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Thank you for the information! This was very helpful. I was wondering - as he has great feedback for the most part. The package came in last night and I have not opened it yet as I have been busy for the holidays, but Mike Yamaguchi's name was on the box if that helps. He is in Berkeley, so less than 2 hours from me, hopefully has storefront... I will open it up this weekend and have a look and take some more pictures. I will have to keep an eye on his shop as I have seen some sold listings from him that have been 300+ year old swords in decent shape sell for less than 300... Again - very much appreciated! I am new here and working on learning more about Nihonto.

Thank you for the input all. I was mostly making sure it was authentic as I am still a novice on this front!

Thank you! I had wondered if the new rust was something that would be determining on whether it was authentic or not, although for some reason I did not consider new rust on an old blade... derp! The pictures are from the seller online, I will be happy to take more when it comes in (hopefully today!)

The price, as also I am a big fan of blades with no tsuba - as for the price, when I bid on it it was just under 300, I picked it up for just under 400. I figure with what I've seen, I could do worse.

Just purchased this on a whim as the seller had good feedback, and an interesting assortment of swords. They seem to have a good return policy, but I saw that this auction was ending soon and wanted to jump on it, figured a return would be easy if it isn't authentic. Seller says "Takada Ju" and "Shizusada", mostly terms I am not familiar with, and the one thig that looked odd to me was the rust. Here are some pictures from the listing - just wanting an advance idea on if it's legit or not. Thank you all in advance! Sorry for the low picture quality, if it is any help and a make or break thing, I will be happy to send more pictures when I receive it.

Got a couple more pictures with a different light source - hopefully this is adequate, the store has been fairly busy because of christmastime so I have been hard up to break away!

let me try again in a bit, I'll see if I can get rid of most of the excess light overall but keep it visible!

some pictures of the Boshi

let me take a couple more pictures!

sorry for the awkwardness of the photos! not much room in the store

More pictures (will post more following)

Hi all, a customer wanted me to evaluate and appraise this (approx) 22 1/2" (from tip of the blade to the end, out of the Saya) Wakizashi that his family has had for a long time. He is less interested in the value, and more the history of the piece. Unfortunately, a younger relative had taken it and thrown it around quite a bit, and it is in rough condition. The tsuba and fittings on the Saya all appear to be iron from what I can tell - and a friend of mine said it may have been shortened - but I do not believe it has been. Any information and translation would be greatly appreciated! Sorry if there are a lot of repeated pictures - the inscription is rough and difficult to get a good picture of even with good lighting. **I will reply to this topic with more pictures, as they are too large to upload all at the same time!