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Looking to buy a very old koto katana or tachi in antique or shin gunto koshirae preferably Kammakura, Nanboku-cho or early Muromachi period, preferably pre 1500 ad. I need a blade in polish, not a rusted blade, with no hakabore-no nicks and intact unbroken sharp tip kissaki and no hagire-no cracks in antique koshirae. Also interested in a quality made sword instead of bundle made swords that were cheaply mass produced. For $800-$1800 depending on quality of the sword.

Blades with such a large o-kissaki is that rare? The o-kissaki on my wakizashi is the largest I have ever seen.

Yes, sword should arrive late May or Early June.

The mei on my nakago looks like MUNENAGA (宗長) so can it be determined if my sword was made by this Jumyō Munenaga or if its gimei based on picture of my mei?

I created a new thread about this interesting sword and its features in the nihonto discussion as it deserves, the other thread was just about the auction. I looked up Munenaga on google and in googles photos of Sesko's book it shows there were 8 or more smiths apparently named Munenaga. I knew the koshirae was obviousIy not this swords first as it was made in the late Edo period and the sword is supposedly early Edo but this koshirae is not a recent put together but koshirae that was made for this sword and mounted on it in the late Edo period according to the seller at least. I know koshirae is not perfect, the sageo is missing, saya was restored and repainted and there are nicer looking sayas but the tsuba, fuchi, kashira and habaki look to be of a decent quality. The tsuba looks quite expensive and complex, I have seen similar tsubas alone sell for $300-600 on ebay. The habaki is original edo and I see a lot of nihontos with repro modern made replacement habaki for some reason. I doubt this nihonto is shinshinto as the nakago looks too old. I

Recently bought my first nihonto for $1565 shipped, I think I might of overpaid a bit but I like this sword. Its a Munenaga Mino School wakizashi o-kissaki with a really thick 7.5mm blade with late Edo period made koshirae originally made to fit this sword, also interesting that the menuki is gunbai military leader's fan. Seller says this sword is from the 1660's period, do features of this sword make it likely made in an earlier or later time period than 1660's Edo? Is the mei real Jumyō Munenaga based on pictures or gimei? Full Sword description here http://www.ebay.com/itm/WAKIZASHI-ANTIQUE-Japanese-SWORD-SIGNED-MUNENAGA-MINO-SCHOOL-EARLY-EDO-/131777059437?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=XQSu%252FQbxSlIwcMGyF0t6LSPRNPM%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

I recently bought what I believe is a kyu gunto also called murata-to for $148 shipped in quite decent condition with what seller said is sharp blade and no rust. It does not have the typical wraparound handle like other kyu gunto. Need help to ID sword model and time of manufacture?

So the seller most likely got the time period that the sword was made in wrong? I really want to find out what time period the sword was really made in,was this style of o-kissaki wakizashi more common before or after 1660's period? I also want to find out if the signature on my sword is gimei or not.

I think I did ok on the auction based in comparison to many of the other wakizashi nihonto auctions that I have seen,maybe bid a little more than I should of but I really liked that unusual o-kissaki mint blade, it looks so wicked and I like the koshirae even though the tsukaito and sharkskin were changed recently. I think the sword is still worth the money even if it is gimei as its really a nice mint blade and the koshirae seems to be of a high quality. The fittings and Tsuba look like more expensive higher end fittings than many of the other wakizashi with koshirae that I have seen. Its important that this koshirae was originally made for this sword in the Edo period based on what seller says. Also interesting that the pair of menuki is gunbai military leader's fan so this sword might of belonged to a shogun or some kind of high ranking samurai military official or general. Also added more pictures.

I am Alec, I just recently bought my first Nihonto, a Munenaga Mino School Wakizashi Edo 1660's period in Edo Koshirae made for this sword in late Edo period from katana-maeda ebay seller for $1565 shipped. Did I win auction at a good price and is this a good Nihonto? http://www.ebay.com/itm/WAKIZASHI-ANTIQUE-Japanese-SWORD-SIGNED-MUNENAGA-MINO-SCHOOL-EARLY-EDO-/131777059437?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=XQSu%252FQbxSlIwcMGyF0t6LSPRNPM%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc