AUTHENTIC WW2 ERA Japanese KATANA

[When Necessary]

Steve,

 

A friendly word of advice.

The seller who removed the Yasukunito "once he found out what he had" may well have found out by watching this site and seeing your post. Either that or another visitor to the NMB may have used your photo, done an image search (very easy), found the sword and then made the seller an offer.

 

That is what you risk every time you rush on here to post a new find before doing any research on it yourself first.

You could well be shooting yourself in the foot by not hitting the books first.

 

 

[Lewis B]

18 minutes ago, When Necessary said:

Steve,

 

A friendly word of advice.

The seller who removed the Yasukunito "once he found out what he had" may well have found out by watching this site and seeing your post. Either that or another visitor to the NMB may have used your photo, done an image search (very easy), found the sword and then made the seller an offer.

 

That is what you risk every time you rush on here to post a new find before doing any research on it yourself first.

You could well be shooting yourself in the foot by not hitting the books first.

 

 

Sage words of advice.

[Dereks]

2 hours ago, Swords said:

I find it interesting that Derek’s can’t tell the difference between a Gendaitō or Koto sword lol As I already said a lot of my questions were about signatures which even experienced people have difficulty with

But I admit I posted  many questions about swords

I’m guilty as charged !

I will limited my questions and try to help others

Brian I didn’t get the yasukuni The seller removed it after he found out what he had

Anyway peace ☮️ and kindness our country needs it!

 

 

Steve

 

 

 

 

Did I even mention the period of the sword in any of my comments? You’re the one who wrote “WW2 ERA Japanese KATANA” in the subject — not me! 

 

 

[Swords]

Good point When I thought about that too 

In that case he said there were alot of people who were interested than he took it down Your right it could have come from our forum There was another case  a while back who was a well known smith can’t remember the name The seller had no idea what he had People on the forum were discussing it 

Than it sold for a good sum

[When Necessary]

8 hours ago, Swords said:

Good point When I thought about that too 

In that case he said there were alot of people who were interested than he took it down Your right it could have come from our forum There was another case  a while back who was a well known smith can’t remember the name The seller had no idea what he had People on the forum were discussing it 

Than it sold for a good sum

That's it Steve.

When you post anything you don't already own here, you're not just showing it to friends who want to help you - but also to rivals who want to beat you to it.

[Brian]

Yeah...more likely it was up for public sale somewhere. Which means there are hundreds of eyes on it, not 2 or 3.
I doubt it was from a seller who didn't advertise anywhere. In which case it was likely advertised somewhere. I love the people who think they have seen something for sale that no-one else knows about. Usually it's on eBay or local advert or Craigslist or Gunbroker...and there are plenty of collectors who know what they are looking at.
If the seller knew about the forum, he would have asked about it here. Don't kid yourself...there are very very few true sleepers that slip under the radar, although they do happen. Usually in estate sales or through work of mouth.

[Swords]

Good point Brian As I said earlier there was another known smith Every one thought maybe  the seller wouldn’t find out  but he did or the ones who knew kept bidding higher 

 

[Rawa]

On 10/7/2025 at 10:33 PM, Swords said:

Good point When I thought about that too 

In that case he said there were alot of people who were interested than he took it down Your right it could have come from our forum There was another case  a while back who was a well known smith can’t remember the name The seller had no idea what he had People on the forum were discussing it 

Than it sold for a good sum

Was it Shigetsugu in T98 mount from estate with suguha hamon? Blade sold for 6k in bad condition.

https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/51449-kasama-shigetsugu-on-ebay/#comment-537435

Edited 3 hours ago by Rawa