Interesting Group of Wakizashi's

[Rikkn]

I was offered these today.  Really interesting looking but I  don't know enough about them to commit.  Pictures might be a little jumbled, but would appreciate some comments  !

[Rikkn]

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[Rikkn]

[Rikkn]

Trouble posting pics, one at a time I guess. 

[Rikkn]

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[Rikkn]

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[Rikkn]

By the way, there are 4 with scabbards, and one blade only. The one pic with Kanji is the blade only, the other is the little knife that goes to one of the others.

[Jussi Ekholm]

Just a personal thing but I would focus only on the one with brown handle, and in that only for the blade (perhaps the guard [tsuba] might be mildly interesting too, depending on several factors). That is the only sword that seems interesting to me but to be said I am extremely narrow focused person and my view is not the normal view.

 

I feel as a more general view the lot can be bit interesting with a lot of variety, of course lots of things will depend on the asking price.

[Rivkin]

Anything stellar? More likely not rather than yes.

But I would also consider second from the left. It has a certain cool factor to it.

[Rikkn]

He is asking 800 each, I can probably buy them all for 500 each. Is it worth it ?

[Rivkin]

Its a bit like buying something inside a big black bag, but I would say yes even at 800 there is some potential. At 500 the chances of this being a bad deal are not too significant.

I personally would be interested in looking at better pictures if you buy them... 

[2devnul]

On 11/12/2025 at 11:49 PM, Rikkn said:

Is it worth it ?

 

This is a magic question everyone asks each time they buy/sold a sword  

 

For me these swords are no-no, because:

- polish is bad

- condition unknown, will revel after polish

- Koshirae needs renovation, seems not to match (guess based just on photos) same theme for Fuchi/Kashira

- For 500-1000$ you could buy something in better out-of-the-box condition from Japan

 

This is just my private opinion as I have a very specific key for swords in my collection. I always like to have "pristine" (or close to it) look of the sword. This means perfect condition, polish, Koshirae. Even for a 300-500 years old swords. 

 

However, I know there are collectors that value 'original' condition more. With old polish and Koshirae, even if it is falling apart. 

 

Still, IMHO if you buy them for 500$ then you should be able to resell them for same (maybe more?) price. So maybe worth risking.