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Its what we call a fake-to. A copy of a nihon-to

is that shims on the mune and ha of the nakago??

Has markus seskos email changed?? Not getting a reply for a big book order

Stll, Its abit of a fairy tale. Completely impractical. But the motivation was a western sence of romance, was it not?. Wasn't it first suggested in a newsletter/paper in the 60s/70. Its not like the Japanese families where roaming the world searching for lost part of them selves. "Important cultural assets not included in that sweeping statement" And considering that 90% of the Japanese population are not interested in nihonto and then divide that by families that can trace their families heritage to the samurai class " suggested figures are 15%". THEN who survived the war. Its very very small area of achievement or even wanting the sword back. So fairy tale

The tsuka imho has been modified to fit the blade and re bound

No that fairly tale about returning the old family sword.

and the sword??

you can not stupidly compare a mass market "rolex" watch to a such nihonto. i own neither but i can clearly see the differance between them

Looks like resin imho. The soles of the feet look cast not cut. But i known nothing about this stuff

Isnt the white paper from the NPO??

Manchuria aka manchuko occupational sword. Appears very strongly a original piece

Price i getting up there. Dont forget your needing to add 10% paypal and 10% winning fees and there other s**t taxes

It could be any number of smiths or schools. I dont see fuyohiro as he worked in soshu and soden bizen. No nothing about kaga.

if the boshi wasnt obsured "deliberately imho" i would be a nice peice

im going to guess, by the great condition we finds it in, he could have been in a office hahahah

Its utter junk. By the looks its from jauce

Hey lets look at what sold the sword. Nice koshirae. The rest of the story about the family and past owners. Seems abit far fetched

Well if you dont want it. Ill take it hahahaha

I see nothing that makes me think inchi monji

I think everyone wanting to step into tge world of collecting really need to start looking at there budgets. Its a expensive hobby and 600 isn't going to go far or buy much in the way of quality.

you cant tell much from the photos

lots of looks so open to offers. dont need them and would rather cash

Hi guys selling a mint condition silver grade company tassel in box and a near mint police black teardrop knot in box too plus with another empty box $250 USD for the pair can seperate if needed

clearly the guys to as experanced and knowledgeable as you erik, dont be to critical of simple mistakes