Buying advice on a blade

[Paz]

Hi all I'm wondering how much to offer for this blade on Facebook. 

 

I a m looking for a tanto. 

 

This is unpapered signed hikoshiro sadamune. However I think @Ray Singerhas beleived that this blade is possible Gimei. And the blade may be uda ,which fits into my collection. The horimono may have been done after. 

 

Here's the pics , I'm looking under 700usd maybe much more. 

 

Again there is no shinsa papers. But the seller is determined that its genuine work by sadamune. 

 

 

Thanks 

[Rivkin]

I have no idea why instead of a link people provide screenshots.

The quality of horimono will be 90% of the price here. It needs to be seen high res.

[Bazza]

No Shinsa papers, gimei.  In fact, I have a faint memory that there are NO signed Sadamune blades in existence???  This likely an utsushimono.  In any event, as Kirill notes, high resolution photos are required for this one.

 

BaZZa.

[Ray Singer]

The blade in question is signed with just a niji-mei of Sadamune (not signed Hikoshiro Sadamune). There are no authenticly signed examples of Soshu Sadamune, and believe just one example of a signed Takagi Sadamune (with a naga-mei). 

[Franco]

5 hours ago, Paz said:

the seller is determined that its genuine work by sadamune

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikoshiro_Sadamune#/media/File:Katana_-_Kiriha_Sadamune.jpg

[WillFalstaff]

I don’t know. Sounds too good to be true, but the price point, if it stays below 1K, might be worth it if you like the blade and horimono. I doubt its what the mei claims it is. 

[Matsunoki]

Hi Paz

i fully support buying things you like…..gimei or not! Like they say, buy the blade not the Mei. However I would have a long hard look at the horimono. The images you post are not great but the main figural carving looks pretty rough to me. Of course it could just be the poor quality of the image. Trouble is horimono were (are) often added to either conceal flaws or enhance the perceived value. They can look flashy at a distance but crap up close! Can you get better pics? Good luck! Colin

[Nihontocollector752]

Please dont buy this. This is a broken blade that has been shaped into a "thing"

[RichardP]

It looks like the horimono tracks the shinogi pretty well, but the mune—not so much…?

[vajo]

Good eye Richard 

[Jussi Ekholm]

What makes you desire this particular blade?

[Jean]

Very strange shinogi……..

[Franco]

42 minutes ago, Jean said:

Very strange shinogi……..

 

 

Katakiriba 

[Brian]

Yeah, but then the hori was not well planned. Goes over the edge.