Gunbroker Copper Hilt Nco

[Stephen]

Just a heads up if your looking on GB. Nasty copy!!

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/591602852

[Stephen]

Ok getting feedback on it being org but painted. mouth of saya looks cast to me.

[Brian]

Going by what I have seen that seller sell before, I have to give him the benefit of the doubt. Seems to know Nihonto. But it has been horribly treated and painted.

[Bruce Pennington]

That price makes me feel better about paying $2,400 for mine! Always thought I over-paid, but it's a nice one and I WANTED IT!!!

[IJASWORDS]

Hi, all I would add, is look at the bottom scabbard brass plug. I have attached of an original plug photo for comparison. Neil.

[Stegel]

 But it has been horribly treated and painted.

I'd have to agree with you on that, i personally find it interesting, but would never contemplate doing the same to a sword like that.

It would have to detract and lower the overall value of it.

 

The sword is however, genuine. The first 500 or so made, had a leather sarute as the seller stated. His is obviously well within this range and they also had the 'horse shoe' brass plug, which is also correct.

[Shamsy]

The numbers are actually genuinely low, better than most of the 'low' ones I see listed that are still in the thousands. That makes it quite appealing. It also looks to be in good condition. However, two things put me off. For one I think the value has taken a real hit with the repaint (which I'm in agreement that it's not original). Secondly, even were you to strip the paint, the finish and patina on the handle would be gone. That's a fairly major part of these swords, since the copper was annealed to give it the two toned appearance. That would be lost I imagine. It seems likely that the scabbard would have been similarly stripped back for a repaint, so there is unlikely to be any of the original grey undercoat or green paint left behind. For me the loss of all patina and original paint is a killer.

 

Not sure about the sarute. As Stegel said the early coppers did originally have leather sarute but the one in this instance could be a replacement which would be in line with the painting. Dawson shows an original and a replica but it's hard to tell here. Not sure they would have painted while the sword was intact, but Dawson states disassembly destroys the sarute. On the fence here.

[brannow]

Interesting but with such poor small photos, who would pay that much?

[BANGBANGSAN]

These Copper handle NCO are getting expensive,dont matter if it has matching#.They sell for closeto  $2000 even without the correct scabbard. 

 

Trystan