New wak

[kbt]

I'm having mixed feeling about this blade . Its the same on that I posted in the translation section . Any thoughts ?

Thanks for looking .

Kim Toth

[cabowen]

Looks to be the victim of a very amateur restoration.

[Geraint]

Hi Kim.

 

So you have bought a signed wakizashi for what you can afford, I assume the "restorer" charged you for his work which has added to what you have in the sword. It is by a smith with a relatively low ranking in Hawley, though as someone else has pointed out that shouldn't take away from the sword, merely add some information. If you aspire to collect only swords by smiths with high rankings then you are going to need deep pockets.

 

Chris has already pointed out that the work you have had done is poor quality and others have advised getting to grips with swords by meeting other collectors. Can we all add a plea that you don't send anything else to this man to "restore"? His work is doing neither you nor the sword any favours. Regardless of the ranking of the smith you have a signed blade which deserves to be looked after. You might do well to keep the sword, hold off on any further work on this or other swords and get to look at quality. There are many websites listed in the relevant section where you can see what good looks like both in terms of polish and hilt binding, when you can recognise why the work you have had done is poor then you might feel like getting the blade properly poliched and mounted in shirasaya.

 

Don't give up, it is worth all the effort in the end!

[kbt]

Thanks Chris and Geraint , yes I believe I will have to have it all redone . I knew it was a gamble when I started, I had already read that one should never buy a sword out of polish . I took a chance. I should be able to have it and my other one

done properly this year . I hope lol .

Kim Toth