Samurai95407 Posted July 4 Report Posted July 4 My childhood dream to own an authentic Masamune sword for now for over 40 years since playing final fantasy on the NES. I don’t know if it’s the real deal or another fake . Any insight is appreciated, will donate. Quote
Rivkin Posted July 4 Report Posted July 4 Really bad Japanese images but it is most likely a real shinshinto blade. The rest is a cute story. 1 Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted July 4 Report Posted July 4 At any given time this sellers inventory rivals that of the Tokyo Museum, and all for pennies on the dollar.... 2 Quote
lonely panet Posted July 4 Report Posted July 4 If you have been studying for 40 years, you may have guessed your not EVER going to find one of thoses on the open market Quote
Samurai95407 Posted July 4 Author Report Posted July 4 Japanese Sword Katana 734cm Masamune 正宗 Kamakura era 1200s Certificate 本阿弥光美 Honami Koumi Certificate of authenticity Blade length 73cm Sori 2.0cm Motohaba 31mm Motokasane 5mm Sakihaba 25mm Sakikasane 4mm Weight 817g Sakihaba 1 Quote
Samurai95407 Posted July 4 Author Report Posted July 4 Thank you and I value all your input … perhaps wishful thinking indeed that something like that would be for sell on the open market 1 Quote
Samurai95407 Posted July 4 Author Report Posted July 4 There was one other Masamune Naotsuna Nanbokucho blade that caught my eye that I couldn’t tell if it was authentic or not that was thinking could be the one. 1 Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted July 4 Report Posted July 4 Best to research further into Soshu-Den and Masamune before purchasing anything, unfortunately new collectors are the prime target for such forgeries. In the unlikely event a true Goro Masamune was offered to the open market (not ebay or yahoo auctions), it would be hundreds of thousands of dollars. https://markussesko.com/2015/03/20/masamune-his-work-his-fame-and-his-legacy/ https://nihonto-museum.com/blog/goro-nyudo-masamune 2 Quote
Shugyosha Posted July 4 Report Posted July 4 Alex, If you look at the top of the page, on the banner there's a section marked "nihonto info," under that heading there is a "links" section which includes links to legitimate dealers in Japanese swords. You can use that to begin to get a feel for the market and what you can get for your money, but there won't be any Masamune blades by "the" Masamune on any of them. You can also check out the sales section on this forum as members are often selling blades and there's some nice pictures to look at. Please avoid buying on Ebay or the Japanese auction sites (probably best to avoid buying at all right now as you're shark bait; sorry): there are a lot of blades tricked out to look like something way more attractive than they really are like the second one you've posted above. I don't know where you get Masamune from there, it looks like a shinto blade that has been doctored to appear to be by Sekishu Naotsuna, I think. So in effect, you've been deceived twice in one go and you've barely got started. The new looking kinpun (gold) attributions on them is a big giveaway as if you check between blades, the style of writing is identical so someone has bought a comic with a free Japanese swordsmith kanji stencil set in it and they're really making use of it. Essentially if it's a blade claimed to be by a big name smith and it doesn't have modern NBTHK or NTHK papers, in most cases it can be discounted as a fraudulent attempt to deceive. Even if they do, you need to be sure that the papers are to the smith the buyer is claiming it to be as the names can relate to mulitiple generations of smiths with the same name, not all of which are well regarded or smiths from a different province with the same name who again may be inferior. A long-winded way of saying you need to know more before parting with any money. 3 1 Quote
Samurai95407 Posted July 4 Author Report Posted July 4 Thank you so much!! Saved me tons of money,, am gonna donate to support !!! Lest I can do to show my appreciation,, unfortunately Ai had me a bit too excited when I shared the details with it thinking I found the lottery 5 Quote
Samurai95407 Posted July 4 Author Report Posted July 4 Done donated !! Cheers !!! Thanks again for bailing me out of a scam 1 3 Quote
Sansei Posted July 4 Report Posted July 4 4 hours ago, Samurai95407 said: Thank you so much!! Saved me tons of money,, am gonna donate to support !!! Lest I can do to show my appreciation,, unfortunately Ai had me a bit too excited when I shared the details with it thinking I found the lottery Never NEVER trust Ai for something like this. Especially to make a purchase. 2 Quote
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