MaxT

More than a million yen, I don‘t remember the exact value

I use nihontowatch several times a day. I can not overstate how useful it is!

I was talking about the original sword on Aoi. For now I will wait and See what hits the market.

Well it went for a lot more money than I was willing to pay anyway… But thank you all for your help and your opinions! I appreciate it a lot

Thank you, do you have a link? I can't seem to find it

I've actually been watching this one for a while

This is exactly my problem... I am looking for a wide mihaba papered sword with interesting sugata in good polish and maybe koshirae. At this pricepoint my options are very limited. It is either something like this (less desireable school, mumei) or some interesting shinshinto if I'm lucky.

Hello everyone, I am very tempted by a sword that has come up for auction at Aoi: https://www.aoijapan.com/katana-mumeiunsignedtakada-schoolnbthk-hozon-token/ It is quite large and the sugata is a 10/10 for me. It also shows some nice activity in the hada. However it seems to have some quite large kitae-ware... especially in the carved part of the shinogi-ji. As I am still a bit new to this hobby, I have difficulties to estimate the impact these flaws have on 'desireability' and if this would bother me in the future. I would love to hear your opinion on flaws like these and if they would be a no-go or can be easily overlooked. also would a blade like this be considered 'tsukare'? thank you, Max

Wow thats a huge collection 😄 yes these are the exact ones

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share this easy option for displaying your tsuba on your desk. I got these acrylic glass light boxes for about 15 Euro on amazon and I think they make a pretty neat display. I would love to see how you display your tosogu!

I just wanted to share this unusual sword I just stumbled upon: https://www.samuraishokai.jp/sword/26123.html I have never seen anything like this, thought it might be interesting...

Hello Hector, probably a reseller scheme like all of those yahoo auction resellers on ebay. Once you purchase the item on eBay, they will themselves buy it from the real dealer and reap in the difference. Very common with Japanese ebay stores. If you see a listing that you like, you can often reverse image search to find the original listing. I did not know they expanded to actual physical stores so thanks for sharing.

Wow this sounds amazing! Is there by chance space for one more participant?

Hey everyone, I was told that one can take part as a guest in the local NBTHK meetings. There will be one this sunday in Manching and I would love to join. Do I have to register somwhere or can I just show up? Also what is the exact location? Thank you for your help! Max

The mei seems to be (hopefully thoroughly) removed.

Do you think it will pass hozon in it’s current State?

Hello Giordy, Thank you for your answer. You summarized pretty well what I already thought… shinshinto, suriage and mumei is truly Not an optimal combination and I also noticed the little hamachi. I am aware that I would need to pay above „market value“. As others have commented it would be a good idea to get it papered before I buy.

Do you think it will pass Hozon in it’s current State? That would of course be optimal

Oh the site is indeed down. Bad timing... it worked fine just minutes ago.

Hello everyone, I am once again asking for your highly appreciated opinions. I have been looking for a new sword for a while now, and happened to find my "dream sword" recently. https://shop.nihontou.jp/products/detail/29727 It pretty much ticks all of my boxes. It's a long and wide blade with extremely attractive sugata, long kissaki, and a naginata-hi (which I find to be irresistable). I also think the hamon is quite nice from what is visible in the pictures. However, it is unpapered and in quite rough shape. Fortunately the seller offers professional polishing at their shop and gave me two quotes by their togishi which are both very reasonable for a blade this size. My question now is: Are there any obvious red flags that I don't see as a beginner? Also the seller offered to send it to shinsa after my request. How do you see the chances of it passing Hozon designation considering it is mumei? Will it be worth it? Thank you all for your help Max

Hi, the second one is mine. The first one is for sale at toushin. https://shop.nihontou.jp/products/detail/31344

Hi Oli, I am planning to visit the Japan Art Fair this year, however from what I can see on the website many exibitors offer mostly higher end swords with accordingly high prices. Do you know if there will be sellers with "affordable" options? Also how do the prices of the Japanese sellers compare with their own domestic offerings (for example seiyudo)? I am tempted by not having to pay the hefty 20% VAT... kind regards Max

small update for those interested, I finally received my tsuba and I am absolutely in awe about the craftmanship. The pictures don't do it justice at all. It has easily become my favourite tsuba, so thank you all again for your help! Also, I just found this very similar example - apparently papered to be mito school? However I like mine a lot more... (and I did not need to pay 550.000 Yen )

Thank you for the tip! I will definitely check out both events

Thank you for the offer, I really would like to visit! Although Manching is a lot closer to where I live than Solingen...