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I think there are real future benifits for "nihonto collecting" within Australia, by holding Shinsa's and simular events regularly. its all too easy to travel to Japan and spend all our money over there, or send our swords there for restoration or papering. why not keep the money with in our economy, by supporting Australian dealers, trades people. Dosent the Shinsa Event raise much needed attention to what is a shrinking hobby? it helps raise the profile of nihonto, and helps introduce beginners to the real costs of the hobby/addiction. also keeps people togeather, and for those like me who cant afford to buy often, gives me a chance to look at quality items in real life, not on the computer. YES, this means someone has to do the Event management plan, set up the venue, host the gentlemen from Japan and so on. the benefits are more then getting just getting cool stuff papered.

a type 44 with silver mon on the kabuto-gane, iv never seen that before. very very very nice find

sorry i meant as a total, i assume that if only 170 items are submitted, some one has to front up the other $4500 to brake evan are we paying there airfares and accomidation, or is that factored into the submission frees as a total over 200 submissions??

auction house's, have been sued in the past, a very notable one in South Australia by a chinese buyer for a huge amount (millions) the only buyer beware is a thing of the past, auction houses must become more accountable or face the chance of lawsuits

Bruce, your to new to this hahhahhahaha. like many sellers they dont know or dont care. you are literaly wasting your time trying to educate them.

whats the price range?? i would think maybe 10 to 15 k?? and sorry im in no position at the moment

ahhh, i missed that point. well you could always have it in SA, were cheap and not much occuring here. hhahahahhaha

is there a reliable pre-commitment list, to see if its a finacially feasible. I would love to go, maybe submit one item, but I have a friend that could submit 20 or so blades

Just a guest, POINT AWAY FROM FACE Hahah

Green Dragon, please take care, your pissing off two very nice, genuine and knowledgable people, Guido and Bazza have something to offer in advice. i have had the pleasure of meeting them both and if you just shut up and listen to what they are trying to say you might learn something.

Not fair for the winner. Bullshit i would call it

my 10 cents, sue koto Echizen

don't for get the blade has been x-rayed

good lord, the price bet the owner lost a lot if it did end up selling for that amount

its terrible to look at, very rough workmanship. personally I doubt the authenticity in regards to being made pre 1945, and or made by a Japanese company . the whole "chinese made swords for the chinese army" is a muddy, smell area, with very little province or proof to the settle the debate.

Big problems with correctly IDing these type of swords can occur. We await better photos

HI Guido, the Masamune was so captivating, it required me to visit 3 times. just when you think you have seen the entire body, you discover more (the first and only masamune I have ever seen. why don't the put better lighting inn) But the Bungo stole my heart hhahaha edit, and the Sadamune

well I got educated, the thickness is 2mm, with simple sukashi made me think tosho, and I thought katchushi had the raised mimi. but i gladly welcome the education from more experanced peaple

I know, Japan is so far from the middle east in every way, so disconnected. but maybe this hacker has done his due-diligence and maybe the USA is a large viewer of his website so this could be a sneaky posting hahahhahaa.

by my eye a Ko tosho tsuba for a steal http://www.ebay.com/itm/TSUBA-for-samurai-KO-SUKASHI-sickle-ax-early-Edo-jm191n-/351969487512?hash=item51f3042a98%3Ag%3ATSIAAOSwUKxYhX9k&nma=true&si=9MSBjSga%252FIDcZzwNJ6waZdBH6is%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

this really made my morning, after a night of baby raid on the bed and no sleep, after my 2nd coffee I noticed this https://www.aoijapan.com/tsuba-mumei-attributed-as-hamano-hanzan-and-shide funny, and yes Fu** ISIS

run away, really for a sword that's not that old is it really acceptable for a flaw/ware that bigggggg

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Hi guys, well, its a currant sale. so ill just crop the pics im not interested in buying, just expanding my knowledge. so its described as sue gassen So opinions in the hada??? (imho) etched but what would I know

interesting, $30 back then was a lot, but the jutte ??