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Hello folks :)
Deciding to buy a car so some recent purchases have to go before I get attached and do something silly :)

 

This Wakizashi would make a very nice fixer upper and seems to have a lot of potential. There are some flaws and I tried to take as many photos of them that I could. Biggest issue that I could see is it looks like some literally sanded/ground off about a mm or so of the very end of the kissaki, good news is that there is PLENTY of boshi left to reshape it from what I can see. Blade also seems to have taken a slight bend and been repaired, but you can still see a slight wiggle while looking at it at the right angle; no wrinkles in the steel though on either side so I'm guessing it wasn't much of a bend to begin with.

 

Blade is mumei and ubu, not really sure how old it is, feel free to let me know your best guess ;)

Hamon looks to be wavy gunome and the nagasa is about 15 1/4 inches.

Tsuka would benefit from it being re wrapped obviously :)

Tsuba is sukashi and signed though I have not had it translated.

Fuchi and kashira are both Iron with soft metal inlay, Kashira looks to be birds and I can't quite tell what the fuchi is.
Menuki seem to be of fruit

Habaki has a very nice pattern and is in good shape, seem to be plated/gilded in gold over copper; as are the seppa.
Saya is in overall decent shape, some minor dings and scuffs. It has an odd purposely flat section that I have not seen before and have no clue why it was done this way.

 

Many more photos can be seen here: https://imageshack.com/a/ef2M/1

 

Asking $625 Shipped CONUS or best offer!

Thanks,
Sal'

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