New Collector - Need your opinion on this piece.

[Bailey78]

Hello,

 

Let me start by saying i'm new to collecting. I saw this piece and was fascinated by it. Would love your opinions on era along with estimated value. It does have an NBHTK certificate which i will post after people weigh in. I'll also post what i've been told when i purchased it.  I feel it is highly collectible and monetarily could be rather valuable but again would love your views. Thank you very much for your time and sorry if the pictures aren't the greatest as i'm just using my phone. 

 

Thanks,

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[Stephen]

So far, looking good, lets see nakago please 

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4 minutes ago, Stephen said:

So far, looking good, lets see nakago please 

ok. Let me try to take a pic of it. 

[Shugyosha]

What Stephen said, plus a good close-up of the boshi please. 

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25 minutes ago, Shugyosha said:

What Stephen said, plus a good close-up of the boshi please. 

I hope that helps. tried to do my best on the shots.

[Stephen]

There not bad pix...it's better to show nakago down  blade up.

And a background not so busy it takes the eye away.  Nice fabric tho. 

Better than I  kantai folk may get a read on it. Personally I think you made a good choice. 

 

[Bailey78]

Thank you. I will try to post from that angle. 

[Jussi Ekholm]

It seems to be a nice sword. I took a look on sayagaki and I think with the features seen it might be a good call to make. If you have attribution by modern NBTHK that is a match, then congrats as the school seems to be highly desired by collectors. Unfortunately in the market modern NBTHK papers are mostly setting the pricing standard.

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27 minutes ago, Jussi Ekholm said:

It seems to be a nice sword. I took a look on sayagaki and I think with the features seen it might be a good call to make. If you have attribution by modern NBTHK that is a match, then congrats as the school seems to be highly desired by collectors. Unfortunately in the market modern NBTHK papers are mostly setting the pricing standard.

I don't quite understand. What is a good call to make?  What would modern NBTHK mean? I believe this one is from the 70's and Koshu Tokubetsu Kicho

[Stephen]

For those who view on PC

[Bryce]

G'day Andrew,

Your blade looks very promising. Are you able to post a shot of the boshi like this? Unfortunately older NBTHK papers like yours are no longer viewed as being reliable. That doesn't automatically mean the attribution is wrong though.

Cheers,

Bryce

 

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12 minutes ago, Bryce said:

G'day Andrew,

Your blade looks very promising. Are you able to post a shot of the boshi like this? Unfortunately older NBTHK papers like yours are no longer viewed as being reliable. That doesn't automatically mean the attribution is wrong though.

Cheers,

Bryce

 

So does that mean i would have to send it back in to get new papers?

 

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