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Dear Members, I recently saw a very nice tanto for sale by Gassan Sadatoshi. I know that he's a well known smith and I really appreciate this blade, though it is hard for me to state a price for such a blade. What do you think is a reasonable price for such a piece? Thank you very much, Marco

Of course Jean, but I do not have the blade Went off for around 14k if I remember right...

Yes Ray, it was stated to be THE Masamune with an near awfully long description about masamune juttetsu etc... I know the trouble of the green papers especially, will look the forum up a bit more. Thank you very much!

Here you go Ray

Hey guys, got this papers shown today, my kanji is bad, but these two letters I know... Could you give me some more information from the sheet? Btw I think it is time donate something for all information I got here Thank you very much, Marco

Price drop #2: 40 Euro #3: 20 Euro #4: 30 Euro #5 10 Euro

Thank you very much for the help guys, I will look at the price and maybe I'll take it. Not for the Kiyomaro, but for the blade itself. Regards

Dear members, I came across a very nice blade that really makes me adore it, but I could use some additional information about mei and the description as my usual translating tries did not work at all and I still did not have the time to get better with Japanese. Also, your thoughts on the blade would be highly appreciated. Thank you very much for every help! Marco

Thanks for the very nice Choshu Tsuba! Fast and easy deal, piece just as shown, a pleasure to work with you Tom

Mine too Jean

Pleasure to deal with you Chris

Tsuba sold

Number 6 sold, Number 2 still availible Added a shrimp Iron Tsuba, Size: 71x63mm 130 Euro truelotus PMd you.

Number 6 and 2 on Hold

Number 1 sold

Hey guys, just getting some stuff out to make place for new tsuba. 1. Samurai Kashira 35x15mm 35 Euro (Photos were hard to get sharp on all ornament parts) 2.Fuchi-Kashira 35x18mm 50 Euro 3. Single Menuki 32x16mm 30 Euro 4. Massive Fuchi Kashira 35x20x14mm 35 Euro (Please excuse bad quality picture) 5. Simple Kashira 32x15mm 15 Euro (No picture at hand, just a kashira without any ornaments) 6. Menuki pair with box 36x13mm 80 Euro The pictures I made are very large and show much detail, please be aware that you see every little mark, so they look better in hand. Link for the pictures: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ghpcjst51yrf7ki/AAAfa2xQIoh-Sq6y3li5eq9Ca?dl=0 Regards, Marco

Hey guys, I wrote them a mail and asked for it a few days ago and they stated that they have a money back guarantee on Hozon bot nothing for Tokubetsu Hozon. I quote: "For this blade it is hard to get Tokubetsu hozon".

Thank you very much!

Hello guys, as my kanji ist still a disaster I would really appreciate some help with this mei. Thank you very much!!

Tank you for the Board Brian! And thank you Ford!

Hello, I searched for some time now a hisage and could not find one anywhere online, do you have some shops in hand who sell these? Any help would be amazing, Marco

Hey Guys, final update: They state the Tsuba to be fine and authentic, they told me my concerns are unfounded and their expert carefully examined the piece. Price 1000 EURO with all taxes, etc. 1290 Euro as starting price. Thanks for that... stupid scammers it seems. Time for the single malt...

No update yet on their statement, but a photo of the backside

I still think we should be carefully with suggesting they purposely did this, but thank you for the backup on my issue that this is definately a fake.

Just got a new mail from in their department chief. He's very sorry for any problem caused and will check my issue with the owner of the Tsuba on monday. He will inform me by Tuesday about further actions like taking down the auction. Will write the result here on Tuesday. Auction is on Sep 16th, so there should be no risk of sb getting fooled until Tuesday