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Its in the shape of early tsuba

The internet has levelled the world market. Yahoo, ebay and jauce. Very common, very affordable on this platforms

No the flags and bags. 150-250 pounds for a plain unsigned pocket flag. Pffft

Sorry your photos arnt great, alot dont download. Could you post some noce ones

The tsuba looks heian

There prices are abit crazy.

When you have a good reputation, then your work is in good demand. Its a problem through out all trades. Wait for good work or take a gamble and tryone with a short list" normally for a reason ".

I continually enjoy your words of observation and intelligence jussi. You not just add substance to a topic but unbiased opinions that can only help lift up all your fellow members knowledge

That will surely polish out

Well if you judge a school by how many smiths master smiths they produced, and how many of the works received juyo and above ranking. I would has a guess that the ko bizen school would take the mantle

im going the complete opposite direction it appears cheap, nasty machine rolled backstrap thats been then shaped. the rest is just poor. blade has no threaded pommel or peg holding to togeather and the blade " if you call it that, just a flat piece of bar " isnt evan fitting to the handle correctly so most likely just glued in. its modern rubbish in my opinion. theres sooooo much of this crap comming out in the last 15 years its not funny. dont wast your money

evan im raising my eyebrows.

Thanks David, I was thinking of this as a study/catch and release because being a fan of osafune bizen im completely ignorant in Yokohama bizen.

simular work from a sukesada but the mei is far apart,, but i think ill bit and try and buy it

i thought i would ask because apart for the blues/green papars the work does look like yokoyama bizen. i know its not a diamond in the rough, and that fact yokoyama isnt the hight of the the bizen tradition but thought it was worth a secand look. who else would make gunome like that?

Thanks guys

A sukesada. From a well known Japanese base ebay seller that mainly sells greenies

???? Looking at buying a wak, but has greenies

just thought they where prints, but atleast everthings correctly sized this time

never seen one, this metal smith was a perv [8024] Tsutsumimono (Edo-Meiji) Original Shakudo Ground Shunga Metal Fittings Weight 7g (First Item, Purchased Item) | Jauce Shopping Service | Yahoo Japan Auctions. eBay Japan

thank you very much, need to brush up on my traditional carpentary knowledge

lets apply Occam's razor to this sword . 1-hamon, clearly oil quenched, clealy in the mino seki style know to be mass produced during era. 2-kissaki dosnt match koa isshin mantetsu "a robust ko kissaki" the above has more of a chu. 3- very fresh mei that dosnt even match the patina of the clearly cleaned nakago 4-nakago shape tapers to much 5- the poorly finished yasurime, koa isshin had etremely well finished nakago and yasurime. so go with whats the simpler explanation or most obvious. IE a mumei seki/showato tarted up at look like a more commercial sale to the uneducated white man, compared to a mumei seki-to that wouldnt evan sell on fleabay. stick that in your fife and smoke it

your right, clearly. you clearly speak with andrew often, be on first name basis and have kantei lessons from him or had jobs declined from him. bloody youtube experts. dont fill this poor guys mind with false hope. but i know what andrew will say. so you might aswell point him towards Aoi-art. they will take his money

why are you guys not telling him the obvious facts, ?? the sword isnt savable, stop him form dumping thounds of dolllers into a lost cause. shame on you all