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Well it has it has been a few weeks and i have not received a reply from Mr Tsurata in regards to my katana. I have sent him a number of emails and still no answer. On the paperwork that i received with the blade it only listed one flaw which i was fine with but not with whole of the sword been covered with pits. I have decided to let people know on this forum and on others about this problem of mine. I know that some people will be quick to make excuses for Mr Tsurata not responding back to me. I am aware of the situation in Japan and also if he doesnt have time to answer me and yet his site is updated daily. Well i got this blade upraised and its not worth much than $2000 so in a matter os speaking i have a expansive paper weight.

I just received a email from Tsurata and he is asking me to send him some photos of my blade so he can explain to me why the sword is the way it is. I will keep you informed in regards to the progress. I'll put a new link to better pictures of the blade for you to have a look at. This are the pics that i am sending to Mr Tsurata to have a look at. The other thing is I would like to thank to everyone for the help over this matter. Here is the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/8187943@N0 ... 088528977/

Its a bit strange that i still have not gotten a response back. So far every email i have sent was answered the next day but i am still waiting for 3 days. I'll keep you posted.

At this moment i am waiting for a email reply from Mr Tsurata. Reason i bought a sword from Aoi was cause i heard many good things about the site and about their service. My first nihonto I bought from Legacy Arts(Ted Tenold) as i mentioned before was originally from Aoi which was on consignment on his site. Importing antiques into Australia arent cheap and plus i didnt wanna buy a sword which has no value. If I buy something for that much money i expect it to have that value when i get it. I have done some reasearch on if the blade has so many flaws its value would drop down.

I did buy my sword from their iai section which cost me around $5500. My previous sword that i bought fron Ted Tenold was on from late edo period which originally came from Aoi art. On the site it stated that blade was polished. I didn't wanna buy a blade that would need to repolish again since I live in Australia and over here we have no people with expertise in polishing blades. As everyone knows its not cheap to polish a blade. I have sent email to Tsuruta in regards to this issue. So i am hoping to get a reply soon. Thanks to everyone for quick replies.

Hi everyone this is my first post here. I have already one antique nihonto and it is in perfect condition which i bought from Ted Tenold (Legacy Arts). But i recently received a blade which was made in the early Edo period from Aoi Art and was wondering if you could give me some help with these blade flaws and if I should be concerned about them. I will put a link to my flickr account. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8187943@N0 ... 055532965/ I am not happy that when i got the blade to find out that it had these flaws. When i looked at the blade pics on their site and info it didnt mention any of these. I do like the blade since its a bit thicker and heavier than my first. Could someone please give me some sort of piece of mind on the blade. You must excuse me this is my first attempt at taking photos of any sword. Thank You