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Wow thats a lot of pictures. Thanks for the link.

I ask myself why someone will buy that sword? Is the price cheap? The condition is on wreckage status. The blade is from an arsenal smith. Its not a gendaito. Polish is not worth any centimeter. The saya is total lost. So the worth is only in the parts of the fittings. I think most will jump in to cannibale that sword.

Its a fake one. You have the right feeling about it.

John i thought Kirikomi are only possible in the mune. Kirikomi "cut" is working because the harder cutting edge cuts into the weaker mune. But this looks like a cut into the very hard cuttings edge? And is it a kirikomi or a fatal flaw because it is going through the temper.

Interesting movie. But as it is with old stories. Something is true, something is wish, something is fantasy. Thats why such old people are so fascinating. Thanks for sharing. Very sympathic man.

Fantastic website Jimi. So much fun to look through your offers.

Someone treat that sword very bad. Bring it to a good polisher. it should look like this

Chris if you allow

lovely kozuka i like it

Thanks a lot Florian for the new view.

You mean some kind of warabite like that Florian? So it would be 2 different warabite designs? My westerner eye sees a plant and I'm sure it is some kind of plant. But you are right it could be something total different.

Hmm now I'm total confused. I was sure it was clover late shoami or owari. Then a friend says fern. Now you bring me to kiri leaves. The one is a wakizashi tsuba 6,8 cm x 0,4 cm. Its part of an showa era daisho (mixed blades). The last two days i worked on the wakizashi koshirae to fix some ding and dongs. Cleaning from dirt, smoke, fat and years of hanging somewhere....

Is this fern or clover? Or something else?

Took that bronze cast tsuba. Not the iron one.

Thats a really nice one.

Hamfish if someone collect flags and heartly want an admiral flag he will pay the price he can spent. It's not about machine made blades. It's all about to have one of the things that are rare. A flag is only some cheap fabric. What makes fabric special? Someone decide to spent 25.000,- EUR 14.000,- EUR for this tsuba.

See the same.

One is 由 Yoshi 由久 (Yoshi Hisa)?

Mine has also a mismatched saya. Copper handled one are like the holy grail. The first thing when you talk about Type95 is a copper handle because only 3.000+x has been produced. That is what you read first in wikipedia. So rarity makes them mystical. Maybe if you more experienced say that a copper handle is not that much interesting. But for me is my copper handle important and i would not sell it for another sword because the chance to get another one is really low. Between $2.000 and $3.000 + x ist the price for mismatch copper handle in good condition.

Michael my comment was only on the point of "could read or not" and the education of people and classes in the old Japan. I think it's total false to took a peoples pyramid and saying the most could not read - finish. The world isn't that easy. Old Japan was not the western world. In Europe the most could not read and nobles too. The only ones who could read were monks and clerics und Traders, like the hanse. And some Artisans like painters could read too. my thoughts on Samurai: The picture is mostly that a Samurai walk the whole day around with his swords, make martial arts, kill people who insult him, drinking sake and wait for the next war. But reality was the most time they work on their grounds.

nonsense

Every Samurai could be Ronin. Many Nobles work as Artisan. Many Warriors fight as paid Soldiers. A Merchant if he didn't sell fruits as a poor human must could read. Where are the medics in that table? Where are the monks and priests in that table? Btw: those class table is a religious, mental classification of moral. And has nothing to do with the real life in old Japan. Money and rice ruled the daily life. And the samurai as we think never exists.

Maybe a silly question. I know there are unsigned so called shadow swords but If sword was ordered to dedicate it to a high ranking person with a special inscription, was it possible or normal to make one or two copies with the same dedication and give it to other persons? If an Admiral or General was given a sword by the tenno for a service is it not an insult if another or two gets a excactly copy with the same inscription and date? "Hey i recieved a sword from the tenno personal for my services." "Oh cool, i got the same one. Look" Or is this only westerner thinking?