Senpai-Pete

I (noob) just have a quick question I was hoping I could get help with. From what I can gather a Japanese sword registration card is required to import/export a Japanese sword in or out of Japan, but its only for real nihonto. I see Japanese sellers online post pictures of the cards and they say that they will send a copy with the sword to the buyer. Does having a sword registration card (Torokusho) prove a swords legitimacy? Could Gemini swords and fakes still have a card? Is a NBTHK certificate the only thing that you can trust? Thanks

Thanks a lot everyone I really appreciate it. I guess it was an old listing cause I contacted the guy and he said it was gone already. Probably for the best anyway. -Pete

Sounds good, Thanks a lot Stephen.

Local ad on Craigslist selling this blade. Would anyone know what it says, if the person is real, and if they were a good smith? Trying to figure out if it’s worth 2000 or not. Thanks -Pete