lonely panet

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

personally its fishy to me. the tsuba has been punched in and 1 seppa too. the paint on the saya is just toooo pristine, and the ito doesnt show a clean enough exicution for a early high end type 94. imho its been restored, and theres nothing wrong with that if you dont mind.

Z for zoro ??

i once hada a Kanenaga when first collecting 20 plus years ago, sold it cheap at a gunshow and have been kicking myself ever since, if its still around in a few weeks we will chat. great example

very saka choji

I wouldnt want to try and import 1

That would be annoying having that flop around while in use

Can we have pics of the hada and hamon please. Kissaki and yokote pllllleeease

ray with the super eyes 10 out of 10

Soshu wak for 2k on Johns page

Im aware of Ottos condition and his collection. This one is different. Im not after comments about nice swords from seagulls, im trying to warn others and notify the true owners of the collection that there collection is being offered for sale by possible scams

Ill pm you

Its a very nice buff job. Looks like chrome. Shiny

this collection apparently based in australia, and i told them no sale would be made without inspection prior.

does anyone know whom this collection belongs to? I was approached by off this forum to buy, by lady on behalf of her ill father. sounded lagitamate but suddenly went quite. Im thinking its a scam and the real owner of the collection should be made aware of the use of there photos. approx 80 military swords all up. if you know please let them know to contact me for numbers regards H

In the wrong place for a shrine sword. And smith names just as big a give away to the seki stamp

Looks too good for the reputation of the dealer

😲 omg.

Oh sorry. Got my bm and va crossed up

Not derailing,but attempting to educate and help. I am not beating, belittling attacking or discrediting any one or evan the sword or woodys good work. The sword ranking system with IJM swords could look like this and goes. Machine made Non traditional Traditional Inside these ranks are categories, within the categories are values both financial and artistic. They vary apon rarity and demand and quality. Yours is in the middle. Tho it has a high artistic value, its not traditionally made. There for NOT a gendaito.

Paul Martin us to work at the V&A i think. He cound know

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