Wayben

1) Iron Tsuba depicting a Rain Dragon. 80mm X 75mm with a 3mm rim, nakago ana 27mm X 8mm. $300 2) Layered Chrysanthemum Tsuba, rim slightly loose . Shakudo over copper core. 70mm X 69mm, 4mm rim, nakago ana 26mm X 8mm. $225 3) Two orphan kashira. One leaves and pine cones, 39X23mm. Second with prayer rope, 38X22mm. $50 for the pair. Price includes shipping in the US, International shipping will be additional depending on where it goes. Send a PM if you are interested. Thanks for looking. Wayne

1) Pair of brass Dragon Menuki with box. 2 7/8" long. $Sold 2) Signed Shakudo with Gold Accents Dragon Tsuba with box and pillow. Signed Nagasaki-ju Onitake Toshiyoshi. 74mm X 70mm, nakago ana 24mm X 8mm. Papered by Nihon-Tosogu-Kenkyu-Kai (NTKK). Jury president Makio Saruta, Director of NBTHK Osaka Branch. $1200 Price includes shipping and insurance in the US. International will be additional shipping depending on location. If you're interested drop me a PM. Thanks for looking. Wayne

Prices reduced on the two remaining. #1 - $200 #4 - $1200

#1 and #4 still available.

#2 Sold

#3 Sold

Still available.

Continuing to thin things out. Four more items up for sale. 1) Pair of brass Dragon Menuki with box. 2 7/8" long. $250 2) Pair of Shakudo Shishi Menuki with box and pillow. About 1 1/4" x 1/2" size. NBTHK Hozon. $285 3) Akasaka School Tsuba with box and pillow. 72mm round, nakago ana 25mm x 8mm. NBTHK Hozon. $790 4) Signed Shakudo with Gold Accents Dragon Tsuba with box and pillow. Signed Nagasaki-ju Onitake Toshiyoshi. 74mm X 70mm, nakago ana 24mm X 8mm. Papered by Nihon-Tosogu-Kenkyu-Kai (NTKK). Jury president Makio Saruta, Director of NBTHK Osaka Branch. $1475 Price includes shipping and insurance in the US. International will be additional shipping depending on location. If you're interested drop me a PM. Thanks for looking. Wayne

I don't know jack about this kind of stuff, but just out of curiosity I searched for one on eBay. There is one for sale, graded MS-63 by NGC, listed at $2250. I don't know if that guy knows any more about them than I do, but it's a data point. There were none listed as sold. Good luck to all the snipers out there that are waiting until the end to grab this one!!

My two translation books have different covers, but both have the same weight paper for the pages. Both are signed by Harry, to different people, probably two different printings. That probably does nothing but add to the confusion, lol!!

It says it was ended by the seller because there was an error in the listing, lol.

That's the canned feedback that a seller gives a buyer, since you can't give buyers negative feedback any more. You have to click on feedback as a seller up above to see all the makeup, pillow cases, and wallets that he normally sells.

The picture is still there in the item description. The seller is only allowed to put 12 pictures in the area at the top of the listing. Some sellers add more photos in the description area.

It's my sword. I listed it on NMB last March, but didn't get any interest, so about a month ago I put it on eBay. Anything I list on eBay is US sales only, simply because eBay tends to side with buyers, as does PayPal. Unless a seller has indisputable evidence (and sometimes even that won't work) eBay gives the buyers the benefit of the doubt and in a lot of cases automatically refunds them. I can't always get indisputable evidence in foreign countries or argue with their customs officials. I've been burned enough that it's just not worth shipping international on eBay. I'm not saying I've never been burned by US buyers, but it's just easier to fight it. The NMB sales link above doesn't say no foreign sales, but yes I'd prefer to sell in the US. I've sold several tsuba international, filling out a customs form is no big deal and shipping is relatively reasonable. The big deal for blades is the shipping cost and value which influences customs fees on the other end. Not to mention the threads on here of cases of customs (or shippers) destroying blades because of some asinine rule. USPS will ship international, but with limited insurance and lately with a serious lack of reliability anywhere. FedEx and UPS not much better insurance wise. So...not absolutely opposed to selling blades international, just leery. Hope that makes some kind of sense and thanks again for the kind words.

Thanks for the kind words guys. Any buyer will be very happy with this one!!

Sold, please move to archive.

On Hold

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Peter, I appreciate it. Sendai Kunikane is a very interesting line that made some beautiful blades. I think this one represents the school very well.

Up for sale is a Wakizashi attributed to Sendai Kunikane with Koshirae and NBTHK Hozon. Beautiful blade with stunning Masame hada and Suguha hamon. NBTHK doesn't say which generation Kunikane, but the quality of the forging hints at one of the earlier generations. Nagasa is 48.8cm, 6X31mm at the machi, 4X21mm at the yokote. Unaltered and in very good polish. Comes with a nice kosherae and shirasaya to complete the package. Shipping to the US only. SOLD

Red and green always reminds me of a Christmas ornament. I think with the red saya and color of the fittings, yellow would look good. Kind of a deep yellow that would play off the fittings.

Sold

On hold.

Still available.

Price drop $5750.

Still available.