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  1. Mark
    maybe 1450-1500
  2. Mark
    i think if you are not comfortable with the price/value then best to pass and find something else. Hard for us to get in the middle of your transaction especially when we have no idea of the prices/return policy/details etc. If you are not excited to own these based on your experince level best to keep looking, there are plenty of swords available
  3. Mark
    looks like a ken shaped blade mounted as a tanto
  4. Mark
    looks to say Kunihiro is the maker. I agree with Brian, does not look like an antique Japanese sword
  5. Mark
    another option could be bring the sword to the show in Chicago. You could get a lot of instant free information. I will be there and so will a lot of memebers. not a bad drive from Atlanta, make a nice get away
  6. Mark
    Stone Mountain GA is near Atlanta, there is a very knowlegable collector there
  7. Mark
    i do not see a picture? what do i need to do?
  8. Mark
    the kissaki and especially the ko-shinogi have a strange look
  9. Mark
    subtract one as the first year is 1688 so 1688 + 11 or 1699
  10. Mark
    check http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/kanji/nengo.htm it will tell you when Genroku began, then you have the rest so you can figure the date
  11. Mark
    thanks John, appreciate the help
  12. Mark
    can anyone help with identifying/translating this pin or badge? the back of the badge have the same 3 kanji as on the box. My guess is it is some civilian organization. It is well made. Thanks!!
  13. Mark
    i would think the bidders would do research. the shape and sori bother me, placement of the mei and nakago shape seem unusual. The hori is not t he usual theme Tadatsuna did but that does not preclude it being right
  14. Mark
    there will be plenty for sale. i think i will bring close to 80 tsuba + other fittings, at least 40 swords, a bunch of books, sword bags, and all type of misc.
  15. Mark
    Ho Shu (Bungo) Takada ju Fujiwara Yukinaga
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    naginata

    Mark replied to Cello's topic in Nihonto

    if you are buying it to keep it then the market value does not matter that much, pay what you are happy to, i have bought plenty of swords for more than they might have brought on the market because i wanted them, it came down to what was willing to pay to own them
  17. Mark

    naginata

    Mark replied to Cello's topic in Nihonto

    size and shape suggest Shinto. If an average Shinto naginata by no one special with ware' and mediocre mounts probably $1400-1800............ my opinion based on pictures and description
  18. Mark
    Korean occupation sword
  19. Mark
    from what i can see several hundred DS$, if mounted as a Shwa era tachi maybe 1500 or so based on the mounts
  20. Mark
    maker is Kanekiyo, from Mino Seki, Showa stamp, so circa WWII
  21. Mark

    One big tsuba

    Mark replied to johnb's topic in Tosogu

    i have a tsuba about 10mm w and over 10mm H
  22. Mark
    could be one of the first 2
  23. Mark
    i think there were Gimei of big names made in the 1920-30's that were not meant to fool buyers but just made as a copy of old swords as a throw back type item. Sort of like how gun makers in the US make black powder rifles today that look like old Kentucky Rifles, everyone knows they are modern but they like the style or heritage
  24. Mark
    NoShu Ju __da Yoshisuke. poorly written, Showato and the low end at that
  25. Mark
    as you say this has happened before, instead of evaluating the sword you might want to evaluate the friend
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