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  1. lonely panet
    Oh, sorry for the mis understanding
  2. lonely panet
    The joys of pricing items... Some offer full market retail opinions, and some suggest collector to collector prices. But at the end of the day a item only sells for what a buyer wants. And it sounds you want it. What else are you getting from otto and mark?? I know hes got some swords hes asking 50k for, so out of interest alone, it would be a exercise in curiosity
  3. lonely panet
    Wow, really nice selection of higo tsuba.
  4. lonely panet
    Could be the camera angle but that horimono is definitely added later buy a not so skilled person , maybe a showa era addition?? And looking at the tail looks like is cover a big flaw. Price guess. 2500 to 3500 aud.
  5. lonely panet
    That is a theory
  6. lonely panet
    Really need better photographs. We can see alot of detail. But the horimono from the photographs looks abit chippy
  7. lonely panet
    A maurata, would have had the fitting made to suit the sword. Not that other way round. Because it should have been its first mounting
  8. lonely panet
    There not " compressed " as you call it, in what i think you mean by as in reduced by a hard suriage, having the nakago reshaped and reducing the thickness??? Its just very very poorly finished . Very very suspicious. I wouldn't touch it with your pole suspicious. Chrome plated or literally puffed and polished on a wheel to a inche of its life
  9. lonely panet
    Run away
  10. lonely panet
    You guys in the US have a stronger market and therefore more buyers. Australia is different, very different. Smaller buying group. And i cant see Mark wanting the hassle of selling internationally
  11. lonely panet
    Not to speak meanly, but Otto's prices have always been on the fantasticly high side. Imho a non traditional blade in good mounts. 2500-3200 aud. Thr surate looks added on, the patina and wear doesnt match. So the tassel is equally suspect to the originality to the sword
  12. lonely panet
    Andrew doesn't polish any old sword. And i can't speak on his behalf but hes has decline jobs on condition of blades. Remember he gets paid the same to polish masterpieces compared ordinary unknown smith..
  13. lonely panet
    Well im interested and think its worth a gamble
  14. lonely panet
    [GN1-11-2-02] Japanese Sword: Masamune Tanto w Horimono in Shirasaya | eBay found the link. no a ugly piece
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  16. lonely panet
    Cool thanks. Not a masterpiece but i thought it was a nice piece from my travels to Takeyama
  17. lonely panet
    Hi guys after decades i finally got it framed but never thought of seeing whom painted it. Help please
  18. lonely panet
    Peaple lack eyes, basic 2 seconds of searching. Note the difference
  19. lonely panet
    your wire is just plain sold wire, almost electronical wire in construction. the typical wire you find on kyu tsuka is elaberate in its construction, like a piano wire being and the centre wire is normally a 3 wire type
  20. lonely panet
    Personal thoughts just on the blade Repro
  21. lonely panet
    The wire isn't original. So its possible that it was done in the field or evan post war, at the very best. But the wood isnt a good shape. Theres good points and suspect points. Its boarder line for me.
  22. lonely panet
    Hi guys, double checking a tsuba translation im doing for a pal. CHOSHU HAGI JU TOMOYUKI SAKU KORE how did i go??
  23. lonely panet
    all island swords are fake in my opinion
  24. lonely panet
    well with the absence of a fouled anchor i would suggest police patrolmans??
  25. lonely panet
    Its commonly used from police to navy depending on what symptoms enscribed. The F&G books have one of my examples. Go forth and study
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