Hi i just became a member here cause ive ben interested in katanas since i was a little kid. I want to start collecting swords and tsubas. I meen i have wanted for a long time but my first buy will be really soon and it will probably be an tsuba or a iaito, cause thats how big my wallet is hehe.
Well to the question.
A couple of months ago i was offered to buy this sword for about 1200 usdollars. The seller is a guy in Japan who goes around the country and search for katans he can buy from people on the country side. And i have a guy here in sweden who was my contact to him. I really got som nice help from him so i think he is honest, thou it cant hurt having u guys oppinion on it. So i know if i can trust this guy or not.
The info i got from him is that the blade is older than the fittings and it is not a machine made blade or a WWII blade, the fittings on a other side could be from around WWII. He couldnt give me a year it was produced but he promised it is old.
I didnt buy the sword casue i was realy broke at the time, but i have been wondering ever since i got the offer. Did i miss a great sword or was i lucky that i didnt have enough money at the time? I really wanted to buy it.
So tell me what u guys can say about it from the pictures.
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