lonely panet

That would be annoying having that flop around while in use

Can we have pics of the hada and hamon please. Kissaki and yokote pllllleeease

ray with the super eyes 10 out of 10

Soshu wak for 2k on Johns page

Im aware of Ottos condition and his collection. This one is different. Im not after comments about nice swords from seagulls, im trying to warn others and notify the true owners of the collection that there collection is being offered for sale by possible scams

Ill pm you

Its a very nice buff job. Looks like chrome. Shiny

great deal

this collection apparently based in australia, and i told them no sale would be made without inspection prior.

does anyone know whom this collection belongs to? I was approached by off this forum to buy, by lady on behalf of her ill father. sounded lagitamate but suddenly went quite. Im thinking its a scam and the real owner of the collection should be made aware of the use of there photos. approx 80 military swords all up. if you know please let them know to contact me for numbers regards H

In the wrong place for a shrine sword. And smith names just as big a give away to the seki stamp

Looks too good for the reputation of the dealer

😲 omg.

Oh sorry. Got my bm and va crossed up

Not derailing,but attempting to educate and help. I am not beating, belittling attacking or discrediting any one or evan the sword or woodys good work. The sword ranking system with IJM swords could look like this and goes. Machine made Non traditional Traditional Inside these ranks are categories, within the categories are values both financial and artistic. They vary apon rarity and demand and quality. Yours is in the middle. Tho it has a high artistic value, its not traditionally made. There for NOT a gendaito.

Paul Martin us to work at the V&A i think. He cound know

If shoshin what a 🏆

If you pick up your hurt feeling, and look at my post, my use of slang terminology im sorry. Its simply that its a non traditionally made Japanese sword. I didn't on any level imply it was low quality. Gendai are posted here for less, but you keep reposting the sword with rough photos and expect positive results

Traditionally trained togishi have very little knowledge about non traditional military swords, for very obvious reasons. The reason its not selling is its in a excessively high price bracket for a oily. Look at what others on the forum are priced at. Just because you over capitalised, dont ask others to do the same to recoup your costs

its not just acutions, the interest in Japanese swords and realated items is dropping faster and faster. i have said this for years, it will become like pigeon racing and chicken showing. prices are dropping, new peaple not having the funds to spare and every "flipper" buying crap and trying to sell at a super profit is turing peaple away in droves. its only the crazy that stay to enjoy

sukesada was approx 60 smiths that worked in the Bizen osafune group. witha long range of dating timelines. rarrowing it down will be very very hard. oddly enough it appears to be a kanbun area blade with a meduim kissaki and almost no sori. so many possiblities...... a kanbun sukeda?? after the great flood osafune was wiped out so if a smith rebuilt ans continied to work?? or gimei? or not a bizen sukesada.. more educated peaple can offer more. machi mori probably incorrect saying is the moving up of the hamachi and munemachi to allow a longer nakago, so going from a short bizen style nakago " 1 hand" to 2 hands

whats not to like, ubu but with machi-mori. suguha hamon nice gunto mounts +A

Ok, i got to help correct you. Tho is sword is signed, it is NOT by Mori Yoshichika. You need to relook at one of the many Seki yoshichika smiths as the quality of the mei, shape of the nakago and the yasurime approach that of a low level smith not a gendai smith of note. Lets not go into the mismatched seppa, modern tsuba or loose fitting tsuka

WET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THESE

37 more fakes out there