WARNING

[Stephen]

This may cause your heart to shed a tear, one can only wonder why???

 

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... frommerc=1

 

It would have been a wonder to hold before the butcher!

[remzy]

Holy Grindage Batman!

[Brian]

Ah jeez...

 

That's the second one this week now. And that one looks like it was a really good blade before. They survive for hundreds of years until someone without a clue decides to "improve" it.

 

Brian

 

[Stephen]

Gen. of Masahiro it is, he must be rolling over in the grave.

 

Did anyone catch the Video at the bottom? just click on the film frame.

[remzy]

This really makes me want to slap whoever did this.

[Guest Nanshoku-Samurai]

But now it is probably very sharp?! I always thought a Samuri saber ought to be sharp.

 

Max

[remzy]

But now it is probably very sharp?! I always thought a Samuri saber ought to be sharp.

 

Max

You are right Max, and every connoisseurs knows that it is critical to get the nakago as sharp as possible!

[Brian]

Max,

 

Better not forget the smilies at least, or some are going to miss the sarcasm and take you seriously :D

 

Brian

[Guest Nanshoku-Samurai]

You are right Max, and every connoisseurs knows that it is critical to get the nakago as sharp as possible

 

Hello Remy! Well said! That's the only reason why a Tsuka is an essential part of the Japanese sword. These greedy smiths invented the sharp Nagakos to make us buy their stupid Tsukas.

 

Hower the stupid Gaijin would badly cut off their hand and fingers at first use.

 

[sarcasm end]

[Roland]

Unbelievable! I have never before seen something like this

[remzy]

Stick around Roland, you will see more, sadly.

[kusunokimasahige]

how to destroy sth beautiful..........

 

kiri sutei !!! for anyone who did this.........

 

KM

[tonyb]

Hmm Yes Yes seen it before its in traditional chinese grinder polish.

Cheers tony

[Strider]

If you look closely at the transition from blade to nakago, you can see small pitting or bubbles that might be indicative of a weld seam. Is it possible this was a legitimate nakago attached to a questionable blade. Not only were they bad grinders but bad welders as well. Scott

[remzy]

No offence but, there is no way that someone who can possibly produce such a "clean" weld would then savagely grind it like that ...

 

Makes me wonder tho, if the craped out nakago were to be taken away and a new one reshaped by a smith, might be a very costly operation... and you would lose much blade lenght, not even mentioning unbalancing the sugata, hum.. food for thought. the mei got grinded away some so i dont know how far this would be salvagable...