Well, I did travel to Maine and did purchase this sword at auction, wasn't my cute lil wife that bought it, but the auctioneer sure loved her. I went for the other swords that were there and saw this one and had to have it. Believe me, I paid for it! I was eager to find a value on it, just to see if I got a bargain or more than I bargained for! What really sucks is now I am going to have to reluctantly part with it I'm afraid. Son got three front teeth knocked out with a baseball! Easy come, easy go I suppose. I try not to sell any Japanese swords now, I sell all the other stuff to fund the addiction, upgrade and put away, this is the first really high end piece I bought and well, hate being superstitious but bought a high end German dagger last year and wife totaled the car... that sold too!! I will post pictures of some Tantos in the next few days that i picked up and i also grabbed a beautiful Wak, unsigned but looks really old. Question, can they carbon date the tang if there is no readable signature or no signature present? You guys are fantastic, no kidding i learned more about this sword reading the posts then i did with days or research in books and with other collectors. Thank you for your assistance in the reading and dating.
