opinions on this nakago

[shan]

Hi again,

I would love some feedback on this nakago please.

I thought it had been welded and machiokuri and a new mekugi ana placed.

Then its been painted with some thick brown varnish (can see the hair in it) and some paint into the machiokuri.

Would it affect value and collectability?

Many thanks

shan

 

 

 

[Mark Green]

A whole nakago pic would be nice Shan.

Looks like the machi have been moved up a few times. The orig. part looks old though.

Lets see a whole pic.

I don't know about any welding, But any tampering will effect value!!

[shan]

Sorry mark,

I only have what i have shown you.

I did look at ths item as possibly buying it but i had to knock it back based on the nakago and the "iodine" patination and the heavy Varnished area.

It was sold as 100% OK and this to me was not OK.

The seller stated that the machiokuri was done in Japan.

I had to ask why it was done..the reply was to fit into a 2nd hand Shirasaya.....I returned the item.

Machiokuri ,Badly done mekugi ana and evidence of rust being blown off by heat perhaps,Bad "earth" signs to the blade itself (shown in one image), Faked patination and a heavy coating of darkest Brown varnish to a certain area made me think of welding an different nakago on,shinogij into nakago supports this i believe.

The explaination was somewhat lacking in credability to me.(just call me "old cynical")

 

thats all i have.

Blade was nice though.

shan

[Mark]

The shinogi line looks strange, it is unusual for it not to line up smoothly through the tang, that would make me look real close. An experianced collector once told me a good thing to sight down the blade holding the tip near you and the tang poited away (sort of backward to the usual way to look at a blade) sometimes that veiw will highlight problems on the nakago

[Grey Doffin]

No blade worth collecting was ever machi-okuried to fit into an existing shira-saya; never happened. This sword is nothing you want to spend any money on.

Grey

[reinhard]

I thought it had been welded. Then its been painted with some thick brown varnish (can see the hair in it) and some paint into the machiokuri. Would it affect value and collectability?

 

What do you think?

 

reinhard

[Bugyotsuji]

What kind of hair is it? :|

[shan]

Hi Piers,

What kind of hair is it?

 

I get where your coming from...short thick and wiry...I don`t care about the weld.... I definatly don`t want it Now..