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J Reid

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    It's very possible they were used for head removal. It's possible they were used for scalping. Samurai were pretty obsessed with the whole head taking thing, it wouldn't surprise me if some samurai had a special blade made just for it.

     

    Truth is we just simply don't know.

    Yeah that is where I was heading with my opinion. I read somewhere once (can't remember source) that collecting heads by quantity became a big trend and that fallen soldiers of little worth were scalped instead of decapitated. I could see some "dedicated" samurai hunters having a blade like this on their person during battle. But hey?! looks like a garden tool too.. It could have possibly developed from the nata or vice versa.. like the ninja Kama etc.

  2. For $3500 you could dig up a papered and polished piece on eBay.. or from AOI! I see them all the time. Why would you consider buying a questionable blade at that price point? Maybe if it was $1000-$1500.. but even then, personally, I would struggle to go for it. I would rather go for a nice wakizashi. Hold on to your money and keep searching! The market is at an all time low. Take advantage of that.

  3. For sale is a muromachi period wakizashi in shirasaya signed "bishu osafune sukesada". 2 mekugi Ana. Mokume hada with areas of itame and Masame. Dark steel tone. Boshi is present however it is thin. Gunome-Midare hamon is clouded. Overall shape is good. Polish is old but ji is still clear. There are a few areas of minor kizu. Guaranteed against hagire.

     

    Sori 1.2"

    Nagasa 17.75"

    Nakago 4.8"

    Moto-Kasane 0.7

    Saki-kasane 0.3

    Moto-haba 30mm

    Saki-haba 21mm

     

    $1150 OBO Payment within 24 hours by PayPal & fees paid by buyer. Also willing to do a partial trade as payment. Thanks!

  4. I think the NBTHK is wrong. They got the blade after benson repatinated the nakago. That's probably why they think it's a shinshinto utsushi. Benson says that he removed new file marks from the nakago and repatinated it. However before doing so he said there was remanents of "blue" rust. He also says that he thought the blade was older based on the health of the blade. I would take the opinion of benson over the NBTHK based on these details.

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