PeterS Posted October 28, 2014 Report Posted October 28, 2014 Dear All! I have a wakizashi(?). Please help me to identify this. I tried to translate the kanji, but i didn't see before such a shape blade like this. The kanji maybe is: ura: 備州長船是作 Bishu osafune koremitsu saku omote: 明應九年二月日 Meio Ku Nen Ni Gatsu Hi Please help me. This is a fake or not? Thanks in advance for your help. All the best. Peter Quote
Mark Posted October 28, 2014 Report Posted October 28, 2014 hard to read, maybe Tadamitsu? Shape is not common but you see it, unfortunately it looks like someone damaged it with a poor polish and the lines have been ruined (unless it is lust the picture) Quote
hxv Posted October 28, 2014 Report Posted October 28, 2014 Peter, Is this the blade? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-japanes ... 27ef708b61 If you don't own it yet, RUN! There have been several naginata, in good polish and papered, offered for sale here for much less. Regards, Hoanh Quote
PeterS Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Posted October 29, 2014 Dear Hoanh! I don't want run. I just want to testing the price. I deleted the selling. Thanks for your warning. Do you have any idea about the price of this wakizashi? All the best to you. Peter Quote
Brian Posted October 29, 2014 Report Posted October 29, 2014 Not sharp but very flexible tamahagane blade. Peter, I assume you are the seller. The blade might have been part of some original sword once, but now it is ruined. I am not sure if that hamon is real, or just polished on, and if it runs off the blade. It is horribly reshaped and really isn't much of a sword now. If you were selling it, maybe someone would buy it for $100 or so to make a modern knife or a project. But it won't be an easy sell unless you check it out properly and see if it has a hamon etc. And it should not be flexible.... Brian Quote
PeterS Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Posted October 29, 2014 Dear Brian! Yes, i'm the seller. The blade not reshaped. I tought that was a naginata, but the nakago looks like original. Not cuts, no anything else that it shows cutting. Maybe made it originaly so short. The hamon is real. I'm not a professional in Japanese blades. If you can help me, that i know more things about this blade, i delete the selling and i sent you the sword. Of course i'll pay the shipping price back too. Thanks for your help, all the best to you. Peter Quote
hxv Posted October 29, 2014 Report Posted October 29, 2014 Peter, The roundtrip postage would probably be more than the sword is worth. If you look at the width of the nakago versus the width of the sword at the hamachi, there is such disparity that it is almost certain someone has done a number on the sword. This is a good example of why we are so much against do-it-yourself when it comes to nihonto. I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but enjoy the sword for what it is. Regards, Hoanh Quote
PeterS Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Posted October 29, 2014 Dear Hoanh! Thanks. I understood. I'm not too happy but i have a conclusion: ask before i buy. :-) Really many thanks. All the best to you. Peter Quote
Brian Posted October 29, 2014 Report Posted October 29, 2014 Peter, I'm nothing more than a novice myself, so I am not the right one to ask Where are you based, and maybe we can find you someone in your area? Brian Quote
PeterS Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Posted October 29, 2014 Dear Brian! In Hungary. Peter Quote
Dr Fox Posted October 29, 2014 Report Posted October 29, 2014 Peter Sorry if what has been said already, may not be what you were hoping to hear. Never the less its all been good advice, the sword will not present well, even in photographs it comes across as mutilated, and obviously not an item on which you will get an easy sale. Sending it anywhere for more advice is a waste of time, and money, you saved both by posting here. If you enjoy it, keep it. Quote
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