ANTIQUE SAMURAI SWORD TACHI KATANA SIGNED KUNISHIGE

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ANTIQUE SAMURAI SWORD TACHI KATANA SIGNED KUNISHIGE

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Sold Date: 08/27/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

A Fine Quality Antique, Nanbokucho Period, 1333 - 1392, Japanese Samurai Sword Signed by the maker, `` KUNISHIGE ``. We believe this is the Yamashiro Kunishige that is Highly ranked as this Katana came from a private collection of eight blades and all were old Yamashiro makers & many were very Rare makers swords, quite a few came with only Shirasaya and some had no mounts. Tsuka & Saya on this Sword are average quality and appear to have been chossen for the purpose of storage of the blade. Tsuba is quite nice mid 1800`ish seppa times 2 . Tsukamaki is in fine condition with matching Menuki of Bronz Shishi, Fuchi are copper, Habaki is good quality copper. Katana is 87cm Long : Nagasa is 65cm : Blade Width 33mm : Blade Thickness 7mm : O`Kissaki 75mm : Full Lenght Very Spectacular Hamon : Hada is Magnificent : Blade is in exellent condition no kizu chips or fatal flaws. Full Japanese Polish. Copy of Japanese Government document of Authenticity supplied on Sale. Costly Nishiki silk storage Bag included in Sale. Sword Fits Tightly & neatly into its Mounts . Combined Freight ok, & Favorable Import documents to reduce Import Tax to near zero ok. Prompt payment required, Thank You. *************************************** (((((( Relisted due to Abusive & Agressive auction tampering , very likely non paying bider. Using one of many Ebay accounts to destroy members feedbacks and drive buyers and collectors off ebay to sword sellers homepages. Serious collectors and buyers of antique samurai swords are targeted by such types & directed to falsely inflated swords on these flash looking home pages, that in no way assist collectors. Only too happy to forward all of the emails sent from this member so collectors and buyers on ebay so they can confirm 100% this is the case. These peoples Trade Mark is the term ` Nihonto `, NihontoYa , & they use email addresses like & they use member ID`s like Shagrag69, samuraix`Spurt, swordLedgendinmyownlunchbox, so if your buying and you see this term Nihonto or NihontoYa is displayed on homepages and emails BEWARE !. When you go to their homepages their archives are full of False & Fake sales records U.S.A$35, 50, 60, 75,000 & U.S.A$90,000.00 swords, the Truth is these types Never owned the swords & they certainly never sold them online for such costs. The owners of these homepages use Forums and Bloggs on the internet specificly designed to divert members OFF Ebay, to these Fake homepages. Generally all appear to be are americans, involved in sword societies in the states, who simply cannot compete with antique sellers who sell Direct from Japan and source swords directly from private estates and collectors in Japan. Note Also these homepages never ever advise collectors and serious buyers that the Vast Majority of Swords sold outside Japan in america have been Tampered with by would be if they could be sword polishers & these swords sold on home pages of such types are quite often seriously damaged or worthless, despite certain documents accompanying them . They dont meet the standards of the Japanese Samurai swords sold at Christies & Sotheby`s auctions due to that very Fact. Most of those High costed swords at the worlds Two leading Auctions come *** Directly from Japan, I know only too well as I have sent swords to both auctions and been Advised via those auctions of the facts upon inspections of my swords at my residence in Japan by members of Both auctions who have come from London & New York with their antique samurai sword experts from the Tokyo offices of both auctions. For those who firmly believe the Hand of God, has touched such swords with NTBHK documents and that once $1,500 Sword is now worth $15,000.00 +, just be Aware 6-7 years ago that Sword Kantaisho documents some 5,000 of Tokubetsu, Tokubetsu Hozon and Juyo token, Documents were stolen from the Head Offices of one Leading Sword societies, and to this Day have never been recovered. Consider that Fact Very Carefully when your outlaying U.S.A$10,000.00 -$25,000.00 for a Sword sourc...