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ChrisW

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  1. Message sent, check your DMs at the top right with the letter icon next to your name!
  2. Hello Eric! To be sure, you have an interesting piece, but photos on the internet make it difficult to ascertain much. Since I am local, I'll reach out to you in DM to help you get assistance locally. ~Chris
  3. I was out of the house for today. I'll go ahead and reach out!
  4. Broken lower half of a blade for sure. I've seen this before.
  5. Hard to say much other than they appear to be proper antique Japanese swords. Can you give us some measurements? (Blade edge length, etc. ) Pictures of the nakago (tang) would also be very helpful in estimating age/might tell you who made it.
  6. Doesn't surprise me with how sloppy that is. Just good enough to fool the uninitiated. Which is honestly how most scams work, they filter out those that aren't gullible enough and find the perfect mark: somehow who is that gullible.
  7. Far as I know, it was always considered a dealers' fabrication.. much like the "landing forces sword".
  8. Now 40% off! Both the tsuba and the price.
  9. 100% it is this. I have low-end pieces, but I don't even usually put them out at the show unless someone asks for them. I don't want to waste valuable table space on something that isn't worth haggling over. I'll use them as bargaining chips sometimes though.
  10. I believe this is also an intentionally made ken, not a yari. Having owned a few ken, this looks correct to me.
  11. Sorry, I'll clear a spot for you! Go ahead and send me your payment info and I'll work it out tonight!
  12. I believe the term you are looking for is 'sunagashi'
  13. No more than a week if that is permissible!
  14. Hamfish, Do you mind holding these for me for a bit while I see if I can swing some money for this? Just paid for a project so I want to see if I can scrounge up enough. I have an idea for these knots! ~Chris
  15. I think this seller is cutting himself off at the knees by trying this as a sales tactic.
  16. Nothing overly important I think? Says its a mumei wakizashi. The real question is: do you like the blade for what you see? If so, consider the price and then make a judgement!
  17. The Indiana Token Kai meets the third Saturday of every month. Reach out to me if you're interested in attending.
  18. Agreed. The price on these is fairly reasonable. I say go for it.
  19. And the other side:
  20. So I have something interesting to contribute to this thread. This is a tsuba which I believe was on a sword that was dropped on the battlefield and later recovered. As you can see there is a sharp contrast to the rates of corrosion on both sides, which align with the idea that it was dropped and sank into soft ground which resulted in what you see now:
  21. Ask for a picture of the same spot on the other side, that will be telling.
  22. And the other side:
  23. Not as beautiful as the above, but here is a habaki from a Yasumitsu sunnobu tanto I just picked up:
  24. Usually found on older blades, it is where the tsuba (over the centuries) has subtly or in this case not-so-subtly bit into the softer steel of the nakago.
  25. Thanks. I needed a good laugh today! I didn't realize April First came twice this year.
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