baldi1942 Posted October 2, 2023 Report Posted October 2, 2023 A Muratato / Murata sword. Signed: Muratato Kanemasa. Dated: Meiji 26 year 10th month 1st day. Also has the # 5 over 327. Kogarasu-maru form. IMO this was originally a dress Sabre and probably refitted as a cane during the early 1900's. Bought from a vet who brought it back in 46'. I'd put it up for sale but not sure of a collector value. Even though Murata didn't make traditional swords as far as I know he is listed twice in the Nihonto Meikan under Kanemasa and Tsuneyoshi (his real given name) . Had it on ebay and may reslist it but .... 23 3/8" or 55.3cm and threaded tang end. This ain't no scam. It's mine and located in Central ILL, 200 miles South of CHICAGO- THE SNAKE PIT OF THE US IF NOT THE WORLD !! Sorry, my pics are correct with tang vertical but come out horizontal when I uploaded ?? 1 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted October 3, 2023 Report Posted October 3, 2023 He wants to, but has no idea what a normal market price for something like this is. He’s hoping for some advice from guys that follow that sort of market. By the way, Tom, very cool Sword! @BANGBANGSAN @jesse Quote
Stephen Posted October 3, 2023 Report Posted October 3, 2023 Didn't sell on ebay at $2500. Should give some kind of starting point. Few others out there with numbers and that 5 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted October 3, 2023 Report Posted October 3, 2023 Yeah, I know! I haven’t been able to get home to my computer so I could log that went into the files. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted October 3, 2023 Report Posted October 3, 2023 Looked at the chart. This makes the 10th blades with such numbers, all of them made by Kanemasa and all of them are Murata-to. I see one of them was posted by @PNSSHOGUN - John, can you give Tom an idea on a price range for these kind of swords? Also, all of them, except this one, was mounted in kyu gunto fittings. So, Tom, I think you're probably right on this one being refitted into the cane at some point. Date range - 1889 - 1893. Quote
jesse Posted October 21, 2023 Report Posted October 21, 2023 A very nice looking blade and koshirae and I love that compose embedded in the handle. I have one that has a looking glass in the handle, made in the late 1800 - very early 1900s. Warm Regards, Quote
jesse Posted October 21, 2023 Report Posted October 21, 2023 Bruce, thanks for the tag. Warm Regards, 1 Quote
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