Lovely Set But Does The Crack Kill It For You?

[Stephen]

http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/l446582326

 

[Gakusee]

Well, otherwise the price would be many multiples of what it is currently on at Buyee.... still wondering where it will end up.

[TETSUGENDO]

Stephen,

 

No.  The crack looks like something a skilled conservator could remedy...not cheap, but certainly worth the expense.  Gorgeous!

 

Cheers,

p.s.-still beautiful with the crack.

[Stephen]

What i thought too but wondering if i was cracked...lol

[John A Stuart]

It wouldn't bother me over much. Yokotani Eisei, 横谷英精 John

[TETSUGENDO]

Stephen,

 

Pretty sure you, as well, would be acceptable crack(s) an all!  LOL!

 

Cheers,

[Stephen]

LOL  ahh its good to be known,   

[Curran]

Given that it goes all the way through-   As a newbie, it would have bothered me.

 

As an advanced collector- it doesn't bother me much. I know of a [TH?] papered kinko Miyamoto Musashi tsuba that has a significant crack.

It isn't easy to spot, and the tsuba is quite functional. The NBTHK didn't seem to mind.

   Never the less, such things do lower the competition for such items a bit. --Or not!, depending upon the rarity. I doubt it had any impact on the value of the Miyamoto Musashi.

[TETSUGENDO]

It's all relative!

[vajo]

Really nice pieces. I would not care about the crack if the price don't get to high.

[Kanenaga]

So where's the paper for the tsuba?

 

Les

[Stephen]

did you click on link?

 

[Brian]

I'd love to say it wouldn't bother me. But it would. I can appreciate it easily, much the same as a Juyo with no boshi. But it would still niggle.
If it came at a significant discount, I would easily own it though. I do love it, it is stunning. But I wouldn't be able to forget the flaw.

[b.hennick]

The f/k are papered but not the tsuba. I would be happy to own the set - paying regular price for the fuchi kashira and a lowered price for the tsuba. If you buy it we can talk....

[Vermithrax16]

Honestly, the crack does not bug me as much as the work amazes me. But price is always an issue, yes?

 

Maybe pay 2k and if you keep it forever, all set. Try to sell and raked over the coals about the crack.

[RobertM]

So nice! How would that crack have formed? Was it there from the start and just developed?

[Alex A]

Wouldn't bother me until it was time to sell, then other folk bothering would bother me.

[Curran]

Wouldn't bother me until it was time to sell, then other folk bothering would bother me.

 

I recently priced something about 1/2 price due to a surface crack.

Lovely tsuba with a flaw that wouldn't be seen if it were mounted.

[Alex A]

 

I recently priced something about 1/2 price due to a surface crack.

Lovely tsuba with a flaw that wouldn't be seen if it were mounted.

 

Hi Curran, I hate buying anything these days unless there is peace of mind. Whilst the buyer of the tsuba above may be dazzled for a month or two with its beauty, sooner or later that crack will stick out like a sore thumb, would for me anyway. 

 

The price would have to be rock bottom, for me.

 

It is beautiful though, a pity. 

[nagamaki - Franco]

 

 

Lovely Set But Does The Crack Kill It For You?

 

Yes. The quality of the nanako on the kashira and condition would be troubling to me as well. 

 

None the less, still enjoy looking at this set.

[Ford Hallam]

A crack like this, which goes all the way through and under the inlaid rock, is almost certainly a result of metal fatigue. It most probably wasn't there when first made but due to unrelieved internal stresses that would have built up when the shakudo plate was forged at some point they fractured the internal structure of the metal.

 

For me, knowing what the crack represents it doesn't in anyway bother me or impinge on my appreciation of enjoyment of the workmanship.

[Surfson]

It's like most of us - once perfect but now flawed.....