tokashikibob Posted September 5, 2015 Report Posted September 5, 2015 Fellas, In case you see this relisted again, unfortunately it has a fine hagire. Best Regards, Bob Quote
Jean Posted September 5, 2015 Report Posted September 5, 2015 Why, Jason? A hagire is a hagire and a picture of it won't add anything to the topic, unless you have never seen one. Quote
jason_mazzy Posted September 5, 2015 Report Posted September 5, 2015 LOL. well if the sword is in good/new polish and goes for a hundred bucks or so, it wouldn't be bad to look at for study. Trying to start a new study group and wouldn't be bad to have swords on the table to show work and flaws. Quote
Jean Posted September 5, 2015 Report Posted September 5, 2015 In this case, you should ask for better pictures of the blade, because from the picture the blade is not in new polish 1 Quote
tokashikibob Posted September 5, 2015 Author Report Posted September 5, 2015 It was a great looking blade with much complex hataraki to look at... until I saw the hairline crack. Anyway I wound not be surprised to see it online again so save yourself some trouble and remember the pictures. Best Regards, Bob Quote
Jean Posted September 6, 2015 Report Posted September 6, 2015 Very nice habaki difficult to see the state of polish with your pictures Bob Quote
tokashikibob Posted September 6, 2015 Author Report Posted September 6, 2015 Jean, I didn't take any pictures except for the hagire before sending it back to the seller, it was in a clean old polish with with lots of nie and sunagashi. It was a steal until the hagire reared it's head. Here a couple more low kb photo's from online. Best Regards, Bob Quote
Surfson Posted September 25, 2015 Report Posted September 25, 2015 I had the embarrassing situation of selling a sword with a hagire on eBay. I never noticed it, but the buyer did and I gave him a full return. Unfortunately, eBay didn't rebate their charges to him (international buyer), so he lost a few bucks. Next thing I know, he gave me negative feedback. Can't say I didn't have it coming..... The interesting thing is that it received good NTHK papers with the hagire and the shinsa team didn't notice it either! Quote
Jean Posted September 25, 2015 Report Posted September 25, 2015 Bob, That's the problem of putting to Shinsa unpolished blades. Shinsa should only accept swords in very good polish. Old polish means nothing as it is the case of all swords. I bought years ago a NTHK kanteisho Kanetsune katana, once polished it had 3 hagire.... Quote
nihonto1001 Posted September 25, 2015 Report Posted September 25, 2015 Christies once sold an Ichimonji with a hagire. It was not caught until after the catalog was printed. They did a quick disclaimer before bidding started, calling it a transverse crack. Their sword expert said it was not a hagire, because it did not go through the nioi guchi. The sword had Juyo papers. Therefore, there is a good possibility that the hagire was newly conceived. Someone paid over $30K for it. I was going to bid on it, until I caught this. Looks like a hagire to me: "Caveat Emptor"- Buyer Beware, has become almost a universal law. Quote
jason_mazzy Posted September 25, 2015 Report Posted September 25, 2015 Bob, That's the problem of putting to Shinsa unpolished blades. Shinsa should only accept swords in very good polish. Old polish means nothing as it is the case of all swords. I bought years ago a NTHK kanteisho Kanetsune katana, once polished it had 3 hagire.... Ouch. The good news is you have an amazing collection now. Quote
Jean Posted September 26, 2015 Report Posted September 26, 2015 Jason, The seller took it back 1 Quote
jason_mazzy Posted September 26, 2015 Report Posted September 26, 2015 yes but you were out the cost of the polish? Quote
Jean Posted September 26, 2015 Report Posted September 26, 2015 Yes, that's life, and that's why now I only buy blades in full polish 1 Quote
jason_mazzy Posted September 26, 2015 Report Posted September 26, 2015 and you donate them to your brother in the USA: me Quote
Jean Posted September 26, 2015 Report Posted September 26, 2015 Don't kill me before I am dead Brother, LoL 1 Quote
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