Swords

Yes very informative not sure what gimei stands for myself is also new to the sword world and the more I hear about my sword the less I like it ! I guess the scrap metal nails etc did it for me! I had high hopes buying an older sword and with pristine mounts! But now I’m thinking maybe not!! I did read about being mass produced but also read they were wrong wouldnt break and sought after ?regardless of it’s negatives Having been polished 500 year old sword with pristine navy mounts I would think it was a good price Now I just might return the dam thing and start over again

Good to hear good things rather bad to me it’s a 500 year old sword in good polish and pristine navy mounts to me it would be hard pressed to find another despite the negatives steve

Probably a fake signature however the value is in the swords merit individual The sword is extremely undervalued because of the Bizen area and being a fMei Sukesada smiths in Kototimes made for strength in battle also excellent polished with pristine mounts hard pressed to find another like it Enjoy it it’s a great sword

Explain crap sword it is in doubt Faked signature but still a nice 500’year older sword and I hope well made using tamahagane

Hi no sure what that means can you explain? Also you said my sword was under value I’m guessing it’s worth more than 2700 what I paid even with the ware and one small nick and a rough spot however it’s 500 years old and been polished? Can anyone elaborate of mass produced fake signatures etc where dose my sword fall into I would think is still a good handmade sword steve

Good to hear some positive feed H i It’s good to hear something positive I’m new to the sword world so not sure what you mean Dose it take one month 2 people to make a only one sword another week for polish I’m assuming they used Tara ovens to make tamahagane and the Navy mounts took time to fit this sword good information Thanks

Thanks for all your feed back I just realize this swords been on this form before and who ever bought it didn’t like the negative feed back and was returned to the seller ! so I guess I’m the second owner ! My concerns I believe there were 60 smiths that used his name sukesada most were faked and his swords were mass produced? Is there any way to tell where my sword falls in by looking at the kaji? is one of the crap swords I hear about ? To me It was a family hierloom mounted in Navy hardware and used by a desk jockey officer whitch would explain the pristine mounts ? that I can live with I paid 2700 and Hope I didn’t do too bad?? any feed back about any of this would be greatly appreciated steve j

Hi I bought this sword from a gentleman I saw who had been listed on EBay a while back It was showed it had ended ! I reached out to if he still had it and he did! 2 concerns 2 places of ware but not on the cutting edge side or that matters? All in all it’s a beautiful polished old sword signature from the koto era, and is made by the Bizen smith Sukesada, in Pristine mounts so it says !Regardless of its flaws I fell in love with it I paid 2777 I believe it was a fair price I wanted to see it’s value so I know what price to ask when I sell it

Hi I’m thinking of buying a sword signature Takehisa how do I know if’s a sword made by Mantetsu signature is well implemented and dyed 1943