Any Japanese Sword collectors here?
10-16-2004 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Salty
I decided against an older one because there seems to be a HUGE counterfeit Chinese market on eBay. If you buy an older sword with papers then it can get over $4000-30,000 easy through a private party.
I decided to buy a custom sword from the respected swordsmith, bugei. The blade is supposed to be one of the sharpest on the market and will take 6 months to make to my specifications. Damn thing wasn't cheap so I plan on storing it in a lockable display case... I hate buying stuff that's all show and no go. I want to be able to take off someone’s head with my toys.
I decided to buy a custom sword from the respected swordsmith, bugei. The blade is supposed to be one of the sharpest on the market and will take 6 months to make to my specifications. Damn thing wasn't cheap so I plan on storing it in a lockable display case... I hate buying stuff that's all show and no go. I want to be able to take off someone’s head with my toys.
Yeah, Bugei was exactly what I was getting at. Is that the dragonfly?
Anyhow, it's all technique. The cheapest sword capable of real damage IMHO is the Hanwei PK (practical Katana) series, which you can get used for like 100 dollars (it's about 200 new). I know of several people having success with that one.
If you really absolutely have to kill an elephant or a bison, did you see Bugei's L6 Bainate katana by Howard Clark? Non traditionally forged but forged badass. In a test, that sword didn't really cut through a concrete block, it BASHED through it.
10-16-2004 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by verc
Yeah, Bugei was exactly what I was getting at. Is that the dragonfly?
Anyhow, it's all technique. The cheapest sword capable of real damage IMHO is the Hanwei PK (practical Katana) series, which you can get used for like 100 dollars (it's about 200 new). I know of several people having success with that one.
If you really absolutely have to kill an elephant or a bison, did you see Bugei's L6 Bainate katana by Howard Clark? Non traditionally forged but forged badass. In a test, that sword didn't really cut through a concrete block, it BASHED through it.
Anyhow, it's all technique. The cheapest sword capable of real damage IMHO is the Hanwei PK (practical Katana) series, which you can get used for like 100 dollars (it's about 200 new). I know of several people having success with that one.
If you really absolutely have to kill an elephant or a bison, did you see Bugei's L6 Bainate katana by Howard Clark? Non traditionally forged but forged badass. In a test, that sword didn't really cut through a concrete block, it BASHED through it.
10-16-2004 | 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Darwin
...The nakago looks too clean for a sword that old. it should be very dark. if that's been cleaned, it can hurt the value. If it hasn't been cleaned, then the sword is newer than advertised.
no shots good enough to make out a signature either.
The tsuba also looks very thin...
no shots good enough to make out a signature either.
The tsuba also looks very thin...
Many high quality old swords have been polished, which is the best way to tell what you've got. This doesn't reduce the value, but increases it, since that's how the things were sharpened in the old days, you can't sharpen without polishing. This is a very expensive technique, about $200 per inch, and has about a several month waiting list in Japan.
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