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  2. NBTHK publishes the financial report yearly, so it is easy to see where the money comes in. It is featured every year in Tōken Bijutsu magazine. I won't post exact numbers here but I can list few things to give some insight. Reiwa 5 - 2023 report Jūyō shinsa makes little bit more money than full year of NBTHK Sword museum admissions. Yearly Hozon/Tokubetsu Hozon shinsa generate roughly 8x the money yearly NBTHK Sword museum admissions. (This seemed to be very good financial year for museum admissions vs. previous ones) Reiwa 4 - 2022 report Jūyō shinsa makes bit over 4x money vs. full year of NBTHK Sword museum admissions. (I believe this financial year had TJ shinsa too) Yearly Hozon/Tokubetsu Hozon shinsa generate roughly 15x the money yearly NBTHK Sword museum admissions. Reiwa 3 - 2021 report Jūyō shinsa makes c. 2,8x money vs. full year of NBTHK Sword museum admissions. Yearly Hozon/Tokubetsu Hozon shinsa generate roughly 15x the money yearly NBTHK Sword museum admissions. I am not interested in economics or money stuff in general but it is easy to see that shinsa sessions are huge source of revenue for NBTHK. Those interested in financial stuff can pick up the May issues of the magazines as they have the full information with exact numbers. However the money brought in by shinsa sessions actually provide the means to NBTHK to carry out their purpose as listed above. You need enough money to cover the expenses of the organization (which are also listed in the report) in order to keep it running.
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    Byakkotai tanto

    Hi Salvatore, may be seller komonjo will give you a consigner contact.. https://www.ebay.com.../134990465293?_ul=IL Best
  4. I would say don’t sand it and keep your brain cells https://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Red_lead
  5. Hello, if it possible any information because I think the shape is a little bit strange for tanto. Nagasa is about 22 cm.
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  7. It is an sunagashi and it is nie. Sunagashi are lines of nie.
  8. Looks like a little sunagashi to my very novice eyes Photo from Marcus Sesko https://markussesko.com/2015/05/ Hope this helps, cheers, -Sam
  9. Hello all, I just wanted your thoughts on this Type 95 I have the chance to purchase. Based on mu research I do believe it is genuine but its always best to have more trained eyes look at it as well. I still has a lot of the original paint on it, but it has mismatched serial numbers. How much does this affect the value? Thanks for all the help!
  10. Hi all, I'm trying to ascertain this pattern on the hamon. You can see a pattern which is like a u shape on the hamon. Is this sunagashi or nie ? Doesn't look sunagashi to me. Thanks Regards Paz
  11. Thanks to all of you for your help and your kind words.
  12. Better. We can see that this polish is definitely doing this sword no favors. However, the fact that it is a water quenched hamon is coming to light. The question of hand forged from machined steel vs tamahagane in these new images hasn't been answered. Perhaps, to continue this conversation this subject might be moved to a new topic in this forum? Regards
  13. Hello! It came from Japan with rumors on that and now it is a part of private collection in Milan. We try to find more information about that but the sad thing is that almost nothing has been saved from Byakkotai.
  14. Salvatore - There would be great interest in a sword owned by a member of the Byakko-tai. I would be wary of any such story, as just an attempt to inflate the price. That being said it looks right for the period and correct even for the type of uniform/equipment they were said to wear. I shall be very interested to learn where this story is coming from and where this sword is. -t
  15. Katana is sold. Wakizashi is still available for $4500 plus shipping. That is an amazing deal for an Ubu, in polish, Tokubetsu Hozon blade. This is my favorite one, but life gets in the way sometimes, my loss is your gain. I apologize for taking so long to update this thread, my Dad passed recently so I’ve had a lot of family issues to deal with. Let me know if anyone wants more pictures or a video of the Wakizashi, I can text or email them to you. Thanks
  16. Everything 10% off for Easter weekend with free domestic shipping
  17. Reminds me of the Shinsengumi flag. Flag of Shinsengumi - 新選組 - Wikipedia
  18. Somehow I don't understand how it is possible that no one is interested in the Tokubetsu Juyo Nado Zufu set Especially at such a ridiculously low price Just for comparison - I spent 55k Yen for the TokuJu 24 alone, which at the time of purchase was more than Jussi is asking for the whole set of 9 pieces (almost 400 excellent photos of the best blades that can be bought). ... the price of one average insignificant tsuba
  19. Of course, I have read this link but I didn't find something about that or generally their armory. If I'm not wrong.
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