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Post by treeslicer on Aug 8, 2018 20:58:03 GMT
Fujiwara Sukesada was a well-known smith, and got "gimei"ed a lot. The blade, to my eyes, isn't from that school, either, but has a nice sanbonsugi gunome on it. The koshiae is a decent set.
I'm tempted myself, but don't need another wak, and that seller is in my state, so I'd have to pay sales tax on it.
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Post by Verity on Aug 8, 2018 20:59:54 GMT
Fujiwara Sukesada was a well-known smith, and got "gimei"ed a lot. The blade, to my eyes, isn't from that school, either, but has a nice sanbonsugi gunome on it. The koshiae is a decent set. i concur with this statement. If the goal is just “to have a good starter nihonto” without being concerned about papers and gimei is acceptable, this is a good price and a good buy.
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Post by voidec on Aug 8, 2018 21:00:03 GMT
even without having it polished, that's a really nice standing blade. I like the saya and the mountings
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Post by Verity on Aug 8, 2018 21:02:47 GMT
even without having it polished, that's a really nice standing blade. I like the saya and the mountings yep. Personally. If you like it. Offer them $950-975 and start the haggle
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Post by randomnobody on Aug 8, 2018 21:05:31 GMT
That project piece at Nihonto Antiques is pretty nice for what it is, and really nice for the price. Gimei or not, it looks to be a good blade, and has the bonus of kosirae.
My aforementioned naoshi is in worse polish and mumei, but I paid more than that for it.
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Post by Verity on Aug 8, 2018 21:06:35 GMT
To put in perspective. Only nihonto I have ever gotten below $1000 have been without koshirae, mumei and usually shinto or later.
I got one as low as $250 but I have NO idea what it is yet. Was at a garage sale. Is nihonto for sure but a total mystery. And was in shirasaya only. Pretty sure shinshinto.
Before that I got an older blade but it is ROUGH... that was $350...
$1100 for a koshirae set is almost worth it alone. Let alone a fine looking (but probably gimei) Blade.
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Post by randomnobody on Aug 8, 2018 21:10:16 GMT
Pretty much. These are mine, and I paid something like $2200 between the two:
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Post by voidec on Aug 8, 2018 21:17:06 GMT
wait what is koshirae? Sorry I'm a noob. Where do I even send the blade to for it to get polished?
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Post by Verity on Aug 8, 2018 21:24:16 GMT
wait what is koshirae? Sorry I'm a noob. Where do I even send the blade to for it to get polished? don’t worry about polish yet. Koshirae is the fittings tsuka and saya (Aka clothes for the bare blade). Andy has a nice mino at somewhat close to that price too: www.nihonto.us/MINO%20WAKIZASHI%20DS.htmEchizen and papered. Better deal on a papered blade
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Post by treeslicer on Aug 8, 2018 21:29:32 GMT
wait what is koshirae? Sorry I'm a noob. Where do I even send the blade to for it to get polished? don’t worry about polish yet. Koshirae is the fittings tsuka and saya (Aka clothes for the bare blade). Andy has a nice mino at somewhat close to that price too: www.nihonto.us/MINO%20WAKIZASHI%20DS.htmEchizen and papered. Better deal on a papered blade Asking $700 more, but much nicer, and papers, too. Good find, @verity
Darn, Verity, the editor won't take your UID as a tag without lowercasing the "V". Strange
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Post by Verity on Aug 8, 2018 21:32:13 GMT
Thanks treeslicer. I can hunt! Another closer to price point. Andy has good stuff and also is reputable... www.nihonto.us/SUKESHIGE%20WAKIZASHI%202.htmI wish he would get better at photographing though haha. His pics never do his blades justice. (I got my Kanetomo from him). The pics suck compared to the blade in hand.
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Post by Verity on Aug 8, 2018 21:33:26 GMT
treeslicer. Sadly my UID isn’t verity. I had my SBG account before I went by Verity. I wish I could change that...
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Post by Verity on Aug 8, 2018 21:39:50 GMT
voidecTell you what. Imma do you a solid. Tell me what your budget is (ceiling) and i’ll reach out to my numerous contacts and also hunt around. I can reasonably assure you I can find you the “best” possible blade at your budget. Send that info and i’ll begin reaching out this evening.
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Post by randomnobody on Aug 8, 2018 21:51:09 GMT
treeslicer . Sadly my UID isn’t verity. I had my SBG account before I went by Verity. I wish I could change that... lol Verity what a name you used to have
If I was in the market for a "decent" wakizashi, I'd be looking extra hard at this thread. As it is, I'm trying to resist joining the bid wars on two different Khyber knives listed up on eBay...because I'm broke.
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Post by Verity on Aug 8, 2018 21:58:25 GMT
treeslicer . Sadly my UID isn’t verity. I had my SBG account before I went by Verity. I wish I could change that... lol Verity what a name you used to have
If I was in the market for a "decent" wakizashi, I'd be looking extra hard at this thread. As it is, I'm trying to resist joining the bid wars on two different Khyber knives listed up on eBay...because I'm broke.
dude, tell me about it. Still paying off the Katsumitsu. And an Albion Ringeck, and stormmaster dangled his Shieldmaiden at me and I had to have that Norse goddess
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Post by treeslicer on Aug 8, 2018 21:59:19 GMT
treeslicer . Sadly my UID isn’t verity. I had my SBG account before I went by Verity. I wish I could change that... lol Verity what a name you used to have
If I was in the market for a "decent" wakizashi, I'd be looking extra hard at this thread. As it is, I'm trying to resist joining the bid wars on two different Khyber knives listed up on eBay...because I'm broke.
Go after Philippine bolos, they're cheaper, and being DH, they cut better. (BWAA-HA-HA, welcome to the Dark Side!)
See what you've gotten into, voidec?
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Post by Verity on Aug 8, 2018 22:02:05 GMT
lol Verity what a name you used to have
If I was in the market for a "decent" wakizashi, I'd be looking extra hard at this thread. As it is, I'm trying to resist joining the bid wars on two different Khyber knives listed up on eBay...because I'm broke.
Go after Philippine bolos, they're cheaper, and being DH, they cut better. (BWAA-HA-HA, welcome to the Dark Side!)
See what you've gotten into, voidec? nihonto can cut through tanks, haven’t you heard? Just ask randomnobody, he’ll tell you all about it 😂😂😂😂
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Post by randomnobody on Aug 8, 2018 22:05:17 GMT
I've got so many tank scraps strewn about the yard that have piled up ever since I got mine. Really need to clean them up... I'll get to Filipino stuff, maybe, at some point. Right now my interests are more continental.
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Post by voidec on Aug 8, 2018 22:13:44 GMT
voidec Tell you what. Imma do you a solid. Tell me what your budget is (ceiling) and i’ll reach out to my numerous contacts and also hunt around. I can reasonably assure you I can find you the “best” possible blade at your budget. Send that info and i’ll begin reaching out this evening. budget for starter is $1700. Thanks a lot man appreciate it
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Post by voidec on Aug 8, 2018 22:21:18 GMT
In regards to the two Waki's you linked, I like the first one much better but I'm also looking for katana's. Thats the main one. Just so happened the Waki I was looking at was a good cheap 1k price.
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