blakexbgs Posted October 30, 2022 Report Posted October 30, 2022 Hey guys I'm new to the Japanese sword collecting scene and am after my first katana or tachi, would prefer in full koshirae but would settle for something in shirasaya, don't have a princely budget unfortunately and would like to keep it around $2000 aud could come up slightly depending on the sword.
Mark Posted October 30, 2022 Report Posted October 30, 2022 check https://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/swords/q561-mumei-katana-koshirae Grey is a great guy to deal with, he is a dealer here
Grey Doffin Posted October 30, 2022 Report Posted October 30, 2022 Hi Blake, I think you need to tweak your hunt a bit. 1st, the budget should be in US$, not AU$. At today's exchange rate, AU$2K is too little to get you something worth collecting, especially if it has to be in koshirae. And 2nd, US$2K for a katana in koshirae is, once again, not enough. A decent katana in shira-saya at 2K is doable, or a katana in decent koshirae is more in the $2.5 to 3K range and up. A wakizashi in koshirae at $2K is another viable option. If your 1st piece is mediocre at best, you'll be off to a bad start; best to save a bit more and get something you can enjoy (and recoup your investment when the time comes to move up or out). Grey
Brian Posted October 30, 2022 Report Posted October 30, 2022 As Grey said, consider a wakizashi in fittings, or a katana in shirasaya. If you stretch to US$2K you should find something ok.
Rivkin Posted November 1, 2022 Report Posted November 1, 2022 On 10/30/2022 at 2:31 AM, blakexbgs said: Hey guys I'm new to the Japanese sword collecting scene and am after my first katana or tachi, would prefer in full koshirae but would settle for something in shirasaya, don't have a princely budget unfortunately and would like to keep it around $2000 aud could come up slightly depending on the sword. I do have a somewhat more expensive (2.2K USD) but papered and mounted katana:
Swords Posted November 7, 2022 Report Posted November 7, 2022 On 10/30/2022 at 5:31 AM, blakexbgs said: Hey guys I'm new to the Japanese sword collecting scene and am after my first katana or tachi, would prefer in full koshirae but would settle for something in shirasaya, don't have a princely budget unfortunately and would like to keep it around $2000 aud could come up slightly depending on the sword. Still looking for a katana?
blakexbgs Posted November 8, 2022 Author Report Posted November 8, 2022 On 10/30/2022 at 9:08 PM, Grey Doffin said: Hi Blake, I think you need to tweak your hunt a bit. 1st, the budget should be in US$, not AU$. At today's exchange rate, AU$2K is too little to get you something worth collecting, especially if it has to be in koshirae. And 2nd, US$2K for a katana in koshirae is, once again, not enough. A decent katana in shira-saya at 2K is doable, or a katana in decent koshirae is more in the $2.5 to 3K range and up. A wakizashi in koshirae at $2K is another viable option. If your 1st piece is mediocre at best, you'll be off to a bad start; best to save a bit more and get something you can enjoy (and recoup your investment when the time comes to move up or out). Grey Hey mate after speaking to Ray I have raised my budget to around 3k usd so hoping to find the right sword soon
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