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Dreadfully sorry to hear about Darcy's passing. A shock and way too young. I was in touch with him infrequently with all kinds of questions about Nihonto and found him a great teacher who answered every question, no matter how daft, with sincerity and elaboration. He will be sorely missed. My condoleances to everyone who was his friend and his family and loved ones. KM

Very sad to hear about Fred's passing. My condolences to all who knew him well.

Ken, you can find him on facebook. https://www.facebook.com/mel.pen.3

My sincere and heartfelt condolences. Very sad news indeed. HJ

Oh man these are so cool ! I am going to ask a friend of mine who is a gunsmith if he could make me one

Dear all, it is with a sad heart I have to inform all of you that Yoshihara Yoshikazu, son of Yoshihara Yoshindo passed away may 1st. I received the news via Mike Yamasaki who got permission of the family to make it known. He wrote about it on the Tetsugendo.com facebook page. My heart goes out to his father and family and to all who knew him. Yoshihara Yoshindo and Yoshihara Yoshikazu

Beautiful !

Bringing a sword to Les Gold would be hilarious.... Though Detroit is not that nice of a city I believe.

Thank you for the link to that site Malcolm !

Very sad news indeed. My sincere condoleances.

That would be a great option, yes

Well I might try my hand at some shikoro yes. But mainly starting out with small wood placques and bowls. These tubes are fairly small. (originally intended for fishing rods). Some do not even use gloves.... (I will).

Be sure that if you get to know who that guy is you post a photo on the wall of shame of the 419eater site.

Yep John, wrote them a few weeks ago and they refused to send takarabune to the Netherlands.