Has anyone done business with ‘Masa266’

[David E]

I am curious because I have seen videos of swords on YouTube

I am very new to collecting and inexperienced, but to me some of the blades seem to be listed relatively cheap for their condition/papers/looks

Their YouTube handle is ‘Masa266’
Their eBay store goes by ‘Konnichiwa Tokyo’

 

[klee]

He lists things very cheap and gets bought instantly.

 

Mostly unpapered but there are occasional hozon and toku ho.

 

If u look closely, most items will have some form of kizu but you cant really complain with how cheap they are listed.

 

It s always good to remember that cheap unpapered blades are cheap bc they most likely cant paper OR they arent worth the shinsa money. Like a lot of the mumei shinshinto tanto and wak

[David E]

Thank you for the information

The dream would be a (current) papered Katana for $1500 or less in good condition and polish

unfortunately there are always drawbacks, or they sell fast 

[lonely panet]

You might be living in a dream

[PNSSHOGUN]

At a glance many of the swords look too good to be true, when you examine the pictures closely you'll quickly see why they're so cheap. That being said if your goal is to simply own one genuine Japanese sword that's papered I doubt you'll find a more affordable source. 

[MPUK]

I have purchased a couple of wakizashis and a kozuka from this seller, directly from his website, and had no issues. Dispatched from a Tokyo suburb I think. Always replied via email when I had questions. It's very much 'what you see is what you get', descriptions and photos may be a little basic for some more demanding buyers but if you want to simply get an authentic example of nihonto then this is a good source I can recommend. As @klee mentioned they get snapped up very quickly, sometimes I get the impression they are already marked as sold the moment they are listed which might seem suspicious, but then again I see some examples ready to purchase every once in a while. The only thing preventing me from buying more from him is that he doesn't ship to the UK any more, I asked why and it's because he's had instances of his swords being sent back due to strict laws here (very annoying!). 

[Brian]

I think he lists on Facebook, low value quick movers at very good prices. They sell in minutes. Nothing fancy, but very good prices.
The Japanese are masters at pushing common or average stuff out to the Western market. Stuff that battles to sell there, but we snap it up gleefully. Stuff like mumei wakizashi, gimei stuff and out of polish project blades.

[vajo]

Never had a chance to pick up something from him. Everything disappears immediately after it appears on the page.

The prices are out of this world.

[robinalexander]

Masa-san is ok 

[Julien]

If this can help, I sometimes goes on the same "hunting grounds" as Masa... I generally overlook/do not consider the kind of pieces he buys, but if you are looking for something specific, I can definitively keep an eye open for you, and share pics.