jeremy

Extra long and light shinshinto katana for sale. Decent polish with some scratches and stains but no structural flaws etc. Hataraki can all be seen. Very healthy blade. Comes with kanteisho as seen in pics. Nagasa : 84cm Motohaba : 2.7cm Sakihaba : 1.8cm Motokasane: 6.5mm Sakikasane: 5mm Sori: 1.9cm Weight of bare blade : 700 grams Weight with koshirae: 950 grams Would prefer to sell within Australia as it is becoming more difficult to send extra long blades overseas. Asking price $4500AUD OBO I'll try taking better pics for anyone who's interested. You may also email me at jezah81@gmail.com

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Edo period kinko tsuba. Size is 6.5 x 7 x .35 cm and the nakago hitsu-ana is .7 x 2.5cm. Weight is 99 grams. Comes with tsuba box and silk pouch $150AUD

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On the other hand, there is a similar appearance called "mukade-shinae". It appears in blade surface like wrinkles, not cracks. It not a flaw. When a blade is heavily bent and straighten again, it appears on the blade surface. It is very thin wrinkles on the steel surface, so it can be removed by sometimes polishing. http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/flaws.html

Correct . I should have said mukade shinae like in this article : http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/flaws.html

I agree . Ive used so many swords for tameshigiri in Japan and here in Australia and have bent more swords than id like to think about. Some of the bent and re-straightened swords had exactly this ripple shinae in the shinogi-ji. I think it depends on the severity of the bend too.

Hey guys Does anyone know what tariff code to use for sending a tsuka to Japan ? Years ago the last time I sent a tsuka from Australia to Japan I didnt need a tariff code. 9307 code is for swords etc but I dont want to alarm the customs workers with an incorrect code. Or do I use the 9307 and write description as tsuka ?