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Brian, thank you for your input and its much respected. however in our defence we weren't given the time. I planned on contacting reuben and discussing our next step in doing so and what needed to be said ect. This just happened two days ago. when a situation happens like this disbelief and findings ones bearings ,calming down and using a level headed approach is best.. its still so fresh and new, there was much to do by telephone and locally , he first had to get a hold of me and i then had to get back in contact with him, we first discussed the situation, i then contacted the postal authorities ect.. we spoke a couple times again, so first and most important was contacting the postal authorities and a few other individuals ect... next I was planning to discuss an appropriate action for posting a lost sword on the forum and elsewhere, one that we both felt suited the situation.. one that would be most effective in not causing a bunch of drama, speculation,untrue facts and B.S. I mean this brings me back to the day when i told the old lady on the corner my dog was lost and i went home contacted the area humane society's,vets ect.. and made flyers for town.. but buy the time i got to town 2 hours latter to put them up the old doll had told everyone already and by the time i heard the story i got apologies from folks saying they heard my dog got ran over to it drowned.... LOL Ive said all I need and will not be posting again on this unless its an update. thank you to all.

you are most welcome stephen, cheers.

you guys really know how to mess up facts. your all worse than women at a mall.. LOL .. Jon (nihonto101),your facts are wrong. the sword was listed here and posted the same time on ebay aug25th not sept 25th. a deal was struck here and sword was removed from ebay the same day. the only fact at the moment is the sword is missing and went missing somewhere between toronto and B.C. I have contacted Reuben in regards to this post to ask for his input. both reuben and I know the details of our transaction and thats what matters. the item was mailed with tracking and insured, when it arrived it was noticed that the item was removed and box resealed. now both Reuben and i have discussed this and at this time we would ask for comments to be kept to a minimum and any speculation kept to yourselves as this situation is under investigation by the post office. Its nice to see a simple post or advertising the sword missing for exposure, but when details start getting messed up and speculation starts it can only hurt the situation and create very little positivity towards the outcome. thank you.

ALL OF THE ABOVE I FIND ARE CORRECT....... there are many reasons, which all have been broken down here.. and might I add for the thrill of the win. when in reality you are not winning anything, simply paying too much....

I would like to thank barry and chris for an in depth lesson and meeting. I always look forward to the meetings and there is always something to learn. also thank you to kevin for taking the time to present and shedding some details on the NBSK. cant wait for the next!

LMAO at stephen...

try posting some more pics of complete blade,nakago, measurements close ups of hamon and hada, and kissaki boshi...

well this is why its such a great world of learning, disagreements and discussion such as this. Thank you Brian for your comment. Brian, I did take into consideration in my study the possibility of the ha machi and mune machi had been moved up, after looking at the hamon at the hamachi and taking that into consideration and the terrible patination and sloppy file marks its clear something is going on in this area.in picture 11 it shows in the middle the mune of the blade and the right side and left side. clearly one can see the very clean precise horizontal line that is visible on the right side, then on the mune and continues onto and through the left side. now i see fresh patination over it that does not match the rest of the nakago, Kiri and suji chigai and buffing,rubbing and what ever one might call all the erratic file marks.. certainly not Kesho... I see in my eyes a welded nakago. FYI .. as mentioned in my previous post the weld that I see was not as noticeable on my desk top as when i viewed it in high res. on my 24 inch flat screen..

BINGO.. you are correct Grey . In my eyes a clear "cut" case of a welded nakago... pun intended..

thank you all for tuning in. I agree with what gilles,Brian and jean have stated. It certainly is a cause for suspicion in this area and would need further in hand inspection to be 100% sure, but from photos provided it sure appears that way. Jean thank you for providing that link to a great resource on flaws. Paulb I believe they are stating papers as Tokubetsu Kicho which were in place from 1950-1982 .. blue papers koshu tokubetsu kicho were from 1973-1982 . now have a closer look folks in pictures 8 and 11 look in the transition area of the blade and nakago, look just behind the mune-machi and ha-machi also look at the Yasui-me ... any guesses as to what im trying to point out here ???... I studied these pictures for over an hour and on 3 different computers and one in high res... it is way more noticeable in high res. op to a old standard computer screen.

hello all. its fun time.... now that this auction has completed I will post it here for a learning exercise so to speak. This is a good example of "if something is too good to be true" or a "price seems too good to be true" it probably is. alright folks here we go.. any guesses as to why this wakizashi sold for 1/3 the price it should have? there are a couple issues that can be seen but one major one that if not looked at closely may go undetected.. any guesses ??? here is the link ( 141690532438 ) or http://www.ebay.com/itm/WAKIZASHI-ANTIQUE-Japanese-SWORD-NBTHK-TOKUBETSU-KICHO-UNSIGNED-SUKEKANE-EDO-/141690532438?nma=true&si=iZ%252F7a1j9iJTMmBrqQhr%252FAQbqs5c%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 just copy and paste.. or simply click on link

thank you very much Marcus and Peter for both your time and kindness to help, cheers.

Hello folks reaching out here for some info on koyama Muneari. I have the smiths time period,father,lineage ect... but im having difficulty finding any examples of this smiths work. does anyone have any links ect. that they can provide with pictures, ive tried internet search with not much luck... thank you in advance.

thank you all for your help and leads. I have managed to secure a sukehira wakizashi and sukenao wakizashi ( a kind person that had my personal email forwarded my contact info to a collector that contacted me with these two blades in the same collection). I am still on the hunt .....

I cant make anything out by these pictures, they are blurry and fuzzy. can you snap some clear pictures please.

Thats hard to answer as too many variables determine costs, tanto?,wakizashi ?or katana?, papered? , level of paper? none papered? condition of polish. koshirae? ect.. ect.. if the item is price accordingly and fairly to what I have seen on the market and other swords I have purchased then im a buyer . Im not looking for a steal here folks, but im also aware of current market values and am not interested in people fishing for a home run either ... cheers.

message sent Jon. cant figure why the PM wont work on your end. I sent a PM to you, let me know if it came through. also sent a message to your private email,cheers.

Hello folks. I am currently buying yokayama den swords for my collection. I will consider any sword,wakizashi or tanto. I am really after sukehira,sukenao and sukenaga. if you have one or know of one for sale please PM me, thank you in advance for your time and efforts folks.

customs can hold items for up to 10 working days to do inspections and investigations(not including weekends or holidays) if nothing is found to be an issue or illegal activity they have to legally release the item.they from time to time will make sure values are consistent with purchase price and contact the buyer to confirm so. its also quite possible that the scan into the postal system was not uploaded directly and in which case it will take awhile for the next scan to update in the system. keep in mind even though no scan or tracking is showing up on there web site it can still be in transit and you may check it one day and all of a sudden see an update with several scans and the item is in the foreign country ect... you can also get a snag if the item is not stated as "personal" if an item is for a business or commercial then you get into another kettle of fish all together and thats a conversation for another day. I have been a licensed importer and exporter of weapons for 10 years now and have seen almost everything in my time...

tuning in from ontario

use the kanji pages at the top of the page here under research. chris is right this is a very easy beginner kanji and a good one to learn on, you will feel self gratitude once you have done it yourself. cheers

thank you very much Jean. I will use these ! much apreciated, cheers.

thanks for clearing that up,cheers.

hmmm, maybe just my eyes playing tricks or camera flash but what am I seeing in picture #4 at the Yakigashira.. nie crystals? koshi?

very nice pictures Jean, much better pictures than mine I like your blade. yes there was some error on my part and lack of description on some parts of the blade. as you pointed out I failed to mention shirake utsuri earlier in my posts when confirming it had utsuri. you make a good point and I hope this was a good lesson for anyone reading that the most minor detail left out can hinder ones decision in kantei. for example by me confirming utsuri, led everyone to bizen, and it should. but for some reason ,not thinking ,(maybe I had one of those insomnia nights Darcy spoke of ) i did not mention shirake, if I had done so the answers would have been mino as Jean pointed out. In the future i will do my best to list every precise detail I see and make it not so much a guessing game or shot in the dark so to speak,cheers....