officers swords

[gaz]

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[Steve Flanagan]

Swords

First off buy a new camera,,,the foggy photos arent helping things. First sword has a good chance and appears mid to late war with solid tsuba and fittings, unusual habaki which is usually a good sign, looks like the temperline gets awfully thin toward the tip, need to check visually to see if it continues all the way around the curve of the kissaki or tip. Sword #2 is not of any interest to me. Some dealers will say its a late late late war variant but even the hilt wrap is too sloppy so dont bother with that one. Sword number 1 is worth taking the handle off when you are ready.

[gaz]

Many thanks Steve
Sorry about the state of the photos its not the camera its the photographer that needs renewing
kind regards Gaz

[kaigunair]

I usually have the same problem with my digital camera when I forget to set it to "close up" picture mode vs normal. If you have a simple cannon digital, this is usually denoted by a mountain/flower icon. Turning the flash off with more ambient lighting also helps.

[Budo45]

one more thing

please don't rest the tip in the floor, I know your careful but, we wont knock on wood to say what can happen. the habaki on the first one don't look good, leans it to repo, same' is plastic, well have to see the nakago on that one the only reason is because the kissaki don't look half bad and that's the tail tail sign.