Nihonto

6,821 topics in this forum

1. Do Not Respond To Private Offers Of Swords Unless You Know The Person

   By Brian, September 6, 2017
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   • Lewis B
   • May 15

2. Forum Posting Guidelines

   By Brian, January 29, 2007
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   • Bugyotsuji
   • May 19, 2025

3. A word about amateur polishing 1 2 3 4 5

   By Brian, April 21, 2021   

   • polishing
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   • Robert S
   • February 6, 2025

4. Help Identifying Katana Please!!

   By Bargain, June 28
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   • Bruno
   • 36 minutes ago

5. Handachi - I recently Picked up 1 2 3

   By Lareon, November 25, 2021
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   • Lareon
   • 14 hours ago

6. Shinto swords from Tosa province - not many of them, anyone has one? I'm looking for any information.

   By 2devnul, Thursday at 07:18 AM
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   • 2devnul
   • Yesterday at 09:42 AM

7. Question about my Katana

   By Seminara, Wednesday at 01:32 PM
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   • Nihonto student
   • Yesterday at 09:13 AM

8. Damage on blade

   By Lareon, Thursday at 12:05 PM
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   • Mark S.
   • Thursday at 10:15 PM

9. WWII bring-back sword – identification, tag translation, and Oregon recommendations

   By Becca F, Monday at 06:56 PM
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   • NotANinja
   • Thursday at 12:23 PM

10. Interesting sword, Very heavy 1 2

    By Lareon, Monday at 10:28 PM
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    • Alex A
    • Thursday at 04:23 AM

11. Signature question, katana

    By rodeocb34, Monday at 02:15 AM
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    • Jacques
    • Tuesday at 11:18 AM

12. Help with Bizen Osafune Norimitsu wakizashi, dated Bunki 4 (1504)

    By csmku, Sunday at 08:58 PM
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    • 2devnul
    • Monday at 12:25 PM

13. Yukihiro I with incredible horimono

    By Tommaso, June 27
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    • Tommaso
    • June 27

14. Fukure stability, cloudy shinogi

    By Gab79, June 27
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    • ROKUJURO
    • June 27

15. Shintōgo Kunimitsu Tantō....diamond in the rough? 1 2 3 4 8

    By Lewis B, June 29, 2025
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    • PNSSHOGUN
    • June 27

16. Kantei Quiz

    By nulldevice, June 12
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    • Rivkin
    • June 26

17. My first wakizashi

    By Garand, June 11
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    • Garand
    • June 26

18. New yari purchase

    By Ilovekatana, May 8
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    • Ilovekatana
    • June 26

19. Can anyone help me?

    By Colmorn, June 9
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    • 2devnul
    • June 26

20. How would you describe this Hamon?

    By Matsunoki, June 24
    • 5 replies
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    • PNSSHOGUN
    • June 26

21. could I have found a lost Tokugawa sword

    By G Bryant, June 24
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    • 2devnul
    • June 26

22. 津田越前守助廣作 Tsuda Echizen-no-Kami Sukehiro saku

    By Lareon, June 20
    • 9 replies
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    • Jacques
    • June 25

23. Information about this blade.

    By DragonK, June 13
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    • Lewis B
    • June 24

24. Help Identifying a sword

    By Ilovekatana, January 28, 2024
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    • eternal_newbie
    • June 20

25. Japanese sword identification 1 2

    By WISDOMSEEKER, March 27, 2024
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    • Naomasa1584
    • June 20