micko

hi, i'm not trying to convince anyone of anything,just offering my own personal opinion and got hammered for it so who's right and who's wrong? just too add I also collect Burmese/thai dao which are near impossible to find here in Australia and ebay has given me a good window too them.. my last writing on the subject I agree. micko.

hi, dr and pauly for one I meant dealers on ebay,for 2 aspirations?,don't dealers sell swords for profit? oh that's right they just wan't to help you out ,some of the sword dealers on ebay are asking double their real value and further more that's just your opinions as is mine. ebay success? looks like ivé hit a couple of dealers. micko

hi, it seems a lot of collectors frown upon ebay I tend to disagree there are a lot of good swords thet flow through ebay swords picked up from vets,estates ect. it's the dealers I don't trust and probably wouldn't buy from because they are only interested in profit anyway. ivé bought and sold several swords on ebay and have been happy with my deals,it's like anything you buy take a good look ask questions and do a deal if you wan't. micko.

ok thanks for your enlightment. micko.

hi all,any idea of this tang stamp cant say iv'e seen it before, also has the same figure on the kojiri. micko.

i sent him questions,like 8000$ for a 800$ tsuba have you made a mistake in the listing price he never replied,ivé done this lots of times now he has questions blocked,so it will hurt him a little if anyone was silly enough to be interested in his items

is this bloke for real? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-SAMURA ... 1e77295468

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SMALL-Japanese- ... 1c2fbad872.

paypal is a very shonky business and quite expensive,ivé had a few runins myself with them it's best not to use paypal if you can. micko

thats teh same sword Eric,must be up for resale.http://www.ebay.com/itm/very-old-samura ... 3a6e80088f. micko

whats your opinions on this tang?i must say ivé never seen anything quite like it.

hi,the more i study this sword the more thoughts i have..i had a thought ,that it seems funny the top kanji are mising at all the tang is in good condition except at these missing kanji. any idea's? micko.

Teruhiro Aki no kuni (Hoei) Teruhiro TER66 (15pts) 6th gen., same as Hirotaka HIR432 who also is 2nd gen. of Hirotaka line (note this smith left out of Hirotaka line so 3rd gen. will be right after 1st) 1.geishu ju teruhiro 2.geishu ju fujiwara teruhiro 3.geishu ju fujiwara teruhiro saku 4.harima (no) kami fujiwara teruhiro saku ........................................................................................... Teruhiro Satsuma no kuni (Meiwa) TER77 (15pts) TK 410 1.sashu ju fujiwara teruhiro saku ......................................................................................................... Teruhiro (III) Shinto, Aki no kuni (Kanei) TER61 (25pts) TTp409 3rd gen. 1.geishu ju fujiwara teruhiro 2.geishu hiroshima ju harima (no) kami fujiwara teruhiro 3.harima (no) kami fujiwara teruhiro saku 4.harima (no) kami teruhiro ........................................................................................................... Teruhiro Satsuma no kuni (Meiwa) TER77 (15pts) TK 410 1.sashu ju fujiwara teruhiro saku ............................................................................................................. Teruhiro Aki no kuni (Tensho) TER9 (15pts) 1.geishu hiroshima ju fujiwara teruhiro saku. ............................................................................................................ so far these are the only smiths i can find who signed with saku maybe my blade is made by one of them? micko.

gday Chris,of course you are correct, ivé been researching the Harima no Kami Fujiwara Teruhiro saku mei's and couldn't find a match thats what made me think gimei . because i'm missing the top kanji it may not even be Harima no Kami (Fujiwara Teruhiro saku) it may well be for eg. Hiroshima ju (Fujiwara Teruhiro Saku).which i can't find an oshigata for i know a shinsa group would probably solve my problem but i have at least 5 swords i would take before this one so i will try and solve the quest myself and hopefully with some help and advice from others after all thats one the fascinations of nihonto to learn and learn and be wrong when you think you are right to me anyway.ivé added some photo's of the blade for anyone thats interested. micko.

GDAY,can i get some help ,opinions on my wakizashi ivé had this blade and mounts near 15 years and it's always been on the backburner now ivé decided to do some homework on it .the first 3 or 4 kanji are hard for me to read due to their state i think it reads hirama? no? kami? fujiwara teruhiro saku, i'm not sure there are several teruhiro that signed this mei so i pulled this one out of the hat, i havn't enough Literature so i'm relying on hawleys and the net, from my studies ivé formed my own opinion it maybe gimei .any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks,micko

just checked the listing again ebays taken it off. micko

seems like this thief is at it again his last venture had been cancelled i have reported him to ebay i think if someone has a little time to spare they should report him also before a poor unsuspecting newbie gets stung. micko. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Boys-DAISHO-kat ... 415db21139

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Boys-DAISHO-kat ... 2eb7e7712e seems a little suspect,what do you think?

sad story ,but knowing china as i do the sword wasn't destroyed but now is sitting in someones living room. micko

hi all,china's a very ""shonky"" country those with a little power basically do what they want if you have trouble a little bit of yuan under the table and problem solved. wouldn't send a sword to china no way,believe me ivé travelled china for the last ten years i met my wife in china,beautiful country but very corrupt. micko

hi ,i've noticed there are more of these coming out of Japan lately the seller claims 70 year old,i'd say 5 year old buyer beware. micko http://cgi.ebay.com/H085-Real-KOSHIRAE- ... 35b4297ed7

http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-Samurai-Sw ... 588e50d779. sometimes you just have to laugh. micko

i'd stay well away from this guy his prices are way over the top

hi Alex, sorry to tell you mate but you have been stung,it's a nice sword but thats about it you'd be lucky and i mean very lucky in todays market to get 2 grand. regards micko

gday,personly i have a funny feeling on this katana i don't know why but something doesn't seem right ...maybe it's the price..........http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-sword-samur ... 3f09427cb5