i am not looking right now to buy i just want to educate my self better before i do and anything i see that does not look right i want to know about thanks to this sight i saved myself 387 and that is because i was told that there has never been sereal numbers printed on the habaki so when i seen one with no habaki i was curious as to y it was gone and i thought well if it had numbers on it y not remove it to make it look real and try and rip someone off so i came back here to ask if that was the case the sword i was looking at had the numbers on the habaki so i did not buy it thank you guys and when i am ready to buy i will be seeking even more advice