FS: Beautiful Koto Bizen Wakizashi with Orikaeshi-Mei (Folded Signature)

[Tater]

I'm offering for sale this healthy, beautiful Koto Bizen Osafune wakizashi with an elaborately done Orikaeshi-Mei, a preservation method where the mei is folded to the other side when blade is shortened. The blade is in good polish, revealing much depth of activity as seen in the photos and videos. No papers, but it is still a very neat piece of history for an excellent price. It is adorned with a silver habaki.

 

Mei: 長船國宗 Osafune Kunimune

Hamon: Gunome choji-midare; nioi deki

Nagasa (blade): 53.6 cm (21 1/6")

Nakago (tang): 14.1cm (5 9/16")

Whole length: 67.7cm (26 5/8")

Motohaba: 27mm

Sakihaba: 18mm

Motokasane: 5.5mm

Sakikasane: 3.5mm

Sori (curve): 18mm (0.71")

 

$2,000 plus shipping; Paypal perferred. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tater]

Price drop to $1850.

[Greg F]

Beautiful sword my friend

[Tater]

Thank you Greg. Couple more videos added.

 

 

 

[Utopianarian]

On 4/15/2023 at 9:39 PM, Tater said:

The blade is in good polish, revealing much depth of activity as seen in the photos and videos.

The polish looks like it was done fairly recent. Do you know who may have polished the blade? By the pics and polish work done on Hada looks like  David Hofhine work 

[Tater]

8 hours ago, Utopianarian said:

The polish looks like it was done fairly recent. Do you know who may have polished the blade? By the pics and polish work done on Hada looks like  David Hofhine work 

Unfortunately, I'm not sure who polished the blade, but it sure does look nice. 

[Tater]

Price dropped to $1750. 

[Tater]

Price dropped to $1650.

[Tater]

Another price drop to $1500.

[Tater]

Price lowered to 1400 shipped CONUS

[Tater]

Another photo of the mei. 

[Tater]

Price is now $1250 shipped. 

[Tater]

Price dropped to $1100 shipped conus.

[Tater]

On HOLD

[Tater]

SOLD through NMB.

[Greg F]

Congrats to buyer.