word of caution

[Stephen]

Scaning ebay this AM i ran across a Nagamitsu

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/WW2-Japanese-Samura ... dZViewItem

 

and a Yasumitsu

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/WW2-Japanese-Samura ... dZViewItem

 

Now i am pretty sure the same hand cut the mei for both of these, the caution is that the high bidder will not be getting a true Nagamitsu see Doc Stiens link for Nagamitsu

 

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/naga.htm

 

also adding a quick compare with my Nagamitsu for your reference

[Stephen]

i found this link

 

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/promei.htm

 

it show us which Nagamitsu it was, Kawasaki Nagamitsu.

[pcfarrar]

Yes definitely not an Ichihara Nagamitsu. But to be fair to the seller he doesn't claim it is.

 

Both look like low quality showato. I guess someone out there collects them?

[Stephen]

Eric knows which is which was not putting him down at all. i have a PM from a new member thats looking for a true Gendaito and was pointing out what to be aware of

[pcfarrar]

Yes its a very good point. It's also worth looking out for swords with removed seki/showa stamps been a few on ebay in the past few months.