kusunokimasahige Posted August 26, 2014 Report Posted August 26, 2014 Lately I have seen Gunto Tsuka go for exorbitant prices on Ebay. What causes this ? I personally think that anyone willing to pay 350US$ or more for a Gunto Tsuka is off his rocket. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R4 ... uka&_sop=3 KM Quote
leo Posted August 26, 2014 Report Posted August 26, 2014 2 reasons that I can think of: 1. The sum of the spare parts sold separately is often more expensive than the whole thing. 2. To have a gunto tsuka professionally restored and rewrapped is expensive. A professional military wrapping alone(and I do not mean the homemade stuff) will cost you at least 200 bucks excluding shipping etc. On top comes the restoration of the metal parts or the same This goes for tsuka in excellent condition only! Cheers, Martin Quote
bobtail44 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Posted August 27, 2014 Lately I have seen Gunto Tsuka go for exorbitant prices on Ebay. What causes this ? I personally think that anyone willing to pay 350US$ or more for a Gunto Tsuka is off his rocket. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R4 ... uka&_sop=3 KM It's like why do people pay anywhere near $950 dollars for this tsuba or ones like it: http://www.ebay.com/itm/STRONG-18-19th- ... 7675.l2557 Makes no sense to me ;P Trent S Quote
kusunokimasahige Posted August 28, 2014 Author Report Posted August 28, 2014 Great explanation guys ! Thank you KM Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted August 28, 2014 Report Posted August 28, 2014 It's like why do people pay anywhere near $950 dollars for this tsuba or ones like it: http://www.ebay.com/itm/STRONG-18-19th- ... 7675.l2557 Makes no sense to me ;P Trent S Three reasons: 1. Main reason is there are two tsuba there, not one 2. That is a paired daisho set. Stephen can attest to the difficulty in matching tsuba for creating a daisho 3. They're decent quality Quote
bobtail44 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Posted August 29, 2014 It's like why do people pay anywhere near $950 dollars for this tsuba or ones like it: http://www.ebay.com/itm/STRONG-18-19th- ... 7675.l2557 Makes no sense to me ;P Trent S Three reasons: 1. Main reason is there are two tsuba there, not one 2. That is a paired daisho set. Stephen can attest to the difficulty in matching tsuba for creating a daisho 3. They're decent quality Ill admit my example was definitely a bad one, ill find a better one xD Trent S Quote
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