Nickupero Posted July 25, 2017 Report Posted July 25, 2017 Hi Gents, Offering up this wonderful set for sale. If paperwork is important to you then this might be especially interesting as every possible paperable component comes with certification. To begin the sword is of late Kamakura period, the NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon has attributed it to Shikkake school, and the Shirasaya does have Sayagaki by the late Dr. Kanzan Sato attributing it to Norinaga Den. Nagasa measures 70.3 cm / 27.7 inches with a Sori of 1.8 cm/ 0.71 inches, polish is very high quality and remains in very good condition. Some Utsuri Is visible closer to the monouchi. Koshirae is all matching Oxe theme, easy on the eyes. Offering it to members at a reduced price of $14k US, includes international shipping. If any transaction fees apply please add. Donation to the message board will be offered if sold here. 4 Quote
mywei Posted July 25, 2017 Report Posted July 25, 2017 Top offering! I particularly like the hada, can see shikkake hada in some of the pics too Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted July 26, 2017 Report Posted July 26, 2017 Makes me wish that I was studying & collecting Yamato, rather than Bizen! Ken 1 Quote
Marius Posted July 26, 2017 Report Posted July 26, 2017 is this a o-suriage tachi? All katana-length o-suriage swords from that period have once been a tachi (except for long naginata, that is). 1 Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted July 26, 2017 Report Posted July 26, 2017 Wow! When I give up on all the gendai garbage, you're going to be at the top of my list to contact. You always seem to have too notch stuff Nick. Good luck with the sale. 2 Quote
Darcy Posted July 27, 2017 Report Posted July 27, 2017 I just want to repeat again this is a good sword. There is frequently cheerleading on this site for questionable items, clearly gimei items that are Showa fakes of Shinshinto swords for instance, and many such things. This is a good Koto blade that you could submit to Juyo. It will be hard to pass in the current day and age but you could sit on such a thing for a few years, and it is worth a few submits. Even if it doesn't pass, you can relax and know that this is the same quality as blades that have passed in past years that would cost you twice as much because the papers were elevated to Juyo. This is the kind of thing that you can carefully look out for at a lower-than-Juyo budget and take as a Yamato example in your collection, and it has better fittings than the slap-togethers that come out of several Japanese sites. If you look at those sites you will see that the koshirae are all uniform lower to lower-middle grade and have the same general "look" to them. They are all components that if taken separately would have zero value. They are used on low grade koshirae to add to swords to increase the appeal to western audiences that want a "complete" sword. In this case here, you have a better class sword and better class koshirae that are more than slap-togethers. You can have something you can try at Juyo, again it may not pass in today's day and age but it's better to pay for one at this level and have not not be able to pass today than pay double for one that passed in the 70s and can't pass now. 5 Quote
Nickupero Posted July 27, 2017 Author Report Posted July 27, 2017 Just wanted to say a big thanks for everyone's support and input on this piece.... it really means a lot to me, more than you know. Each piece in my inventory is quite personal, if I don't love it I won't buy it.... So again thank you all! A shout out to Darcy for your support, thank you for going out of your way to give your opinion and taking the time to write it up. Your views are highly valued here on the message board especially with your understanding and deep knowledge of the finer works. 2 Quote
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