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I offer a very beautiful yasukuni to made by the famous tosho Kotani Yasunori in March 1943. This especially long katana comes in shirasaya and the original matching numbers shingunto koshirae. This yasukunito has a good wartime polish, so every activity is clearly visible. Anyway I recommend a new quality polish to reveal the supreme beauty of the Yasunori entirely. The shingunto koshirae is in excellent to near mint condition. The locking mechanism works well. Here are the measurements of the katana: Nagasa: 69,85cm Overall: 91,44cm Motohaba: 3,175cm Sakihaba: 2,1cm Kasane: 0,63cm Sori: 1,9cm This katana was purchased from Ed Marshall. With his permission I post here the link to the former listing. There are detailed pictures and further information about this special smith. The asking price is 6250€ or best offer. The sword is currently in Germany and can be shipped worldwide with DHL premium international. As payment method I prefer paypal friends and family or bank transaction. https://yakiba.com/yasunori-kotani/

The Yasumune tachi is sold. Thank you folks for the kind words.

The Okimasa is still available. Everyone looking for a high class gendaito in premium shingunto mounts should consider this special Okimasa with the rare Kazuyuki mei, made at the estate of Toyama Mitsuru. This particular gentleman was a founder of the infamous black dragon society.

Hello Grev, the pictures you have posted recently can‘t give us here sufficient hints for a solid judgment about your tanto. I think you should show the blade to some members of the token society for a better evaluation. The other option for a definite answer is a shinsa in Japan, as you know. Kind regards

Hello Edward, thank you for the kind words.

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I think you should submit your tanto to a nbthk shinsa. Although a mumei shinshinto blade can only get a hozon certificate, the result could be a very positive surprise.

Hi Grev, the kantei point mentioned above deals with Kiyomaro‘s intend to replicate the boshi of O Sa or O Shizu. Similar traits are also present in the works of his pupils. Does your tanto show some inazuma like effect at the border of the hamon, or slightly inside the hamon ? Kind regards Stefan

Hello Grev, the first picture that you have posted resembles a typical boshi for a blade of the Kiyomaro mon. I am relatively sure, that your tanto was made long before the shinshinto era, but the activities of the shown boshi are also present in the boshi of the above mentioned school and are a kantei point for Kiyomaro and his lineage. All the best

Lee, following your passion is always a path through uncertainty. Building a collection can be quite fatalistic. Kind regards

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Thank you, Matsunoki. Unfortunately we have to pay 21% of the declared value, too, when we import items from countries outside the EU. The custom office here in Germany is also very horrible to deal with. I think these issues are known all over the world. Kind regards Stefan

I don’t buy it from the smith, so I didn‘t pay the price Yasumune wanted to get. My point is that you get a high quality tachi for little money, because it is a shinsakuto. -Stefan

Chris, when you look at regular shinsakuto, you will notice that my asking price is more than fair. Especially because it is an art sword in prestine polish made for a prominent sumo wrestler. In addition you won’t find blades made in the WW2 era with such a sugata for less than 10k. If you look into older periods, you will notice that you can’t purchase antique swords in near mint condition for something below 3k. The exceptions are swords without papers, which could be gimei.

Well, I spoke in general about current behavior on the market for nihonto. I know a lot of collectors, who tell me the same thing. A large part of the blades, which were offered for sale remains unsold for a long time, because nobody makes reasonable offers. It seems the majority of customers only want to spend around 50% of the real value. I don’t speak about lower quality pieces. I refer myself to solid quality pieces in near mint condition. Finally I don‘t blame anyone here in person. I only speak about general tendencies, which cause damage to the whole nihonto community.

Lee, the blade resides in Germany. Everyone loves this tachi, but nobody has the money to buy it… They prefer to buy garbage on ebay for 3k or more. It is a shame that I have not received a reasonable offer for this sword in the last weeks. Greed and stinginess everywhere.

I reduce the price again. The new asking price is 2800€.

The last price reduction: 3000€ I paid far more than this.

As far as I know, it received a tokubetsu hozon certificate, which also confirmed the authenticity of the cutting test. The Masayuki only fails to get juyo at the previous shinsa. I hope I summarize the content of this thread correctly. -Stefan

The new asking price is 3300€.

This new link should show the actual listing. Sorry for the inconvenience. All the best Stefan https://www.ebay.de/itm/225178518984?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=707-127634-2357-0&ssspo=aj6v6l0tQNq&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=xsWXbJMcQmW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

The Okimasa shingunto katana with the rare Kazuyuki mei is still available. Look at the above link to Matt Jarrell‘s listing. The asking price was reduced.

Still available. The next owner will be more than pleased with this great tachi.

No problem. I am still open for reasonable offers.

The weight of the bare blade is 850 grams. The weight in shirasaya is 1135 grams. The balance is very good. The utility aspect as a weapon is also given. This is not very often seen in swords made after WW2.