truelotus Posted July 21, 2011 Report Posted July 21, 2011 Hi all back to me again ... this time I've been approached by a friend offering his sword for sale ... for now I only have 5 pictures to show you, and sorry, as some of it are not in best quality currently, I am acting as some kind of adviser to a friend who'd like to buy the sword wonder if you could add up something to my comment overall view kaigunto with NCO gunto scabbard, I don't know how the previous owner abused this sword, as the samegawa, which should be black is turned into white ... I think someone once open it up and "wash" it blade is somewhat too shiny ... could it be a taisabiko ? as it is a kaigun to but I have managed to know that this blade has been polished with metal cleaner ... this is the tsuka .... well you can see that the original finishing in tsuba has been cleaned into shiny bit with metal cleaner (what a waste). including kabutogane and fuchi ... we can also see traces of black pigment on the same ... this is the blade overly shiny in my opinion ... hamon is visible, but not in suguha as in Yasukuni-to, was it wrong if I suspect this may be a stainless steel blade ?? but you can see rust spot on the first picture on the kissaki oil quenched blade ? pictures of the nakago below ... sorry, too blurry .. I cannot read single kanji you can see that there is mei inscribed, and also an overly shiny tsuba ... result of of metal polish usage ! anyhow, the sad part is the previous owner did not forget to clean the tang using metal cleaner ... T_T some rust spot, cannot see yasurime, and with only one mekugi ana any comments are more than appreciated. This blade is offered for USD 2,000 thank you and kind regards Donny Quote
Grey Doffin Posted July 21, 2011 Report Posted July 21, 2011 Hi Donny, Date looks like "Showa Ju Hachi Nen", 1943. A gunto with mismatched parts that have been improperly cleaned might be worth $500, not $2K. Grey Quote
cabowen Posted July 21, 2011 Report Posted July 21, 2011 Judging by the workmanship visible in the nakago, the blade is nothing special.... Quote
truelotus Posted July 22, 2011 Author Report Posted July 22, 2011 thanks Grey, for the translation :D And thank you, Chris, for the straight answer ... I myself already inform my friend about the price range of USD 500 Quote
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