old japanese short sword for id please

fireiceviper · 6th February 2018, 11:33 PM

Also please don't polish it yourself or bring it to a non professional (it will destroy it and make it all but worthless)

And if you are thinking about having it polished... make very very very sure the blade is worth the cost of a polish $1000-5000 and after this your sword could still be worth 500... beware

Pieje · 13th February 2018, 03:03 PM

Seems old, might well be a Koto sword (1600 or older).
Koshirae are of decent quality as far I can see.

6th February 2018, 11:33 PM	#1
fireiceviper Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 87	Also please don't polish it yourself or bring it to a non professional (it will destroy it and make it all but worthless) And if you are thinking about having it polished... make very very very sure the blade is worth the cost of a polish $1000-5000 and after this your sword could still be worth 500... beware

13th February 2018, 03:03 PM	#2
Pieje Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Belgium Posts: 132	Seems old, might well be a Koto sword (1600 or older). Koshirae are of decent quality as far I can see.