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Beware Monkey's scam

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BANGBANGSAN Veteran

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Monkey just list this NCO sword as a rare prototype  https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-PROTOTYPE-WWII-Japanese-Army-officers-samurai-sword-NCO-LEATHER-SCABBAR/114737295938

Actually, he just bought an NCO sword without a handle from eBay and put a handle on it, now he is trying to scam people. What a shame.

Original sell https://www.ebay.com/itm/Imperial-Japan-Type-95-NCO-Gunto-sword-/393110215827

 

 

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Stegel Proficient

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Great work BangBangSan!

The seller of the original was initially asking $1200 back in October.

 

The Handle came from this sale,  https://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-Japanese-NCO-OFFICERS-Katana-SWORD-No-Scabbard-War-Bring-Back-Make-Offer-/274683036317?hash=item3ff462829d%3Ag%3AZDgAAOSwB1RgKJA4&nma=true&si=Fqt8v0ReL%2FgRvp7smL77g14iJXI%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

Now the monkey is also selling on the bare blade after stripping the handle. https://www.ebay.com/itm/wwII-Japanese-Army-officer-NCO-SWORD-blade-only/114737303547?hash=item1ab6e04ffb:g:XcIAAOSwoOVgWUEy

 

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Shamsy Mentor

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I recognised the saya from a previous listing when the alert popped up this morning. Don't remember the rest of the sword being part of the sale, so good detective work, Trystan. I'd never buy anything from him anyway because you just don't know how much tampering has taken place.

 

He throws rare and prototype around like they're going out of style. Typically the two words that make me take a careful second look with a sceptical eye.

 

I wonder how many frankenswords we see here might have their origins with him.

b.hennick Grand Master

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Stuff like that happens all the time. I received a sword where the tsuba didn't fit, the habaki didn't fit, the tsuka didn't fit, the kozuka didn't fit, the saya didn't fit. 

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BANGBANGSAN Veteran

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43 minutes ago, Stegel said:

 

The seller of the original was initially asking $1200 back in October.

 

 

 

Sold for $600 .I remember saw the one sold for 750 as well.

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ChrisW Veteran

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That's because he wants to get his grimy paws on it to butcher it for parts/tart it up. He thinks he can take advantage of people and make a buck (which he sadly accomplishes sometimes). So screw that guy.

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Droocoo Contributor

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I have just come across this:

 

"WW2 Japanese knife DAGGER DIRK collectible antique leather case navy"

 

Looks like a KA-Bar to me, but I am no expert. 

 

Andrew

 

 

 

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Jcremer24 Enthusiast

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Lol. I have a KA-Bar knife myself. It was like maybe $75 or so? Cant remember what I paid for it, but it is one of my favorite knives. But $400? What a fool. Yeah, I found his videos before I even started collecting nihonto, I could tell right off the bat, that this guy didnt know what he was talking about. 

Shamsy Mentor

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1 hour ago, ChrisW said:

I just hope, that one of these days, he abuses a blade and it bites him. Hard.

 

He did ruin a fairly rare Type 95 variant by mixing parts in an effort to make it more valuable. There is a thread on this very forum where Stegel points it out.

Droocoo Contributor

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I made a mistake with my previous comment - Samurai Monkey did not apologise to me, another seller did (but also did nothing about his listing). This is what Sumari Monkey had to say on YouTube (he has not responded to me on eBay):

 

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ChrisW Veteran

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4 hours ago, Shamsy said:

 

He did ruin a fairly rare Type 95 variant by mixing parts in an effort to make it more valuable. There is a thread on this very forum where Stegel points it out.

 

 

That's truly sickening. I believe I might have seen that thread before.

Greg F Grand Master

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I've messaged him a few times over the last few years and he always plays dumb or the victim.

Today I messaged him about the ka bar and told him there's a lot of discussion in the antique weapon community about his dodgy sales and he said he knows people aren't happy with him and he's ok with it.

Low life .

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