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lonely panet

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    Iv never heard this. And im sceptical. Iv seen afew rough blades to believe it
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    Typically a shirasaya with a built-in habaki is a good sign the blade wasnt worth the investment of a metal habaki. But saying that the photographs are to poor to offer a informative analysis
  3. they have a small store near shijuku, he was a pleasant and took me out to diner. i know many peaple whom have enjoyed his sales, and i know peaple that complain about him. hes reliable but can be consider roqueish with is sales
  4. I dont see ko-mino. Look Imho high mino-mono, approx 1800s. Menuki ??
  5. What makes you feel its a modern fake cast??
  6. Shag or cormorant, There a water bird, they feed on water based animals like fish and frogs and live only around water. Both sea and fresh water. Its pearched on a ore, worming itself in the sun buy spreading its wings to soak up as much heat to heat up its core temp
  7. Toyota every day of the week. Grew up in 2 old 2x4 hilux's on the farm. All had over 400,000kms on the clock with no major issues.. Had a fj cruiser 200,000 kms with no issues and a yaris with close to 300,000kms. Once again no issues.
  8. Well if we have no confidence in the NTHK OR NBTHK, that might raise issues to opinions on juyo and above considering the costs involved with achieving that high quality certification
  9. The joys of pricing items... Some offer full market retail opinions, and some suggest collector to collector prices. But at the end of the day a item only sells for what a buyer wants. And it sounds you want it. What else are you getting from otto and mark?? I know hes got some swords hes asking 50k for, so out of interest alone, it would be a exercise in curiosity
  10. Could be the camera angle but that horimono is definitely added later buy a not so skilled person , maybe a showa era addition?? And looking at the tail looks like is cover a big flaw. Price guess. 2500 to 3500 aud.
  11. Really need better photographs. We can see alot of detail. But the horimono from the photographs looks abit chippy
  12. A maurata, would have had the fitting made to suit the sword. Not that other way round. Because it should have been its first mounting
  13. There not " compressed " as you call it, in what i think you mean by as in reduced by a hard suriage, having the nakago reshaped and reducing the thickness??? Its just very very poorly finished . Very very suspicious. I wouldn't touch it with your pole suspicious. Chrome plated or literally puffed and polished on a wheel to a inche of its life
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