Edward Mahle

Thank you guys for answering my question, I always really appreciate it. @cju777 thank you for sharing that article that was perfect, just what I needed :).

How does one determine if a blade is a Tachi or a Katana without a signature? Just by length and over all shape, sorry if this is a stupid question.

The 16th photo looks like someone put a good amount of heat to it.

I know I've been following his ebay page for along time now. From what I've seen, always has really nice Nihonto's with decent price tags.

Very unique piece Matt, someone's gonna be happy with this one.

I recall seeing a member trying to sell a Shinto katana a few weeks ago. He bumped his one ad a few times, everyone was on him for that. Your ads have literally "filled" the forsale section for weeks now. Just found it funny that some can do whatever they want, and others are under strict rules. FYI I'm not saying any of this because your ads are bothering me at all. I'm bothered by the members who feel the need to basically bully new members for no reason at all @PNSSHOGUN.

@Yama Arashi you should definitely try Facebook. I think you'll have alittle better luck on the Facebook Nihonto page.

Definitely a older blade not WW2, may have been shortened at some point. Seems like a good quality set from what I can see in pictures. Suguha hamon is a very sought after hamon.

@vajo I agree, I'm sure slight differences from stamp to stamp is excepted. I'm sure it's not a 100% perfect process every time. But... I'm also a child in this realm so haha.

@Stephen what a shame right, really wanted to see the blade. Judging from the saya I bet it wasn't in all that bad of condition.

Thank you.

How long is it?

@nickm I like it for the right price, looks like daimyou54eb's eBay page? One thing I really like about Japanese sellers, they don't take flattering pictures. From my experience, they usually show up better looking in person.

Thank you Ray for the reply, that's exactly what I'll do then. Edward

Hello gent's, thinking of getting a koshirae made for one of my Gendi. John Tirado came highly recommended, definitely a plus he's in the states. I guess my question is, what does something like this usually cost? Not gonna hold anyone to it, I know there's alot of variables that can come into play. Just curious what a basic Koshirae usually goes for?