Bailey Bradshaw katana for sale (lots of photos)

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Forged and differentially hardened 1075.
31 inch nagasa 12 inch nakago. Custom stainless patternwelded tsuba, kashira, and menuki. Rayskin handle wrapped in leather.

Saya by Bailey wrapped in rayskin at the throat and lacquered.

As new condition, I bought this from Bailey two months ago and it has not been used. It is a very beautiful sword and needs a good home.

$3000 including insured shipping, checks or money orders only.

Inquiries please email my username at gmail.com

Thank you.
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aarghh!!! :grumpy: i was supposed to get this one...it was offered to me by Bailey cus he was expecting it to be returned. i waited and waited...finally bought his other katana.

good luck on the sale and great sword for the new owner.

i have two of Bailey's katanas and they are great: balance, geometry, aesthetically, hamon, price...

PM SENT with offer :D

man i have to have this...gotta keep it with its relatives.

thnx!
 
bithabus said:
Still for sale at $2600 plus shipping.

Please, no Paypal.
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hi Bithabus...i thought everything was a done deal...i just got home and i'm trying to PM you but Yahoo is not working for me right now.

let me know, ok?

thanks!
 
hey Bithabus, i PM'd you several times and no reply...i hope everything is ok. let me know the status of my sword please.

thanks!
-mike e
 
FYI, Bithabus' last time on BF was the 17th. Hope you get your sword soon. Anybody know his phone number?
 
thanks Megalobyte...that's when i sent payment so i'm assuming maybe that's when he marked the sword "sold". i understand that he maybe away for work for weeks at a time. at least that's what he told me. from his last e-mail he said he would send it out and i only asked he emails me a tracking #.
i think he only comes home every Tuesday (so it seems) i guess i would just wait until Wednesday and hope he responds or better yet...get my sword by then. :)

any info on phone # would be great, though...thanks again.
 
ok. i'm beginning to think that i am being ripped-off!!! :mad:

still no sword! still no tracking/ confirm #...it was sent last Tuesday, supposedly (per our last e-mail contact). can someone help, me!
 
not yet...Bithabus is back in contact with again. (wheewe!) but i had to file a complaint Paypal just to cover my butt. i don't want to lapse my time in filing complaints. lesson learned from last time.

i still don't have confirm or tracking #, though. supposed to be sent 2 days ago. we'll wait and see...i hope it gets here tomorrow.

i'll keep you guys up to date and i'll post a review of the sword.

thanks!
 
I don't get why he can't give you a tracking number? :rolleyes:

I hope it arrives safely - that is some impressive sword.

Roger
 
IT'S HERE...IT'S HERE...it arrived today and this sword is just awesome!!! :thumbup:

Bithabus finally emailed me...and he shipped it a couple of days ago.
he has a working schedule that requires him to be away for weeks at a time so trying to get a hold of him is pretty hard.

i'm just glad everything turned out good and nobody was burned. :o

Bithabus has been great about the situation and very understanding...i would like to apologize to him publicly for the inconviniences i have cost him.

please stick around Bithabus...we need more good guys like you. :thumbup:

now for the review:

what can i say?!? this sword is TOP OF THE LINE! this has got to be the best kissake i've ever seen on a katana it is ground perfectly sharp and pointy. fit and finish of furnishing is perfectly tight. nice diamond patterns on the leather wraps. the menukis are hand carved of ken by Bailey...and i gotta say. they are nicely done. they even have fullers going down the tiny blades. the sanded rayskin on the throat of the scabbard is very nice touch. and the best part of the sword is the hamon...nice gentle activity with utsuri (typical of Bailey's hamons) by the tsuba and as you get towards "the sweet spot" of the cutting edge, you will notice that the hamon goes much higher toward the spine. with this feature combined with fuller on both sides of the blade, i have no that this one will cut tatame mats and bamboos like a tooth brush going over and over on your teeth. okay, maybe that was a bad simile on my part but you get the idea.
 
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