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See the signature as an addition. Its an old warrior sword. Its very old.

I like this sword. Nice itame hada and beautiful gunome midare hamon. This sword needs a good polish to see its beauty. I belive its late muromachi. Kissaki was slightly reshaped but nothing to fear off.

Unfortunately, it was 2:00 AM here. It's hard to keep track of when you have to be at work in the morning. Congratulations to Justin – that's a very good prize. Thanks also to Sam for the great show.

chinese 住 勝 䒳 仁 (Zhù shèng duǒ rén) but i think it should read "Yoshihito Sumikatsu" proudly made with Dremel.

Max your picture is not to good to judge. The color of fire gilded gold is different to modern electro plating. You must have more tsuba in hand to see the difference of all that things. There are so many possibilities for metalwork.

Max when it is painted not fire gilded or patinated it is a cast copy. Sorry. The Japanese are masters in gilding and metalwork. They didn't paint tosogu parts. Only in wartime they painted gunto parts mostly iron. Cooper was patinated with niage. Cheap tosogu from the edo period was lacquered with urushi mostly black. But this is rare to find and now some worthy.

You could buy a horse and ride down Broadway with this drawn blade, shouting "Everything for the Emperor!" It would be quite authentic, and you'd be famous instantly.

You tsuba is for me Hamamono work (Nagoya mono). Genpai war crossing uji river its a common theme. Some say work for tourists in meji times. It was very popular in the late edo/meji time. Maybe you ask if it is fake or modern reproduction? The term mass produced could hit nearly every tsuba from all periods. The price depends in quality. Those workshops made all level of tsuba. High and low quality weak metal tsuba. The second picture looks more like a modern copy to me. But i can't judge it from your picture. But some of these tsuba get papers (Kyo-kanagushi) at all. So don't worry. As long as it's not a cheap Chinese copy from a smelter. But with the current copper price, even those aren't cheap anymore.

The question is was it made by him or was it made/ changed wartime. The Koshirae is made up of parts. The Seppa are from a Type 3. But we've seen something like this before. Bring your sword to war or assembled after war? I didn't like this part.

its not leather Bruce its lacquered Paper. I have one. http://www.schmucker-info.net/letzte_stufe_gendaito.html

Me staring at the price to go in.

And why shouldn't "regular" members be allowed to offer anything anymore? They usually support the board with sales or donate proceeds.

Make it even more valuable. Only Gold members can buy and sell. (Revelation of John 13:17)

My advice: Bury it in the garden and wait a few thousand years. It will be worth millions. Or, put it behind glass as it is, hang it in the dining room, and tell everyone a great story about it. Most will admire it.

$650 Thank you. Germany Bavaria.