Salvatori Moretto

More pictures that were requested Cheers, Sal'

If this is not a place for this please just take it down For sale is a custom Japanese style Gimei katana in kesho polish with 32 inch nagasa . Main computer is down from Irma, it fried my mother board, along with other incurred expenses, forcing me to put up a few projects a bit early to cover some expenses. I've got one of komonjo's blades, a rather large one with over a 32 inch nagasa that I did all the mounting for. The handle is 11.5, I Balanced it well with one of Fred Lohmans largest dragon tsuba, and complemented it with some nice Dragon fuchi and kashira from fred as well. Menuki are also a nicer grade in dragon and ken theme, and the tsuka is finished in a nice wine coloured Japanese silk ito. I custom made some coin edged copper seppa, and made a new saya in a basic black ishime finish. The samegawa is a VERY rare and hard to find star style samegawa with large nodes all over that resemble stars! This was also applied in a full wrap to make this blade better suited for cutting. This blade has some LIGHT hazing of rust near the end of the monouchi which I wasnt able to capture in any photos yet, but at this price I wanted to mention. I'll attempt to get photos of that soon as well. Many of these pictures were just taken really quick while at work so excuse the poor quality and angles, i also have more pictures of the blade I'll upload in just a little bit. Price is $2000 USD Shipped CONUS OBO, also able to accept half in cash and the rest in trades. Also willing and able to ship worldwide at extra cost. Extremely motivated to get this out! I can change the colour of the saya for just an extra $100 on request to any other basic finish. Also having a hard time getting/sending messages, so if I don't respond on here you can reach me on my cell, 954-589-7228 Cheers, Sal'

Trial and error with a few days of tinkering between light mixtures of black lacquer in a 1/41/5 type ratio, diluted shellac,( put on mut dabbed off just a little so it's not too shiny) as well as the skin gets light baths in coffee before it's molded to the tsuka. I've also literally thrown dirt on it before the wrap Polishing it with a padded 800+ grit padded sanding to help simulate things rubbing over the higher nodes over time. It can take a day or two to get right on each tsuka sometimes as each skin reacts slightly different each time, maybe due to slight thickness differences? Thanks again guys! Cheers, Sal'

Well I ended up purchasing it from him for his starting price. I'll have it at the Tampa sword show coming up most likely. Afterwards I'll put it back up for sale on here and ship world wide. And thanks for the kind remarks about my tsuka work, I'm just glad I was able to do the koshirae justice Cheers and thanks again guys! Sal'

This one only has five hours left! Does anyone know why there might not be any bidders yet? Is it just because it's mumei and o-suriage? Cheers, Sal'

Another one of my previous mounts has gone up for sale while my friend is still down on his luck. Mumei and o-suriage, this blade has a good weight to it! This customer used the koshirae that I was selling on here a while ago to use when I mounted this for him. Wally Hostetter re lacquered the saya in a nice simple black. to freshen things up. I made a new tsuka and used a high grade samegawa from namikawa in a full wrap which I then antiqued to look old, and a simple black silk for the tsuka-maki. Used bambo themed koshirae and i believe shishi dog menuki. I think this would definitely look great with a fresh polish I see a lot of potential for the blade under that old polish. Nagasa: 67.0 cm. Sori: 1.8 cm. Moto-haba: 3.2 cm. Saki-haba: 2.4 cm. Moto-gasane: 0.7 cm. Saki-gasane: 0.5 cm. http://www.ebay.com/itm/252727262741?ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649&autorefresh=true He set the auction as no reserve, I placed a starting bid. As you can tell from the last blade he put up someone got one heck of a steal! He will only ship to US and Canada, but if there are others who wish to bid, I will more than gladly act as an intermediary, have him ship the blade to me, and then ship the blade for him to your location for only the cost of the shipping I incur. Good luck everyone! Cheers, Sal'

Even with unknown origin, the blades komonjo sells often go for the price this sold for, as a un mounted blade. This might be a blade to some people that is worth appreciating because of its unique look, and to others, a fun, higher quality blade than they are probably used to for cutting I can't speak of its origin, but I can say by holding it in hand that it was FAR better than any bugei/hanwei blade that i have held that often sell for the same price... I don't think they were any false pretenses on his part, it was I that mentioned shinsakuto as I was rushing to post here on my way to bed, but his ebay sale makes no mention of the word My fault Apologies Cheers, Sal'

Yes I think it may be one of the komonjo's or something similar but I don't remember, I'll email him for clarification sori is VERY deep, ill see if I can find my old measurements or just gave him measure it again. cheers, Sal'

Hello folks, just helping a customer, and friend of mine in need. It's one of the blades I mounted just recently, he just put it up for sale. I made the tsuka, seppa and did the tsukamaki and samagawa work, gathered and fitted all the koshirae (except antique menuki provided by the customer) and came up with the over all theme for him. Wally Hostetter did the saya, and Areku did the tsuba, and a close friend of his in Poland did the fuchi and kabutogane custom for this job as there were no fitting large enough for this on the market. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-sword-katana-tachi-nodachi-with-horimono-/252705429069?hash=item3ad66ad64d:g:rVEAAOSw6DtYWDX-&autorefresh=true Only higher quality materials were used, even used a really nice piece of grade 1 samegawa for this one and the antiquing came out very nice. A lot of craftsman put a lot of work into this very nice and unique tachi style blade mounted as handachi. It has a nicely carved horimano and he's starting the auction at only $1000! Attached are just some teaser photos from him auction. Thanks, Cheers, Sal'

He just relisted it and it's starting at about $1000 I'll post it in the for sale section as well. Thanks, Sal'

Hello folks, just helping a a customer of mine in need. It's one of the blades I mounted for a long time customer just recently, he just put it up for sale. I made the tsuka, seppa and did the tsukamaki and samagawa work, gathered and fitted all the koshirae (except antique menuki provided by the customer) and came up with the over all theme for him. Wally Hostetter did the saya, and Areku did the tsuba, and a close friend of his in Poland did the fuchi and kabutogane custom for this job as there were no fitting large enough for this on the market. http://www.ebay.com/...qAAAOSwux5YWDW8 Only higher quality materials were used, even used a really nice piece of grade 1 samegawa for this one and the antiquing came out very nice. A lot of craftsman put a lot of work into this one, and he's asking a fair price it imho. $2250 obo

Would be great to see the end results of what you learn about that blade, as I was bidding on these also That whole missing ana and nice file marks/shape is what drew me to it also -Sal

Well for a katana length project blade at 27.5 inches, that I was hoping to learn more from, I think it will suit my needs If it polishes all the better of coarse As far as the tsuka I knew it was a mismatch and of poorer quality to begin with, as the same with the overly rusted tsuba. I make my own tsuka and stock samegawa and ito so I have no out of pocket expense there unless I decided to do something special koshirae wise if it polishes out. I'm just super excited, if this one turns out ok it might be the first one I plan to keep for myself, if not, one to save from further destruction and pass along for other beginner collectors to learn from. Thanks everyone! If my polisher thinks this one is worth restoration than I'll update this thread with photos and start a new thread for it as more work gets done. Thanks again for all the good advice and feedback! Cheers, Sal

Hello and thank you all in advance Need some help and honest opinions. Just picked up this blade and was told the mei reads yoshimitsu, it does appear to do so, but any idea which one from what you see? I plan on having it polished very soon and having the saya restored (THAT SAME" IS BEAUTIFUL) and then finishing the mounts according to how well it polishes. Thanks again everyone! Cheers, Sal

Sold and shipped Thanks everyone!

Really need this sold ASAP, price lowered to $700 shipped CONUS Thanks, Sal

Bump!!!

$800 Shipped people!!! Sal'

$900 Shipped people!!! This is what I paid for the polish alone, need to get this gone to keep working on other projects! Thanks, Sal

Bump!

Bump, price now $1100 Shipped CONUS Thanks, Sal

This one is off to ebay folks! Here's the link if you wish to bid . http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/262380341545? Thanks, Sal'

Deal has passed people, Price adjusted to $1400 Shipped CONUS OBO, this one might just go to auction soon. Thanks, Sal

Ok here's a 15 hour deal...deal expires the moment I sign papers tomorrow in the early evening. I want to put down an extra $1000 tomorrow on the car I'm getting, so from now until till then only, Price is lowered to $1040 shipped CONUS!!! Thanks, Sal

Here are some photos of the nakago Also, Measurements are: W/ Saya it measures 27 3/4 inches W/o Saya 27 3/16 overall Nagasa is just a hair over 21 Tsuka is 5 inches Thanks -Sal