubts) I would say late shinto- early shinshinto. Maybe even a nobufusa as chris is proposing! I don't think gendai though unless it made and designed to deceive.. earlier generation? They do have similar features.. I don't know..
  21. Ofcourse.. Omg how did I not think to look at the second picture..? bah.
  22. From what I see, it looks like a mount fuji in the hamon.. or is that just the lighting? Also I would say no to a polish just because the nakago is totalled and the signature is leaning towards gimei (imho). The blade portion looks good. Keep as is my friend. The condition and polish is okay.
  23. Yeah I agree with Mariusz. Also looks like the nakago was ground down for a D guard Tsuka.
  24. USPS international or fedex. Declare as "Japanese art/antique" ..UPS won't ship swords.
  25. I want to see the blade!! The suspense is killing me..
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