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traded. happy to get a sword back I once owned 8 years ago. thank you Brent !

huge price drop before I will unfortunately split it all up.. $4500 for complete package.

huge price drop $5500 obo

good day folks. this has been discussed in two places on this forum and I thank all that tuned in to help with knowledge. for that I would like to offer this fine piece for the first time here to all members. if sale is completed here I will give a healthy donation to forum. this is a beautiful koto wakizashi. it has a beautiful Ayasugi hada, like breaking of ocean waves through out the ji, and ha touching the very cutting edge. . the cutting length is 16 inches. 1inch and 1/16 wide blade, blade is nearly 1/4 inch thick. the blade has no fatal flaws (kizu) and no hagire. it is a wide thick blade with high shinogi-ji sloping towards the Muni. there is some beautiful Utsuri , koshi-sori and saki-sori. the blade is mumei o-suriage. im leaning towards Gassan school. it has beautiful all matching goto fitings, gold dragon theme. the blade of the kozuka is signed daijo fujiwara suksada (6th generation) i believe. the fuchi kashira is signed goto shujo kao (mitsutaka) 13th goto master . the wrap on the tsuka is perfect and mint, the ray skin is of the highest quality and shows 3 large bumps. the seppa are gold and match, the habaki is two piece gold. nothing mismatched or gobbled together. very elegant original sword bag which is included as well. the whole works for $6500 shipping included. thank you.

Thank you very much tony and steve

thank you Grev for sharing that. much appreciated.

thank you so much for tuning in, im in the middle of doing research on the tsuba, ive yet to find a comparable example.

thank you so much for the compliment. so would this be the saburouemon goto branch ? does anyone have any info or examples of this smith? or send me in the right direction for info and study on him, thank you

steve m was great to translate over in translation section, translated to Gotō Shūjō (kaō)

thank you very much steve for your time and knowledge. so would this be the 13th master Mitsutaka 1722-1784 ?

thank you very much Dominik, I really appreciate your confirmation. what generation do you think this would be 6th? or if anyone else has an opinion please tune in. I also found mei on the fuchi kashira, not sure how i missed it. im having a go at that right now with slow progress if anyone wants to lend a hand or have a go at it id be very greatful. nothing else has mei i doubled checked. here is a pick

thank you for both tuning in. I was personally leaning towards Kenjo (7th) gen for the kogai and kozuka. I actually found mei on the fuchi kashira, not sure how i missed that? lol.. nothing else has mei. ive been having a go at the mei with no luck thus far. here are pics

hello folks, thank you in advance for your knowledge and time. I have a set of fittings and the Kodzuka blade is signed Bizen kuzuke daijo fujiwara sukesada I believe. can anyone help correct or confirm the mei or validate this please? im a little rusty on mei as im just picking it back up. also I have some fittings over in the Tosogu section im trying to get ideas on school and period. if any of you folks would be so kind to skip over to that post and have a peek please and give me your input. i would greatly appreciate your knowledge. im not getting any feedback on them . ive included a couple pics of fitting to show quality of the Kodzuka. thank you very much .

your dealer im guessing is referring to edo and later period swords. most koto swords are o-suriage/suriage (cut down nakago). In my opinion an ubu nakago is very important in later swords as if my memory serves me they can not get juyo if cut down nakago. this may have changed. earlier koto swords are fine. so if your asking my opinion then its doesnt matter to me being koto but if edo than for me it must be ubu.

hey folks hope all is well ! I would love to hear some opinions on school and era please. also quality of these fittings. I know they appear well above average but im no expert. they are on a Gassan school muromachi period wakizashi. I am thinking goto but im not too good on Tsuba etc.. the Kodzuka blade is signed Bizen kuzuke daijo fujiwara sukesada I believe, anyway here are some pics, all comments welcome. thank you in advance for your time and knowledge.

looks like Kosho period attribution (1455,1456) , would mean a 3rd or 4th generation akihro if im not mistaken. I have a Kunishige that is similar...

congrats and what a find! we could all use a find like that once in a blue moon. to echo what Brian said that sword deserves the highest quality attention asap. cheers

im bored i guess , Just keeping you guys on your toes, ...cheers

thank you both of your insight and time, yes that is what i was thinking/hinting at when i said questionable. as you know I collect kamakura and have a couple muromachi blades , I dont touch later stuff and no knowledge on it really. ill see if i can get some pics, but if i can i will be able to tell by blade for sure.. he just asked about kanji so thats what i was helping him with, cheers

Hey folks been out of practice for a while and trying to help a friend. im not sure what im seeing .... naga ? cho ? something, Ichi ? something.. its questionable and too bad the nakago looks to have been heavily cleaned. thank you for help.

good day gents, usually not one for drama or a rant but thought i would share my recent personal experience with ebay seller kanetoyo2666 i recently was the top bidder and winner of one of his katana which i got a deal price on i thought. before i knew it the transaction was cancelled by him with no contact or explanation to me. when i contacted him his first reaction was to lie, he said it was dammaged? ya right i thought! long tale that is, i knew he didnt like the sale price and cancelled. i replied and stated i know it was because of the sale price and maybe in future you should put a reserve. he wrote back and and admitted he did not like the sale price and thats why he was not completing transaction. i never leave a negative but felt with the deception and lieing i had no choice and save someone the grief in the future. so i left a factual negative. he put in to ebay for a review of feedback , once again stating lies that he had contacted me before cancelling. ebay looked and seen no such messages and sided with me. long story short and the reason im putting this here is for the protection of fellow members. fact is if he is willing to tell tales and lie about messages and being lost then he is capable of lieing about the condition or authenticity of a blade.. i know see the blade listed by him on ebay for a buy it now a couple thousand higher...lol

Seen this and watched it end. Was gonna buy it just for the history and fully respect it as such even in its current condition . however someone did take a heavy grinder to this blade which is a shame and I do hope it can be saved.good luck to the new owner, I wasn't willing to roll the dice to find out how deep the grinder went.