jelda44 Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 Hello friends, This katana "Muramasa" is offered in one auction company for $ 8,000. I do not think that it is the original. What is your opinion on this blade? Jirka Quote
Fuuten Posted November 1, 2014 Report Posted November 1, 2014 Any more information listed? And generally with this I'd say what seems too good to be true, most likely is. Quote
1tallsword Posted November 1, 2014 Report Posted November 1, 2014 looks like the nakago has two different patination colors? camera tricks? I agree, the lower end of nakago looks mid to late edo.. Quote
drbvac Posted November 1, 2014 Report Posted November 1, 2014 I would be very suspect of this and depending on the "Auction House" it could be for sure. You do know I am sure that Muramasa is a very highly rated famous smith so many many fakes are out there ready to be sold to another novice who knows enough to notice the name and the famous mei but not enough not to get taken into buying it - buyer beware. Quote
b.hennick Posted November 1, 2014 Report Posted November 1, 2014 Here is a members web-site on Muramasa http://www.muramasa.us/ Quote
Darcy Posted November 2, 2014 Report Posted November 2, 2014 looks like the nakago has two different patination colors? camera tricks? I agree, the lower end of nakago looks mid to late edo.. Exposure on the nakago when you're shooting results in some really strange stuff. What we see as nice even black patina, under the lights and digital photography usually comes out very red as you increase exposure. The nakago though it is "black" is not very reflective ... this is a bit counter-intuitive, but the reflective nature of the ji and ha causes most light to take a direct reflection away from the camera. The nakago tends to absorb most and scatter a lot, but gives you no direct reflections where angle of incidence = angle of reflection. The result is that it's much easier to get an exposure from a nakago than the rest of the blade. So exposing a photo to get the blade means overexposure on the nakago, and then that will create the red, white, and black areas popping out. As for this sword, the mei looks a bit more hopeful to me than the rest of the blade. It is priced at that horrifying level. Too cheap to be surely good. Too expensive for gamblers who think it has a large chance of failure. Quote
Eric H Posted November 2, 2014 Report Posted November 2, 2014 Bonhams New York - 27/10/2014 - Lot 1129 not sold Eric Quote
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