Michael 67 Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 Hello, the wakizashi was offered me for USD 350? A fake ( China) Wakizashi? Who's the swordsmith? buy, or not buy ?? sorry for the pictures that were sent to my phone many Thanks regards Michael Quote
Brian Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 Real. But with some condition issues. What are those vertical cracks across the shinogi line? Need more pics. Price isn't a lot for a real blade, but with the condition...it isn't a steal either. What fittings? Quote
doomsdaymachine Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 yowch. pretty bad shinae... real nihonto though. Quote
Michael 67 Posted October 25, 2015 Author Report Posted October 25, 2015 more Pictures I have so far only photos. would you buy the Wakizashi for USD 350 ??? Quote
doomsdaymachine Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 nice shirasaya, at least. imho, it might be worth it for $350 but i would still try to talk them down. those shinae are nasty...can't see much in the way of boshi, either, but who knows. i'm 50/50 so i guess that's not much help. haha! Quote
Tokaido Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 Hi Michael, I guess these pictures are the "additional pictures on request" showing the sword in the egun auction from Nuernberg I wonder if the edge survived the heavy bending back and forth which caused the shinae in the shinogi. I suspect some hagire too these are of course not visible in the fuzzy fotos. Anyway, the simple answer to your question about buying: if you like it, buy it. BUT you will have a VERY HARD time to sell it again. Greetings Andreas 1 Quote
Caleb Mok Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 (edited) Ohh pls don't do it... Better stuff even on Ebay. The guaranteed-not-koto alone makes it not worthy of $350 USD in Ebay standards had not for the IMHO genuine signature...but that's IGNORING the shinae. Oddly enough, there is ~possibility~ shinae can be fixed i.e. hagire/nioi gire can NEVER be whereas with shinae there is hope. I second that nice shirasaya too..... What i'm saying is, many years ago $400 USD got me a 18" koto mumei wakizashi with choji hamon with masame hada and profuse i.e. 1.5" and longer singular lines of kinsuji on Ebay...and these deals are still there from time to time. So compared to that: What i have ($400): Pros - guaranteed no shinae - not guaranteed non-koto - poor polish drove the price down (it cost me the same for traditional polish regardless how good/bad it was then) Cons - guaranteed no signature - guaranteed no nice shirasaya - maybe non-existent jihada/ji-nie (which turned out to be really good hada) What you may have ($350) Pros - guaranteed signature - guaranteed nice shirasaya - guaranteed jihada (but IMHO poor jihada) - maybe kin-kise habaki implying sword was valued...but the rationale is lost to me. Even if for the signature it's not like the den is famously recognisable (sorry, i am completely ignorant about anything non-koto) Cons - guaranteed shinae - extremely unlike to be koto (maybe really late Muro) - good-ish polish drove the price up (it will cost you the same for traditional polish regardless how good/bad it is now) I'd strongly recommend that you be as patient as you can i.e. get more comparables -Caleb Edited October 25, 2015 by klebics Quote
Michael 67 Posted October 25, 2015 Author Report Posted October 25, 2015 http://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=5638903 Link to the Waki.. I don't buy it. Quote
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