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Ok thank you for your input. I do think the wakizashi is in pretty good condition at least if i compare it to what i have been offerd at the same price. But i still dont like ebay, and i would be really happy to hear if anyone have done some business with him.

Im wondering if anyone here has delt with zen-gallery as a seller? does he sell real swords? Im wondering becasue he has a no return policy on the sword im interested in and that makes me suspicous. http://myworld.ebay.ca/zen-gallery/

rkg Thanks for your answer About the import i have checked it with the customs here and its 12% of the price i bought if for. And aobout saving up money as i have said earlier i dont havve much of an income so for me to save up is a big economic deal. But i will not go over 1500 for a sword and thats extremly high for me. And about ebay the thing is its in my reach, i have contacted a dealer here in sweden wich stopped answering my emails. Tho i just asked if i can see pictures of some tsubas i was interested in. I have mailed him again now about a sword so i hope he will answer it. I have seen some nice swords on other sites also but as Brian said i wont link them here.

Stephen This sword i wont be bidding on i thaught about it before but i wont. I posted this thread cause i wanted to know more about how its with carvings on the blade. And how you collectors look at it.

How much does a bad carving meen to the sword. Does its value go down, do you collectors value it lower. If its a nice blade but a bad carving is it still concidered a nice nihonto? This blade on this one looks nice to me but the price is still very low is it the carving that make people stay away becasue it can hide to much?

Ok thanks for the tip

I think i will give private bids on theese 2 bad or good idea? I will offer about 900 dollars to buy one of them now. He will probably say no but still is it worth a try? http://cgi.ebay.com/K-047-Muromachi-Kat ... dZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/K-049-Muromachi-Kat ... dZViewItem

Tanks for the comments And yeah this sword probably has a much higher reserve than bid is at now. I was more wondering about the carving. But i think its a nice sword tho the carving to me dont look that nice i dont think it fits the sword. So my first impresssion is that the carving is newer then the sword. But i dont know thats just my thought. Theres only a couple of hours left so i will be watching this and if it doesnt get to high i will probably give him a bid, but as you said brian the reserve is probably higher then what i would bid.

James That sword was really nice but it seems it will be to expensive for me, good luck with the sell.

Heres the url http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-Sword-Monju-Yamato-School-Carving-of-BONJI_W0QQitemZ320281254254

I have read that when a sword has carvings on the blade you should be on your watch casue it meens they maybe are hiding something or it is a fake. So is this sword real with a carving to hide someting, or is it a carving that was made when the blade was made? Are there any good ways to recognize carvings thats made to cover something?

Omorik Really good points. And i have thaught about why i want to buy a sword and its beacause i want a part of history i want one of the greatest things ever created by man. And also i want to kill som zombies with it ofc. Thanks for your tips :D

James that sounds really interesting, do you know wich day you will put it up on ebay?

Thank you for the info brian.

Stephen Thank your for that tip i will have to mail him about that right away now hehe. But still it can be to much to pay for me but its defenently a way to go. But also as i said earlier a blade with some flaws is still very interesting to me. Brian What kind of identification papers are it on teh waki you linked i dont recognize them. And guys you dont understand how much i appreciate your help

Dear Brian Ofc i know that if i buy a 600 dollar sword i get a sword equal to that amount. The most important thing is that it is real. And as you said i think i will go for a wakizashi instead. About papered swords i saw one on ebay yesterday that went for around 830 us dollars sold by kanetoyo here on the forum. At least that was the ending price on the action, and i was really really close to bid on that ut my internet crashed due to a storm outside so i guess that sword and me wasnt ment to be hehe. And as you said mybe its better to look for a nice hamon and so on. The mounts i dont care about casue its the blade i want. And i will probably wait until i have 1000 dollars to spend but i still will bid if i see something nice by a good dealer. And i will probably stick to the waki. Its now been seven months since i started looking at nihonto swords, its just to bad i havent had the time to read so much about them under this period. I will check the sword u posted it looks like something for me, anyone who have delat with this seller? Zanshin just as you said a flawed blade is no problem for me so if you know any tell me :D Thanks so much for your answer i know how frustrating it is with noobs haha so bare with me people.

Yeah i know taht this is the opinone of probably everyone here, but i will probably never get that kind of money to buy a sword so thats how it is. And still shure a nice sword gets very much love but i dont need the most beautiful sword i just want a real katana. I want a sword that i can give love its not all about the looks to me. Sure i dont want an ugly sword but i want a sword with some history. So please understand me sould give up and never concider buying a sword just casue i dont got much money?! That to me is not an option i rather have a sword thats a bit damaged than no sword cause its still a piece of art. Rember how old it is and it has seen some bad years still i can give som nice care as long as i have it. To me its more important with the history of the sword than the looks.

Hahaha how could i miss that topic i gotta get new glasses haha

I would just like to hear your thauts on how i shold do with my budget. I know poeple in here spend a very big amount o cash on there swords and i wish i could do the same. But i dont make a lot of cash in my job and i have to pay the rent, shure i could save to one of the expensive swords but that would take me a real loooooooong time we are talking years. My budget right now is maximum 800 dollars next month i will have a little more to that budget so its about 1000 dollars. And this is right now when the us dollar is very low. I know that people will probably just say save up money and buy when u can afford a expensive sword, but what if the dollar goes up again. And remember it would take me years. I have been talking to Larry that Stephen gave me a tip about. And he has sent me pictures of 2 wakizashis one for 500 us dollars and the other for 610 us dollars. And from what people here are saying this is a guy i can trust. Both the wakizashis have a good price but they aint in the best condition still verry good tho. none of them are signed wich i think is a bit sad cause if a buy a sword i want to look up who made it and so on. So im really unshure of what to do should i wait till my nest paycheck and sit on ebay and bid, i meen there are swords there who sells for under 1000 dollars with nbthk and nthk papers. They are in better shape and so on. But theres always the fraud risk on ebay. Or should i go for larrys swords who are really good price. And im also thinking about waiting cause i want a katana, so actually a wakizashi may not be what im looking for. I want the katana more casue it was the more iimportant sword to the samurai, or thats how i understand it. Im still new to all the facts and info so please enlighten me if im wrong. Well this are just some of my toghts i hope you can give me some tip. And dont diss my budget to much, remember not everyone is rich.

Thanks so much for the comments and the help. And i will never buy a sword thinking this will make me money in the future. I will only buy a sword casue i like it. I meen for me a nihonto is a piece of art. And i dont want it because its cool with your friends, i want it just so i can sit buy myself and look at it, study it and so on. I will also try to find out so much info that i can about the smith and so on. To me a nihonto is a treasure. I would treat the sword with great respect. And i know that probably many of you guys think about your swords in that way also. And if anyone of you can give me tip of a good book to read about nihonto i would be really happy.

Ofc i will learn but i also think that if i can find a real nihonto it would help me very much to learn how to tell the fake from the real. And i also dont know how many real nihonto i will buy, one thing i do know is that i will not sell it i will keep it until and when i feel the time is right i will pass it to my kids. And i think if you guys can help me, why not.

Ok thanks for the answer, but as i have understand this seller is really reliable so i can still watch for new swords and feel safe with my bidding?

Im wondering do you guys think this sword is worth bidding on. I for myself think it looks really good but as you probably know from my earlier posts im new to this, so i want your opinnion. I have searched for the sellers name here on the forum and found that he seems to be a god guy selling the real deal. Is this real? http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-Sword-Monj ... 0281254254 Or is it safer if i bid on this? http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-Sword-Kane ... 0277565736 And yes i know i should study books and swords so i my self can tell if its real. And i will but right no i dont know so please just tell me your thougts about the swords and if they are something to put my money on?

Ok thank you for the information

Hi Im wondering if i can trust theese 2 sellers on ebay. It would be nice to hear if anyone made any business with them. http://myworld.ebay.com/kanetoyo2666/ http://myworld.ebay.com/js-musashi/