Worth $10?

[Ooitame]

11 minutes ago, DDangler said:

Thanks!! I will check it out. 

You're welcome, a great place to network, ask questions, and see many examples in hand to gain knowledge. The Soshu exhibit/lecture will be most interesting,  love me old school Soshu. Could never afford my dream of a Norishige, maybe one day. However, thanks to a very generous member here during a previous show I was able to examine one in hand, learned from that experience; in addition to examining items at the show for sale.

[DDangler]

53 minutes ago, Ooitame said:

You're welcome, a great place to network, ask questions, and see many examples in hand to gain knowledge. The Soshu exhibit/lecture will be most interesting,  love me old school Soshu. Could never afford my dream of a Norishige, maybe one day. However, thanks to a very generous member here during a previous show I was able to examine one in hand, learned from that experience; in addition to examining items at the show for sale.

Fantastic!! I will try to make it to enhance my knowledge and experience with nihonto. 
 

I really appreciate your help and lack of judgement towards my prior posts. 👍🏼🤙🏼

[Seth]

What Stephen was saying is if it stands as a mumei blade it isn't worth sending off.  As a fellow newbie, you would be better off spending money on books or a blade in polish. If you take the money spent on this blade, your Nagamitsu, and future work on either of the blades you could easily buy a nice example of your choosing that you could actually study and appreciate. Wish I would have wasted less money on junk(not saying your stuff is junk) when I started, it adds up quickly and the next thing you know you could have bought a nice piece. With that being said it's still a cool piece for $10!

 

 

 

 

[DDangler]

3 minutes ago, Seth said:

What Stephen was saying is if it stands as a mumei blade it isn't worth sending off.  As a fellow newbie, you would be better off spending money on books or a blade in polish. If you take the money spent on this blade, your Nagamitsu, and future work on either of the blades you could easily buy a nice example of your choosing that you could actually study and appreciate. Wish I would have wasted less money on junk(not saying your stuff is junk) when I started, it adds up quickly and the next thing you know you could have bought a nice piece. With that being said it's still a cool piece for $10!

 

 

 

 

I understand that and I appreciate you clarifying it. My point was, studying the “junk” and learning everything that’s right and wrong with it will help me significantly on my next purchase. Something can be “junk” but still have desirable fittings or be rare in some other way. Not to mention just learning where potential signatures, dates and other identifying marks may be. 
 

I appreciate your watching out for my pocketbook. My thinking says, why not polish one or both of these and make them as presentable as possible. Give them a better life. Elevate them from what they’ve become? Maybe it’s a little romantic but I look at it as I’ve already spent money on these blades, may as well give them the life with me they deserve. 
 

Again, Thank you so much for the insight. I know I won’t be buying anymore in bad shape for $1000 or close to it but depending on the specimen, I’d happily spend up to a few hundred even if it is in bad shape.