StephenJN

Wow, that just blows my mind. It's not a lot of money for an object that's possibly 300+ years old, even if it wasn't made particularly well or by someone notable. And it was an object that was important to many people along the way to look after it, for a very long time.. Genuine european sabres and swords of lesser vintage can cost more (though I guess there's probably fewer of them.)

Sorry to interrupt, and I hope I'm not derailing this thread - but I do have a question regarding Low End Nihonto. I see stores on Ebay such as Katana nihonto (based in Japan) selling "Antique real Japanese Samurai sword"s signed by various makers for what are ridiculously cheap. I assume they are all Gimei, (they have no papers) but are they even real? Are "fake" swords sold out of Japan? Or are they just low end swords in bad condition made by nobodies (of note), but genuinely old? Were/are there a lot of unremarkable but old nihonto floating around in Japan? Apologies in advance for my ignorance. Antique real Japanese Samurai long sword Katana signed Kiyomitsu saku #354 | eBay Australia Antique real Japanese Samurai sword Katana Wakizashi signed Narimune #369 | eBay Australia