Thoughts on these Wakizashi Swords

[Jcremer24]

Hi all,

Thoughts on these swords? Saw them listed on Ebay.... proceeding with caution and wanted to get input here! Seller claims they are koto blades. Thanks all!

 

[Geraint]

Dear Jason.

 

I confess I am a sucker for handachi koshirae so I like these.  The first blade seems to be signed Masanori, the pictures are nowhere near good enough to tell much about the blades though I like the extended kissaki.  I assume that you can see more detail in the photographs you will be bidding from?

 

These are coming out of Japan, (torokusho in the pictures), and they are without papers so if you are a collector of blades then warning bells are ringing.  You will not likely be getting great blades.

If you want swords then these are quite attractive but don't get carried away bidding, you will be buying un papered wakizashi .

 

Let us know how it turns out.

 

All the best.

 

 

 

[Jcremer24]

4 hours ago, Geraint said:

Dear Jason.

 

I confess I am a sucker for handachi koshirae so I like these.  The first blade seems to be signed Masanori, the pictures are nowhere near good enough to tell much about the blades though I like the extended kissaki.  I assume that you can see more detail in the photographs you will be bidding from?

 

These are coming out of Japan, (torokusho in the pictures), and they are without papers so if you are a collector of blades then warning bells are ringing.  You will not likely be getting great blades.

If you want swords then these are quite attractive but don't get carried away bidding, you will be buying un papered wakizashi .

 

Let us know how it turns out.

 

All the best.

 

 

 

Hi! Yes, I can grab more pictures and post them here. 

[Jcremer24]

Additional pictures here. Not much better but all that was provided 

[Jcremer24]

More pictures of the other sword.

[Mark S.]

10 hours ago, Jcremer24 said:

 

 

 

Unless the color/lighting is off in this photo, the nakago seems very ‘clean’?

 

 

[DTM72]

20 hours ago, Mark S. said:

On 3/18/2021 at 2:20 AM, Jcremer24 said:

 

 

Unless the color/lighting is off in this photo, the nakago seems very ‘clean’?

 

 

 

I thought the same thing.

[Suppaman]

This is one of the high5japan auctions on ebay. I think he has/had some gimei and expensive medium-low quality papered pieces.

[Jcremer24]

1 hour ago, Suppaman said:

This is one of the high5japan auctions on ebay. I think he has/had some gimei and expensive medium-low quality papered pieces.

Yep, in general Ive been reading that this seller is kind of a mixed bag. I think I’ll stick to dealers and NMB. If I do buy ebay, I’ll make sure they are papered. Thanks everyone!