Hello all,
Many thanks Paul for having a look at the mei.
It is a mystery why someone would gimei a rather obscure tosho.
The only reason that springs to mind is that perhaps they thought there would be a better than average chance of passing it off.
To me it is irrelevant whether gimei or not the blade is sound ,healthy and was a reasonable price.
Which brings me to your question Jean.
I paid $1600 Au which to bring into context was $1200 US approx at the time.
Then as I do now I still think this blade was a nice buy.IMHO
There is a lesson in all this to new members.
This blade was offered to a newbie who knocked it back as too expensive,then preceeded to throw his hard earned into finding the missing national treasures on Ebay.
I'm not saying I'm smarter by any means than others just that I took advice from the board,there are some nice buys that happen in house
In fact I now only have 2 blades that were not bought off the board the others all came from other more advanced members.
Infinately safer and a much more pleasant experience buying off fellow members.
Jean ,I think I will contact Gordon Robson for his opinion.
I am fairly certain of his answer though
And yes the nakago has lost some of its patina,with all of its warts I'm still happy.
Thanks for looking and the comments.
I will post the other blades over time.
Cheers
Moss