Value of mumei wakizashi

[Horuy]

I just made an impulse buy on ebay of a mumei wakizashi, luckly I didn't spend too much on it. I don't know much nihonto, I just want to know if it’s total junk or worth the $105 I paid for it. Notice the kissaki is broken off

 

www.ebay.com/itm/SJ-138-Japanese-Samurai-Sword-Mumei-Wakizashi-Blade-/164623416664?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=HHWSJZ2I4OcSk9jqqmDhHzZT2u0%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc

[ROKUJURO]

Peter,

if you paid  $105.-- then it was the actual value. Another question is what you want to do with it. In its current state, it will degrade more and more, but a professional polish to preserve and admire its potential beauty will cost a bit more than that....

[vajo]

Sell it further. You have no experience with such a blade and as Jean said it will degrade further when you hold it. I personally would not buy it for 100 Dollar or less. Maybe a polisher can reshape the boshi but the rest of the blade looks not promising to me.

[Horuy]

Thanks for the info guys. I ended up asking the seller if the can cancel the order, which he did.

I collect swords as historical objects an fighting weapons (not so mush as art objects) so a good polish is not too important to me. My goal is to eventually have a nihonto in my collection, so I’ll research and save up for a regular wakizashi out of polish, with fittings (but still in one piece  and without active rust).

[Ken-Hawaii]

Take that $105, & buy a couple of reference books from Amazon. Your next purchase will be much more informed.