Is this a real deal wakizashi?

[pcfarrar]

I will not be able to buy a Nihonto for a few years anyway as I just don't have that kind of money laying around and that I guess is a good thing.

 

This would be a reasonable inexpensive first sword for a beginner.

 

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[shingen]

It does look like a blade Lee mentioned in his post.

[sanjuro]

Yes..... now that is more like it! Plenty to see, plenty to appreciate, and no restoration necessary in order to study the features of the blade. An excellent starter piece.

[shingen]

This would be affordable for me and does look like a great starter piece indeed. I do really think what Lee mentioned does work very good. It is very hard as a beginner to make a start with learning etc. but with something like this it does keep you motivated. While studying having something like this at hand I do think will help as you can then see for yourself how it looks when you read about something. Learning and being able to do some research is a good way I think and fun as well.