Wayben

Thinning out the bookshelf a bit. Here's two groups of books for sale. 1) The Samurai Sword An American Perspective, Volume 1 and 2, by Gary Murtha, 126 and 156 pages respectively. $40 for both 2) The Sword of Japan by J. W. Bott, 228 pages. Ko-Kinko Fittings by Hajime Zenzai, 24 pages. Japanese Swords Cultural Icons of a Nation by Colin Roach, 176 pages. $70 for all three. Price includes shipping in the US. International shipping will be extra, actual shipping cost minus what it would cost to ship in the US. Thanks for looking.

Price reduced, $1495

Still got one. At the time it was a lot of good info for $2.25.

Good job!! Is a shirasaya next?

Type (Tachi, Katana, Wakizashi, Tanto, Naginata, Other) : Katana Ubu, Suriage or O-Suriage : Suriage Mei : (Mumei, Signature) : Etchu no Kami Masatoshi Papered or not and by whom? : NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Era/Age : Early EDO Shirasaya, Koshirae or Bare Blade? : Shirasaya and Koshirae Nagasa/Blade Length : 69cm Sori : 1cm Sword Location : USA Will ship to : USA Payment Methods Accepted : PayPal, Bank Wire Price and Currency : $6795 Other Info and Full Description : Etchu no Kami Masatoshi Katana in good polish. Papered by NBTHK, Tokubetsu Hozon. Masatoshi was the youngest son of Kanemichi, the founder of the Mishina School in Mino. There were four generations that signed Etchu no Kami Masatoshi. At some point the second generation added a 16 petal chrysanthemum to the tang above his signature, which was continued through the later generations. This example does not have the chrysanthemum, placing it as either first generation or early second. Comes in a shirasaya with a gold-foil habaki and includes a very nice koshirae with brass fuchi and kashira, black same-gawa, green tsuks-ito, and black lacquered saya. There are two mon on the Koshirae, I believe they are Ashikaga and Toyotomi, but I could be wrong. It's too hard to keep up with all the international shipping rules and regulations, so I'll only ship within the USA. Price includes shipping and insurance. Thanks for looking. Wayne

I guess California has it's own problems. Trap shooters fly all over the rest of the states with shotguns without issues.

Flying with firearms within the US is also possible, as long as they are in a locked container in the cargo hold.

Reduced price, $1995

#3 and #4 Sold.

Still available.

Some price reductions: 1) $135 2) $110 3) $40 4) $75

For context - 600 Australian Dollars is approximately 400 US dollars.

Completely forgot about that Brian. I'll make sure to use it next time.

Up for sale is a Sagami no kami Fujiwara Hiroshige wakizashi. This smith is from the Bushu Shitahara tradition. There were seven generations that ran from beginning of Shinto to the restoration. This one is by the second generation, Kanbun Period, 1661-1673, Fujishiro Ranking Chu Saku, Hawley Ranking 15 points. Blade is in an old polish, but all the workmanship of the blade can be seen. This is an ubu blade, signed, with only the original ana. Papered by NTHK-NPO. Nagasa 52.8cm, kasane 7mm, motohaba 3.2cm, sakihaba 2.3cm. This is a healthy blade that comes with the NTHK-NPO Kanteisho paper, silver foil habaki, shirasaya, and a storage bag. $2500 to your door in the US. If interested leave a note below and send me a PM. Thanks for looking. Wayne

1) Zuroku: Satsuma no Katana To Tsuba. 360 pages in Japanese, 7 1/4" X 10 1/2". Blades and tsuba from Satsuma in B&W photos and oshigata. A great reference for the Province. $160 2) Tsuba. About 500 pages in Japanese, 7 1/4" X 10 1/2". Great photos, mostly in B&W, with some in color. $135 3) Only Fittings: Japanese Sword Furniture from an Old English Collection Part 1, from Sydney Moss Ltd. Hard bound, 70 pages, in English. Pictures and captions for 120 items. Good pictures, in color, of some very nice items. Excellent condition. $50 4) Early Japanese Sword Guards: Sukashi Tsuba by Sasano. About 285 pages in English, 216 life sized photos, mostly B&W, some in color. $75 Price includes shipping in the US, international shipping will be additional depending on location. PayPal excepted for payment. Thanks for looking.

I don't know jack about this kind of stuff, but just out of curiosity I searched for one on eBay. There is one for sale, graded MS-63 by NGC, listed at $2250. I don't know if that guy knows any more about them than I do, but it's a data point. There were none listed as sold. Good luck to all the snipers out there that are waiting until the end to grab this one!!

My two translation books have different covers, but both have the same weight paper for the pages. Both are signed by Harry, to different people, probably two different printings. That probably does nothing but add to the confusion, lol!!

It says it was ended by the seller because there was an error in the listing, lol.

That's the canned feedback that a seller gives a buyer, since you can't give buyers negative feedback any more. You have to click on feedback as a seller up above to see all the makeup, pillow cases, and wallets that he normally sells.

The picture is still there in the item description. The seller is only allowed to put 12 pictures in the area at the top of the listing. Some sellers add more photos in the description area.

It's my sword. I listed it on NMB last March, but didn't get any interest, so about a month ago I put it on eBay. Anything I list on eBay is US sales only, simply because eBay tends to side with buyers, as does PayPal. Unless a seller has indisputable evidence (and sometimes even that won't work) eBay gives the buyers the benefit of the doubt and in a lot of cases automatically refunds them. I can't always get indisputable evidence in foreign countries or argue with their customs officials. I've been burned enough that it's just not worth shipping international on eBay. I'm not saying I've never been burned by US buyers, but it's just easier to fight it. The NMB sales link above doesn't say no foreign sales, but yes I'd prefer to sell in the US. I've sold several tsuba international, filling out a customs form is no big deal and shipping is relatively reasonable. The big deal for blades is the shipping cost and value which influences customs fees on the other end. Not to mention the threads on here of cases of customs (or shippers) destroying blades because of some asinine rule. USPS will ship international, but with limited insurance and lately with a serious lack of reliability anywhere. FedEx and UPS not much better insurance wise. So...not absolutely opposed to selling blades international, just leery. Hope that makes some kind of sense and thanks again for the kind words.

Thanks for the kind words guys. Any buyer will be very happy with this one!!

Sold, please move to archive.

On Hold