ChrisTopher10

Oh yeah,,, 3. People then took the time to care for and preserve these low-quality swords for hundreds of years. Lol Some shite swords were made for sure, prolly for export to China. Anyone who has a registered and/or certified nihonto from OBS, my guess is that's a quality blade that most likely saw combat 👍

Exactly. I don't follow the logic of this argument. Some people are trying to convince us that- 1. A samurai leader, whose entire survival of his clan depends on winning a battle, would go to a sword factory and say "I need to save time and a little money, so give me a bunch of crap swords that will bend or break easily, never hold an edge or cut well, or turn to rust the moment they get rained on." 🤔 I call BS. It's like a Civil War general going to a Colt factory and saying "Give me 1000 guns that will fall apart, will constantly misfire, and if they do shoot won't shoot straight." Make that make sense lol 2. That same cheap samurai who is in a big rush also made sure to pay the extra money for them to take the extra time to put a long signature and a long date stamp on both sides of the nakago, of EVERY katana he ordered! Nope, highly doubt that. I think this confusion may be coming from the fact that nowadays mass produced products = garbage. But even these mass produced swords, each one took like weeks or months just to make. They simply stopped worrying about aesthetics and refinement, and saved time by concentrating on strictly functionality, imho ✌️

Very nice blade, thank you for the pictures! I feel that matsu-bizen BOS swords are misunderstood. Unfortunately, what I really wanted was to compare the signatures, but I can't see them very well. Do you by any chance have the NBTHK certificate where they are printed out?

Nice! Any chance you can upload pictures of the tank? I'm in the process of ordering a 1567 Sukesada with the seven signature series in full month and year date stamp.

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How much did you pay for the tariffs? I thought that if they included the proper paperwork, that an antique over 100 years old was not subject to tariffs?

Can anyone give me any insight into whether this may be an authentic late Murachi period Yamashiro Koku Fushimi ju Kanei tsuba? It is currently on a 1567 Sukesada katana with a NTBHK Hozon certification. Thanks!