berdlezap Posted May 17, 2021 Report Posted May 17, 2021 Greetings, I think this Type 3 is a Kinoshita Yoshitada made Katana. Traditional made? Is it San Mai? Worth polishing? Ito in very good condition. Possible value? I have more pix but to many k at one time. Quote
Surfson Posted May 22, 2021 Report Posted May 22, 2021 In my opinion, gendaito are usually not financially worth the expense of having them get a Japanese polish. This one looks like it may have some condition issues as well. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted May 23, 2021 Report Posted May 23, 2021 On 5/17/2021 at 9:21 PM, berdlezap said: Traditional made? Is it San Mai? Worth polishing? Expand Donnie, Every blade has to be evaluated on it's own, but USUALLY, blades in the light tan saya are showato. It's got a nice suguha hamon (to me) and whether "worth" polishing is totally a personal decision. Are you keeping this forever? Are you selling? This kind of gunto goes for around $1,000 on the fleabay market. A polish will cost over $2,000 which is more than it can sell for. But I had my dad's gunto polished because it mattered to me, and was therefore, worth it. Quote
DTM72 Posted May 27, 2021 Report Posted May 27, 2021 Unfortunately it looks like someone cleaned the date side of the nakago. Quote
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