brillone

Im going home from work now so c ya guys tomorrow. So my answer will come tomorrow.

I will pay through paypal, does that make it safe? I have never done this before so. I will ask him if the sword has no more flaws than on the pictures! One thing is that my internet at home is down so i can only be online at work, and that sucks casue we arnt allowed to surf on work time. Someone told me to ask for his adress does that help in anyway to tell if hes not the bad guy? And can someone tell me if the mei is real or gimei? Thanks for all the info guys

His name is matthew and his mail is oldswordbuyer@gmail.com.

Ok so this guy can be trouble? I will not do the deal if he has been doing bad deals or if he isnt honest. Also i have searched for blades in the uk but the prices are much higher there, at least what i have seen. People tell me to wait for good deals but thay are really hard to find so i thaught this was one but if he aint a honest seller and has been in trouble i wont do this deal. I thought it was a little easy to get him to accept my bid. Man now i feel like i dont want to do the deal. Hehe thanks brian but if this guy is bad trouble i wont do the deal. I really dont know what i should do now. I will pay by paypal but does tht give me any warrenty he will send me the sword?

I had a thread yesterday about a wakizashi i won at a bidding but it went under the reserve price but he changed his mind and i will get it for my bid. So now i would like to have some information on this blade. I have searched a bit on the net but havent found anything on the smith. I had his name in the other thread yesterday and i think grey wrote that there was a smith with that name working in around 1500. So please if someone can tell me the name again and if you can give me info about the blade i would be glad. So finally this is my first sword http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&item=330270535971

I suspected that

I have found a wakizashi that im really interested in now. The mei is Iga no Kami Fujiwara Kinmichi on the front and Nihon Kaji Sosho on the back. Does the mei look real or gimei? Wich Kinmichi could it be? Im hopeing for the first one but as i have understand he didnt sign Nihon Kaji Sosho!? http://japansword.art.coocan.jp/Auctions/Kinmichi02/X093.jpg http://japansword.art.coocan.jp/Auctions/Kinmichi02/X094.jpg http://japansword.art.coocan.jp/Auctions/Kinmichi02/X096.jpg

This sounds fun i will shure buy a couple of tickets

Have i understood it right that theres going to be a lottery? Can anyone be in it, and what does a ticket cost?

Thank you for all the info. I will pass on this sword and continue my search.

Thanks for the info james that i really have to concider.

Im looking at this sword and will maybe buy it. The seller told me it seems to be a koto blade, maybe HOKURIKU MONO uda school. Also he thaught the tsuba was late edo and also the kasira. So could this be right or does it seems to be anything else? Give me your thaughts. He also told me that the blade has a sai-ha i dont know what kind of flaw that is so please tell me. http://s428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/brillone/

Yeah so ive understood but i still hope a nice katana will appear for me haha. But it seems like i will buy a wakizashi.

Stephen i have mailed him about that one now. mariuszk Yeah i was looking at that one but i didnt like the shape. And shure a tanto is nice but as i have said i want my first sword to be a sword and not a dagger. Thats just how it is hehe. And i think its no idea to buy a tanto i wont appreciate! thanks for the comments guys

Well the horimono sword on ebay went for an over price so i didnt bid after a while. One thing tho, i found a receipt from when the guy who wanted to sell me the sword bought it. And he payd 400 dollars for it lol. How could he forget the receipt???? Im reallly wondering if he ever opened the package from the beggining!? And now he doesnt answer my emails when i told him i didnt want it.

As you say brian i will probably bid if it goes for around 600 cause that price is really good. And that could be a good starting sword its a lot cheaper but still a real nihonto.

Well it looks like i will send it back, i havent got the right feeling about the sword and i will take youre guys advice. So my search continues. Do you guys have any tips on sites to look at exept the ones in the links archives and on ebay? I gotta say it feels a bit sad sending it back but if i can make better then i will go for that. Thanks for your thoughts guys

Yeah but one thing is that i cant pay 1100 for a sword form Japan or the us cause the the shipping and customs will cost me to much. So i also have to concider that, i mean if you look at the swords you can buy in europe the prices are really higher than in the us or Japan. Well i have until tomorrow to think about this. And one thing about the wakizashi is that i really only wanted a katana from the beggining, but now i also look at wakizashis tho i dont like tha short ones i dont want it to look like a knife i mean i wanted a sword so thats what im looking for.

Yes there seems to be some pitting. I dont see the boshi but it is a bit darker on the tip of the sword. It is a really hard decision. As many of you guys have said it could be better with a wakizashi but i still havent found any nice wakizashis in that price range. And as you said restoration is not an option cause of the cost. I mean its my decision but as i have looked around i havent seen a nicer blade for this price. Well this one but it has the fake horimono http://cgi.ebay.com/W-004-Edo-Naga-Waki ... 0270851878 I reallly have to think this over and i will concider what you guys say as you are the veterans

Now i have the sword, it has some small chips and some very small rust stains. Look at the pictures and tell me what you think is it worth the price, is it real. Give me feedback if i should buy this. If i do i will post a new thread regarding info on the blade so if you just tell me if its worth 1100 us dollars. http://s428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/brillone/ Im not a professional phographer so dont complain to much haha.

OK i willl begin my search then

I got a question about nejike oil does it work as good as choij oil? Casue its a guy here in sweden who sells care sets for iaitos and tameshigiri sword and the oil he has is nejike, or he says so at least.

To me it doesnt look like someone tried to hide kizu, it just looks like someone was really really stupid and engraved it. And i mean the sword i linked at the top. On the one Peter linked you can see the kizu really clear.

Yeah what idiot would do such a thing. It really makes me mad.

I dont understand how a person can do this to a sword, i mean it even has papers from nthk. Tho i hope that the person who buys it will treat it good and dont continue with this stupidity. http://cgi.ebay.com/W-004-Edo-Naga-Waki ... 0270851878