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Thank you Greg. Couple more videos added.

Price drop to $1850.

I'm offering for sale this healthy, beautiful Koto Bizen Osafune wakizashi with an elaborately done Orikaeshi-Mei, a preservation method where the mei is folded to the other side when blade is shortened. The blade is in good polish, revealing much depth of activity as seen in the photos and videos. No papers, but it is still a very neat piece of history for an excellent price. It is adorned with a silver habaki. Mei: 長船國宗 Osafune Kunimune Hamon: Gunome choji-midare; nioi deki Nagasa (blade): 53.6 cm (21 1/6") Nakago (tang): 14.1cm (5 9/16") Whole length: 67.7cm (26 5/8") Motohaba: 27mm Sakihaba: 18mm Motokasane: 5.5mm Sakikasane: 3.5mm Sori (curve): 18mm (0.71") $2,000 plus shipping; Paypal perferred.

Yes mumei, both he and the previous owner don't know the attribution.

Hello, A friend of mine is trying to sell me his osoraku tanto for $1400, and I want to know if this is a fair offer. I've read a bit about this type of blade on this forum, but I'm not sure about the attribution or age of this one. It sure looks nice, but I would like opinions and insight on this blade based on the photos and video. Thank you in advance.

Thank you kind sir for your quick response!

Hello friends, Here I have an Owari Wakizashi, but I need help translating one side of the nakago. I'm aware that one side reads Nagato no kami Fujiwara Ujishige, but I want to know what the other side reads (supposedly it's the title and town). Thank you in advance, and I will post some pictures of the blade for your viewing pleasure.

I'll join in on the fun, here's the best I could do with a 5-year-old phone. Osafune Kunimune: Hida no Kami Ujifusa Nagato no Kami Fujiwara Ujishige Nidai Omi Daijo Tadahiro

Yes, it's pretty much a gimei wakizashi in nice fittings. I will have to pass on this offering. Thank you for your feedback.

Yes, I do know the tachi side for a mei ,for some reason I didn't think of that when I saw the photo. I have a resource that says Hosho Sadamune Tachi are almost nonexistent. I knew this was too good to be true, I will have to pass on this offering. Thank you for making me think.

Hello, A friend of mine offered to sell me a Tachi and I don't really know much about it, so I have questions and need some opinions. The blade originally came from a Japanese ebay seller "basara_jp," and I will link the original sales post for this blade below. I will also attach some pictures. The smith is supposedly Hosho Sadamune (Sadamune - SAD548 | Nihonto Club) who was a principal smith of the Yamato Hosho school. 1. Does this blade look Kamakura, or later? How tired does the blade look? My friend tells me it has no flaws, no rust, no kizu, or inclusions. Masame hada is very pronounced. 2. Nakago only has 1 mekugi ana; I'm surprised that the whole mei is still intact, so I'm unsure if it's been shortened or ubu. The nagasa is only 23.11" which seems short for a Tachi. 3. Does the mei look legit or gimei? 4. The koshirae is newer than the blade, and I was told it could be worth up to $4500. Opinions? I'm not sure what this whole package is worth, it could be a treasure for all I know... here is a link to the original ebay page for more pictures: Japan Antique 保昌貞宗 Nihonto katana Tachi sword Makie koshirae yoroi samurai t1304 | eBay Thank you.

Thank you for your reply. Please excuse my ignorance, as I'm new to this, but do you know what Noshu Seki ju means or what it's referring too? Also, yes I was aware of what the mei read

Hello there, this is my first post and I need some help translating this Sayagaki. I know the last 5 characters are Hida no Kami Ujifusa, but I'm unable to read the first four characters along with the characters to the left and top right. Thank you in advance for your help. I will also include pictures of the blade for your enjoyment.