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I have emailed it to bob. Look forward to hearing what he has to say about it

My wonder is how much value you can gamble on it given of course it is a nice looking blade but the signature not being authenticated in all makes me nervous.... I imagine if it is authentic it is worth more than my truck but the mumei version Maybe a couple thousand?

wak. i dont have dimensions yet. I was sent the photos from a friend I met through the process of hounding local auction houses..

good ole internet.. trying to get together the money to buy it. How much is too much to spend on it considering the gimei possibility?

it is a yosozaemon sukesada mei that looks to match up with pics i have found..

And as always I appreciate the replies and opinions

Yeah doesn't seem like there are any works of the 1st generation that I can find. Bob thinks it is going to be a different kosori Smith, I am currently having a hard time placing which one he said it is likely to be in his opinion but he said he thinks it to be around 1375 era sword. Here's hoping I guess as of course if it hits muromachi being mumei we stop at tbh. Either way I love the sword and can't wait to get my hands on it but of course the dreams of Juyo are always there..

Came across this sword that is supposed to be a vet bring back but seems to be in entirely too good of shape to have been sitting in a closet for 70 years. Any thoughts would be appreciated but of course given the pictures I know there can't be much to go on.

If you haven't seen it a user named nick has a dragonfly tsuba under the for sale section

I got Yeah I got a kosori daito from bob benson that we then sent for shinsa last month. Hoping for nambokucho tsuneie as that is the old papers but we will see. Definitely wont have that kinda money to throw around for anything earlier so thinking of again foregoing the quality aspect for the sake of 13th century potential on a budget... Might never come about but one of the new things I will keep my eye out for I guess..

Or at least I am waiting on the March shinsa results in hopes of having found my 14th century blade

Part of my interest in it is I would like to as a manner of collecting have something from each century feasable and I have made it as far as the 14th century but I do not think finances will allow me something of good quality theoretically speaking in the 13th century as well. I wouldn't say I am looking for something fundamentally important or all that educational in my 13th century blade but I would love to have something kamakura. My assumption for at least the near future is the only way of accommodating that is to forego quality for age.. Hoping to come across something without fatal flaws that is at least properly shaped for the era that I could maybe convince myself may check that Box off of the list

A large part of the reason for asking the question is there a few things that are exciting to me about this hobby one of which being age and I have quickly come to realization that I will never be able to embody all of my favorite traits in 1 sword until I win the lottery. That said is it in a rational thought to think of finding a sword with a significant amount of flaws from say the 1200s that would be attainable for relatively low dollars 2000+- or would age likely bring about expense to varying degrees regardless of condition?

Same old story, hoping for help with translation of name and date. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help

all things in time.. I hope for myself to one day be able to discern more than a little about a blade by looking at pictures but for now I resign myself to the fact that I have to depend on a mixture of papers and advice from those more knowledgable.

Yes that's an amazing thread and find. I have read through it a couple times now and just get more and more envious of George as the thread evolves.. Thank you for the link to Darcy's website. Let the reading begin

Sold for $3700 plus buyer premium. My Lord this is an expensive hobby!

I appreciate the replies. Michael could you point me in the direction of what I should search to read up on Darcys thoughts about this subject?

everything?

So started wondering about generally how age determines value as it correlates to flaws. My question in a more pointed way would be how do flaws affect your opiniins when looking at things in kamakura and earlier? Is it considered regardless of age that a blade with a lot of flaws was poorly made or could excessive pollishings over the course make a beautiful blade fill with kizu? I have been reading on it and have seen some opinions that a fatal flaw is not always fatal in the certain blades and things of that sort but in a mumei old blade do a bunch of flaws make it not worth the trouble? Other than of course the general excitement of holding something 700 years old

I don't have intention of bidding on it just wondering peoples opinions. Proud to say I learned how to attach a link with this in mind. Computers are not my friend but we become more and more acquainted by the day https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/70373438_circa-14th-century-early-Japanese-sword

I appreciate the information Brian and Luis. Definitely seems largely that I guess gets a bad rap. I will stop dismissing his stuff at 1st sight I guess

That's interesting, everything I have ever heard about komonjo has been negative. He currently has a muramasa tanto up on ebay that is of course at 1st intriguing but I quickly dismissed it given the seller. Surprised to hear the 1st good review of that seller...

impressive response. Logical intelligent and enciteful. I'm impressed

As it stands it is chalked up as a disappointment on my end but such is life and nothing lost just nothing gained either. I am sharing the sentiment of Brian in finding solace with the fact that the buyer may have gone to exceedingly higher than he did and I would have been priced out anyway.