Shooting a Mauser K98k

alvin · 04-10-2016, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by kurusu

Do tell me more about the sword please.

Is that a WW II worthless blade? Or did you get lucky?

Regular WWII era blade, not antique. Exact year is unknown, but should be 1930s or 40s, the swordmaker was a Showa era swordmaker with his name written on handle. There are some Japanese antique blades showing up from time to time, but the price is much much higher. It's unsafe to jump on antique blades unless buyer being in-domain. Regular out-of-domain buyer should just stay in non-antique area. I am out-of-domain, so I bought this one.

This type of blade is in $1000-$2500 range these days, depends on condition. Poor ones could be a few hundred. Or, some buyers have special interest in certain signatures so they could push price up a few hundred, etc. The volume is not small in general.

kurusu · 04-10-2016, 07:21 AM

If it was made by a real sword maker using the traditional method it's not worthless by any means even if it is not an antique blade. The non traditional made, even if handmade, or worse the machine made that have a serial number are the ones I consider worthless at least as blades. They still have value as C&R.

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04-10-2016, 07:21 AM	#2
kurusu User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,225 Thanks: 2,679 Thanked 930 Times in 509 Posts	If it was made by a real sword maker using the traditional method it's not worthless by any means even if it is not an antique blade. The non traditional made, even if handmade, or worse the machine made that have a serial number are the ones I consider worthless at least as blades. They still have value as C&R.