ScottF808

Aloha All, Can anyone tell me if shipping Nihonto to Italy from the USA is ok?? I have sold a Nihonto to buyer in Italy. But my mail person was unsure if I could ship the Nihonto to Italy because of customs. Any advice would be appreciated. Mahalo's Scott I hope this is the right section to post this question.

Brian, Thank you for the opinion. I hadn't thought about the fact the picture shown looked like a dealer photo and not a collectors photo. I also looked at his other auction, a noticed he had a dealer photo. But he also had collectors photos. The dealer photo and his own photos seem to have slight difference. In my opinion not enough to say it was a different nihonto, but not enough to say it was the same. Thanks you for the insight. Aloha Scott

What would you call this line shown in the photo of this naginata? The seller just says line, does it look like, ware or hagire? Being new to the hobby, my eye is not as well trained as others. http://www.ebay.com/itm/121131624599?ss ... 1423.l2649 Aloha Scott

Aloha All, Has anyone bought from this seller before? http://myworld.ebay.com/hitendo/ If so do you have a opinion on the sellers honesty in description, pricing, shipping time frame and over all experience? They have a couple items of interest. Thanks Scott.

Thanks Guys, one more question. All other cut nakago I have seen, have bin cut and re shaped. Why is this cut in such a rough manner? Aloha Scott

Hey Guys Being new to nihoto, I see a lot of thing that, I have no clue about. I was looking on eBay, and came across this auction. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 071wt_1032 The nakago is cut at the mekugi-ana. Is this something that was normally done, is there a purpose for this, does it decrease the value (I'm assuming it not a desirable trait). Aloha Scott

Hey Guys, I got to meet Mr. Benson today, and he was a wealth of knowledge. He explained to me that the sword, was probably made around Late 1300th. He also said the sword look to be cut down in size and that occurred around mid 1600th. The designs where also add during that time frame. I was told that the blade has no major flaws, and had a thick temper. He said the blade was very strong and would polish out beautifully. As is, he said the blade was worth in the $1600-$1800 range. If I put the money into having it polished, the value would increase into the mid $4000. Thank you guys for pointing me in the right direction. I'll save up my money to have this blade restored. In the mean time, I bought a book "The Samurai Sword A Hand Book" and will read up to further my knowledge. Also he gave a few articles on the handling and care of samurai sword. Thanks Again.

Thanks for everyones responses! I'll try to contact Mr Benson, and will let you know what comes of it.

And yes, I'm from Hawaii!

Thanks guys on the input. I have add a few more picture so the measurements can be seen as suggested. If there is any more insight that can be shared I'd appreciate it.

Hey Guys, I'm really new to nihonto, and need your help. I came across this sword while we where cleaning up my grandmothers house. She had no idea that it was even there. We think my grandfather may have bought it, but we can't ask him as he has passed. Any help you can give would be great, is the sword real, does it have value, time period it may be from, sword smith, is it worth being polished, any info? I have taken the best picture I could, if any more are needed please let me know. Aloha Scott