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The hadori is very bling bling but anyway the hamon looks like modern camouflage. This blade could be state of the art in a Dune movie.

Nice sword.

Peter i think that little crab application could be in sliver or shakudo.

It's a nice blade. Nothing wrong. Mei looks not bad for me.

Looks good to me. Boshi looks fine. Nothing wrong.

Very nice Soten Tsuba in perfect condition. We don't give here any value price options because collectors want to buy cheap too. For example this Tsuba is much lower qualitiy https://www.zacke.at...-scholars/?lot=73336 Another example https://onlineonly.c...hakudo-tsuba-1/12085

@Lexvdjagt Your sword is old and it has Tokubetsu Hozon. So some trained people have judged it before and rated it tokubetsu. It is a proud sword.

Its thin but its there. reshaped

He was very gentle in his comments.

The price of everything in ancient times was affordable for the target group. A samurai with deep pocket could buy nicer stuff than a poor samurai. Its the same like those days It's like building houses today. Everyone complains that they can't afford a house, but they don't want to save and still want to afford a vacation and a car. Our parents built large houses with high interest rates and low incomes. They didn't go on vacation but worked for their dream. And that's exactly how it is in all cultures from the Stone Age to today.

With some fantasy i could imagine that there is a star stamp to see. Ask him for better pictures Did you see it?

Colin i think i misunderstood you, sorry. I thought these doubled color tsuba was the work of the artist. No i understand it was obvious the reason of a long time presenting.

The side is longer treated with niage. There is no mystery in making one side darker.

Not a big deal - mähhh

Yanagawa 柳川 school Someone of the shimizu family. My guess.