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  1. Tensho
    Either the emperor nodes deteriorated and broke off, or more likely as I have commonly seen emperor nodes glued onto lesser quality same/'tsuka
  2. Tensho
    Indefinitely. Depending on if its taken care of, and hasn't gone through a plethora of polishes. Loaded question, not all are created equal. It takes skill to cut without damaging the blade. Bending is fairly common as well. Lots of older references of nihonto "breaking" by ridiculous means.
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    Agree with David. Goes all the way through the blade and hamon(assuming) by the looks of it. Theres no fixing that. For a few $$$ more you could get a decent blade with visible activity etc..
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    Kabuto helmet?

    Tensho replied to Bridges's topic in Katchu

    Kabuto is hanwei/paul chen. Missing the Maedate.
  5. Tensho
    Easy, eBay removes feedback for sellers that make them(ebay) a lot of money. I know, because I left him a bad review in my younger days of collecting and it was removed a couple hours later. He used to have a few neutrals and negatives back then.
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    As far as I'm aware they're just consignment items. And they probably have an "expert" that tells them what they think they are. As far as I'm aware there isn't a list. I think there should be though. Pretty much anyone that sells swords of any kind as a business on eBay I would be leary of. Definitely be on HIGH ALERT and study the pictures carefully.
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    Seller is known to sell fake items. They had a Tachi listed a while back that they dated to be 1800s(by them) I think it was an early model Hanwei. I told them about it, can't remember their reply but left it up with the same description. Sold for almost $2k. Fools in their money will soon be departed.
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    Thank you piers!
  9. Tensho
    Can anyone confirm if my dating is correct please? 1728? Thank you.
  10. Tensho
    I think the habaki is chinese too. Looks like typical rounded shape. It looks cut for the "Ha" too.
  11. Tensho
    I have a few of the same ones. Nakago-ana are punched "wide" on the brass ones and far to "long" on the copper ones. Sellers sold items show some of the same.
  12. Tensho
    Well, it's somewhat pieced together. Brass and copper seppa are chinese made and filed to fit. Can't comment on the O-Seppa, but it sure looks like file marks on those too. Chuso looks "suspect" compared to the finish wear on the fuchi. Doesn't look right to me either, but I'm not an expert on these. As far as Hi go. http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/grooves.html
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    I have never seen a sword taken off a soldier that had a Kozuka and Kogai.. One of the ribbons looks like an Occupational Badge which would make more sense in that it was picked up in Japan after the surrender. Either way, bidding seems really high already based off the bad photos.
  14. Tensho
    Mimicking a Chinese Dao?
  15. Tensho
    Where is this located? Koshirae looks relatively "new" to me. I see no reason why it wouldn't be Japanese? I have seen some "interesting" looking bladed items come out of Japan.
  16. Tensho
    I must have been looking at first edition. Which seem to sell for $100+ depending on condition. If you can get a Brand New second edition of the same book for $50 I think it's worth it.
  17. Tensho
    Thank you both!!! After the first bit from Morita I was looking at tsunayuki as a fit, But teruyuki it has to be!
  18. Tensho
    Help very much appreciated. Nakago is a mess. Brazed, and cut.
  19. Tensho
    Agreed. Unfortunately, a bit of a sticker shock now on the price.
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    People like this really piss me off. Not only with Nihonto, but I see it all over with other items especially on auction sites. You can't even risk buying name brand items anymore unless its from a registered dealer.
  21. Tensho
    Not for a gunto. Chuso need a wider cutout to operate. A "snap" locking piece will not fit through the slot. It seems like no one knows. I came across a tsuba like this a couple years ago which lead me to the link below. This topic has been brought up before. https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/9460-tsuba-with-slotted-seppa-dai/
  22. Tensho
    I beg to differ. Fukuro yari are few and far between. As someone who collects Yari I maybe see 1 fukuro out of 50(standard nakago) and often see them described as a "rare" shape by Japanese collectors.
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    What's the standard Yari?
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    I have the book "Samurai weapons" and to be honest, most of the stuff in there looks worse than what's listed on eBay. I don't know the author, but the way he speaks about Yari being "Cheap and Inexpensive to manufacture " makes me roll my eyes.
  25. Tensho
    Thanks Dale. This is what I was trying to understand. I have owned 2 swords "captured" during WWII in civilian mounts with cast iron Tsuba that matched the theme of the rest of the fittings. My guess is they were around late edo period, but the talk on here makes it sound like these castings are post WWII.
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