Opinion

[fliwis]

Hi guys, I know, it's very dificult and personel to give the price of something by pictures but it's just to have an idea,or at least the maximum price of it...Following a small descritive of the tachi :

Mei: Masatsune æ­£ æ’

From Aoe , Bizen

Era: Kamakura era( circa 1259 )

Jitetsu(Jigane): Itame Hada and utsuri and chikei in jitetsu.

Hamon: Suguha midare, Nie-deki. Sunagashi Koashi. Molto buona linea di tempra.

Nagasa: 67.9cm

Sori: 2.3cm

Motohaba: 26.5mm

Motokasane: 5.6mm

Boshi: Ko-maru(Aoe Boshi)

Koshirae: Itomaki Tachi Koshirae with Tokugawa crest.(tutto originale periodo medio edo)

 

old polish but clean blade , no kizu .

Thank you very much...fliwis

[Stephen]

is this on ebay?

[Stephen]

once more thank you Koichi san for the link. Maybe some of the members from Italy will let us know about this seller.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/KATANA-KOSHIRAE-JAP ... m153.l1262

 

seems he has a broad range of items from Iaido to Nihonto. for that kind of money id want to have alot sword smarts, and not buy off ebay trusted dealers yes, are you not just starting out? Ive seen it all to offten that ppl with the cash get the bug then come back say what have i done. Id crack the books first. good luck

[John A Stuart]

Hi, Lots of money sure, but if this is not a shinshinto masquerading as something older not too pricey. To lay that kind of cash I would really cross the t's and dot the i's. John

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Maybe some of the members from Italy will let us know about this seller.

 

Hi Stephen. Sorry for the delay, but I was checking with a friend of mine.

No results sure enough to spend a word.

Often italian NihonTo dealers (e-bay or not) are overpriced for the items they sell.

This one seems to offer several types of antiques and maybe weapons are given to him by third persons needing an intermediary with the permission of weapons collector, in order to send the blades abroad, reaching a much wider number of potential buyers.

The process in Italy is a pain in the back due to several bureaucratic reasons (I know because sometimes I offer this service).

*If* this is the case he doesn't really know what he's selling and bases his statements on informations given by the

sword's owner.

I wouldn't spend such an amount of money on e-bay with a non-specialized and not already recommended seller,

but I'm really cautious when "e-bay" and "NihonTo" enters the same phrase, so I'm not entirely impartial.

To be honest I wouldn't spend >10k U$ on e-bay for any reason... :D

[Stephen]

To be honest I wouldn't spend >10k U$ on e-bay for any reason...

 

that is a absolute :lol:

 

thanks for checking it does sound like he may be selling for someone other.