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Im not getting a kizu-uchi feeling. Looks like it has promise

Well that undermines the sales page here😄

Crabclaw is the style of hamon. Could be gunome in there too. Its got a bizen style nakago and sakizori. A very nicely shaped katateuchi.. . I would say its definitely osafune bizen school. Dates approx 1500s. Iv attended a oshigata of something i to compare

The mei is very far off any sort of quality you see in bizen stuff. They are well known for long, neat, attractive well cut mei. Its ubu so the mei should be intact So the potential for a later gimei is likely. Crabclaw is commonly associated with sukesada group

Stop digging your own grave hahahaha. You will receive no, and i mean no encouraging words from members here about trying what you think is ok

If you got alot of disposable money, like your a billionaire. Go for it. Just make sure no one's going touch or handle it disrespectfully. . And it won't devalue. After all its your money, or choice. Ps if you are a billionaire, you could hire me to help you travel the globe in the hunt

well i can say a few things from my personal experience, Seiyudo is your best choice of the 2. very upper end but when i visited there store some years ago all i saw was 1st class. the lower dealer. hmmmm watch what you buy. that koshirae has been adjusted and fiddled with, and i think isnt antique at all but a marriage of parts, with new laquer or saya. just my 2 cents word. as too the hizen-to, there are memebers here very educated on them and can offer valuable adivice, as its very expensive sword. up in the juyo area

very good point

its nice, but 100k nice ??

not to drag away from john, but simple look at the sword!!!!! its not a flag level sword

Its not a admirals flag sword, take it with a pinch of salt

if it was shoshin it wouldnt be for sale on juace. it most likely has been resubmitted for shinsa and failed, but that aside its pleasing to look at

iv only ever seen white peaple do that, iv never seen a Japanese person do this. evan doing kantei on 100k ko bizen swords. its just comon manners not to talk over swords

in australia, you could leave out the names and we still could know whom you are speaking of. there togishi and then theres togishi.

circumstance would prevent this. dont ask why... it wasnt a greek roman orgy but still none the less a hurry

that was on a samsung, sent to the computer via messanger, then saved then re orentated and then saved and still sideways ??

how did i go this time ? fingers crossed its MuneTada?? once again the photo wont stay up right?? Regards Hamish

i assume these will make it to your ebay page aswell?? if so would there be any donations to the nmb for advancing the sellibilty of these swords

Bent and curled round. Not a good sign, either no hamon in the kissaki or bad tempering

imho this has had a koshirae restoration. the gilt and finsih on the fittings ar at 75% while the conditon on the saya and ito are 100%. and the one on aoi has been punched in on the seppa and tsuba. this seems to be a increasing activitie from Japan to sell to the unsuspecting. i personally perfur my gunto to be 100% original and un touched

Condition of the mounts is hard to find or fix. Condition of the blade is fixable but you might have to take a loss if you sell in the future. Or leave as is and enjoy

Bit annoyed that my pun got overlooked. Seki-to, showa-to, murata-to..... Now entre the fake-to. Its got to a catfish post. Blind Fred knows it utter crap

Fake-to

the mei reads seki-ju oka-da kane-yoshi saku the smith made showato by the books, but theres no stamp

yours has a almost light foggy ghosty reflection, a true sign of the paints age. the one discussed projects pure high gloss. and im not saying theres anything wrong with restortation. but if your paying premeum prices you want original. look at the same and habaki. never seen use or dayligh hahahha. but once again im not putting it down, but would just like to put forward my opinion that its not original