Is this a fatal flaw?

[MHC]

Ok, fair enough...I was interested in the whole sword, but thought that was a stretch to separate it from you.

 

So how about a offer with a a profit then...$50+ shipping for the whole kit-n-caboodle?

 

Yeh. yeh, I'm guessing that I know what you are going to say, but nothing ventured, nothing gained right? 

 

Mark

[PietroParis]

I've just seen this on eBay, but it's probably more than you want to spend:

 

https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Antique-Japanese-2-broken-blade-set-for-tanto-wakizashi-sword-katana-tsuba-armor/254756993955

[MHC]

Thanks for the lead, but I'm looking for folded steel actual blade section(s), not nakago alone.

 

Mark

[ChrisW]

Out of curiosity, what for?

[MHC]

I'm super curious about polishing, I want to try my hand with it on Thai/Burmese DHA swords, but I do not know what effect the different stones have on sword steels. I think having a broken/cut section of real folded steel to practice on, would yield better education than starting with a total unknown steel type and guessing which stone(s) do what.

DHA swords in Thailand run about $30-$100 US dollars, so no real worries about screwing up something that is actually worth money and should not be touched by an un-trained rookie.

Anyway, just a future hobby to pursue in retirement.

 

Mark

[b.hennick]

Mark, I hope that this does not lead to you "polishing" Japanese swords. I have seen too many blades that have been severely harmed by amateur, self trained polishers. 

[MHC]

Oh nooooo...no elusions of that falderal, and I'm too old and impatient to do a 6 year apprenticeship in Japan.

 

Furthermore, I could never sit in the proper Japanese polishing position for more than about 2 seconds, hell I can't even sit in the lotus position at all.

 

Me and sport bikes had too many arguments over the years, 3 plates, 16 screws and 8 surgeries later, precludes sitting in just about any position for long, let alone a contorted one!

 

Mark

[lonely panet]

6 years?, you forgot the other 4 

[MHC]

6 years or 10 years, matters not, I seriously do not have the required patience for that art form, or years left in this aging body (just turned 62 and retired), nor do I speak Japanese so.......

 

Just a old man playing with cheap Southeast Asian steel, no harm or foul possible.

 

Mark

[0Takeda0]

http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/suriage.html

 

 

[Toryu2020]

The "flaw" has been removed but what is left is more of a curiosity and will appeal to only a small number of collectors,

-t