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Originally Posted by Polar
As for your blade ... do you have any idea about how much a commission like that goes for ? Not to mention that's IF whomever decides to accept it and by that I mean an artisan such as you mention and that it one hell of a big IF.
We're not talking about a couple hundred or thousand dollars here but tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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A GOOD newly forged katana by a top contemporary smith like Ono Yoshimitsu will likely go for about $50,000 and up. A really basic one (if you could find it) might be had for $15,000 to $20,000.
I hope the OP has a BIG inheritance
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best,
...............john
PS: Drinking age in Japan is 20.