Paul Martin Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Hi All, Just a personal idea that I impulsively acted upon. There are lots of random pieces of video distribute on Youtube.com about swords or in connection with swords. So I came up with the idea of starting a group on youtube so as to collect various nihonto videos and collate them into a video library, this way you don't have to spend hours scouring through tons of rubbish. And if you do find something of note, you can submit it to the group for easy access at a later date. I have selected that all videos are vetted before submition to keep out the Naruto crowd. If you find any nihonto related video on you tube, please save it to your favorites them submit it to the group. I have colllected some to start it off. Please peruse at your leisure. http://www.youtube.com/group/nihonto Best Paul 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Paul, Great idea! It is a long time comming Now if you could just find a way around my dial-up...then I would be a happy man :D I will have to ask my gf to dl them all, and write them to dvd. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Sorry guys, I cannot resist, as an addict to advertising, I'll shall say as Nike : Just do it!!!! Congratulaions for this idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Rowson Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Here's an entertaining series in 5 parts detailing the construction of a Nihonto. (Just check out the beautiful Tanaka Midori san firing arrows at her dad in part 5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvmy04FvaFw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBpOXWuq ... ed&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiX0DZs6 ... ed&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZoU25lj ... ed&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fCACQr6 ... ed&search= Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusunokimasahige Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Just joined the group! KM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FraGRINtWoOkiE Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Hey people, I love the idea, absolutely brilliant, and I just want to slap myself silly, and blow up my HDD for not thinking of that whilst spending hours of browsing through crap fake videos. I`ll try to help as soon as possible, but thnx for bringing up the idea Have an awesome month! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-Raser Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Hi Simon, Tanaka Midori san is indeed a babe, if not Dai babe sama. However, the reality of firing an arrow at a target of opportunity howsoever described would have been distinctly different. Many Ryuha show defences against arrow flight, some practical, others others in the Fairy realm. Let's please get real. What I see is beautiful, however not real. Mea maxima culpa. Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chriso Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Here is another one that you may like to try. The owner of this movie has three or four others including. Parts of the sword, cleaning and maintenance, Inspecting/appreciating, I forget the others but I found them very good only a pity they can't be downloaded as i would like to get the Pronunciation of the Japanese words correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 http://keepvid.com/ Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YukouYukimura Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Just joined- and bump for the Group! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspage Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Terrific idea! And what a great place for a video on tsuba making! Tsuba making! Has anyone ever seen such a thing? I've seen umpteen resources on the making of swords, but nada on the making of tsuba. This would be a great project for one of you wonderous expert metal worker/artists, yes? Make a cool video on tsuba, be the only one out there...please. Thank you. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Hallam Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Hi Colin, is your grandmother a gypsy?..or do have crystal balls? :D Something rather unique in the works...of the highest quality too. Project starts on the 1st of June...with initial internet ready rough cuts ready early August. How much would you pay for 1 hour of what your heart desires? I'll reveal more details this week regards, Ford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 do have crystal balls? :D What do you mean by this Ford? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Jean, that was just a wordplay joke around Colin having a Gypsy fortune teller/crystal ball(s) to see into the future. Wishes like that do sometimes come true :lol: Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Shame on me Brian, I had perfectly understood, I was just joking about the "balls" ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluboxer Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Good day all,came across this on another forum and was stunned by the amount of stresses that a blade is subjected to during yaki-ire (the quench).The initial nose dive and re-curve is dramatic as seen through this clear quench tank. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4A2JJmWi6Y Swordsmith is Komiya Kuniharu. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Hallam Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Sorry about the delay in getting round to letting on to what my secretive project is all about. You'll find all the details and some images on my blog, here. It's very long entry because I wanted to record the whole story of how we got to this point so if you just want to get to the important stuff I mention that in the bottom half. Thanks for your interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Good day all,came across this on another forum and was stunned by the amount of stresses that a blade is subjected to during yaki-ire (the quench).The initial nose dive and re-curve is dramatic as seen through this clear quench tank.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4A2JJmWi6Y Swordsmith is Komiya Kuniharu. Alan If you're interested in a scientific explanation with pictures, you can download it here http://xoomer.virgilio.it/tsubame/ZZZZZZ_DOWNLOADS.htm Choose "Tatsuo Inoue Swordsmithing File". "Control of inclusions in Japanese ancient iron and steel making" is another good reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterofweapons Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 That is a very good idea. I can't believe no one thought of it sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Here is another one that you may like to try. The owner of this movie has three or four others including. Parts of the sword, cleaning and maintenance, Inspecting/appreciating, I forget the others but I found them very good only a pity they can't be downloaded as i would like to get the Pronunciation of the Japanese words correct. G'day Yo'all, I know this is a bit long in the tooth as Brian did give a link, but it is perhaps timely to say again that any Youtube video can be downloaded. Check this out: http://youtubedownload.altervista.org/ I've been using for quite some time now. The video in question was 18.8 megabytes and took 6 minutes to download on my system. Best regards, Barry Thomas (BaZZa) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Martin Posted June 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 As many of you may have noticed, I have changed my youtube page to TheJapaneseSword http://www.youtube.com/user/TheJapaneseSword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 Just adding Ford's video on Youtube to this sticky to keep it for the future: Utsushi - the search for Katsuhira's tiger You'll see the default quality setting on the play bar is usually 360p (on the right just below the screen). The film can be viewed in higher quality (up to 1080 High Definition ) by selecting a higher resolution setting. At the higher settings you can watch it in an expanded view to fill the screen. Please feel free to download the files for your own use. You'll need to use RealPlayer software to do this. It's available for free here. You'll find part one .and part 2 Please keep comments in their own thread (viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9159) so as to keep this thread mainly for links. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruben Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Hi all, here I found a interesting sword made by Miyairi Kozaemon Yukihira (Mukansa). Hope its also new to you. Found it amazing Greetings! Ruben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottontail Warrior Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 this is a wonderful time saver, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruben Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Hi all, here I found a interesting sword made by Miyairi Kozaemon Yukihira (Mukansa). Hope its also new to you. Found it amazing Greetings! Ruben Lol, here is the Link i wanted to post mounth ago, sorry : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2b1PoRjBg Regards Ruben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock5 Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Hi Paul I had a chance to watch your video, it was very informative. I wish there were more to watch. One thing, when I clicked on the link you provided, YouTube stated it did not exist. I did a search by typing in in the search bar, "Nihonto" to find your video. Cheers, Steve Hi All, Just a personal idea that I impulsively acted upon. There are lots of random pieces of video distribute on Youtube.com about swords or in connection with swords. So I came up with the idea of starting a group on youtube so as to collect various nihonto videos and collate them into a video library, this way you don't have to spend hours scouring through tons of rubbish. And if you do find something of note, you can submit it to the group for easy access at a later date. I have selected that all videos are vetted before submition to keep out the Naruto crowd. If you find any nihonto related video on you tube, please save it to your favorites them submit it to the group. I have colllected some to start it off. Please peruse at your leisure. http://www.youtube.com/group/nihonto Best Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blades87 Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 Greetings, fellow NMB members. I have finally had some free time to convert some TV interviews with Mr. Jon Bowhay over to YouTube and have posted two of them. Please send me any feedback regarding the videos, which were converted from VHS, so there is some inherent flaws and damage due to the age of the tapes. I have at least two more videos to post, one of which is from another togishi, whose name slips my mind at this time. I will ask Mr. Bowhay to provide me with information on the video before I post it. Also, when I get the time, I will try to get subtitles added to the videos that are not in English. This effort will take some time to complete. This video contains two interviews with renowned togishi, Mr. Jon Bowhay. The first interview is from CNN in English and the second interview is from a Japanese news broadcast (Teleport 6). The interviews show Mr. Bowhay polishing a sword and applying a hadori finish to the hamon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z1jXnKuMZg This video contains an interview with renowned togishi, Mr. Jon Bowhay. The interview is from a Japanese news broadcast and features Sensei Naoji Karita, who was Mr. Bowhay's instructor throughout his apprenticeship. The video also shows Mr. Bowhay polishing the mune and practicing Iaito. This video contains part one of an extensive interview with renowned togishi, Mr. Jon Bowhay. The interview is from a Japanese news broadcast (NHK Tonight) and features Sensei Naoji Karita, who was Mr. Bowhay's instructor throughout his apprenticeship. The video also shows Mr. Bowhay polishing the shinogi, explaining how to properly sit on a togidai and working on swords in various states of the polishing process. This video contains part two of an extensive interview with renowned togishi, Mr. Jon Bowhay. The interview is from a Japanese news broadcast (NHK Tonight) and features Sensei Naoji Karita, who was Mr. Bowhay's instructor throughout his apprenticeship. The video also shows Mr. Bowhay polishing the shinogi, explaining how to properly sit on a togidai and working on swords in various states of the polishing process. This is part one of a documentary on Japanese sword polishing (Japanese) This is part two of a documentary on Japanese sword polishing (Japanese) To learn more about Mr. Bowhay and Japanese sword polishing services, visit http://www.jonbowhay.com or http://www.swordpolisher.net. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runagmc Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 Thanks for the post...too bad the sound was messed up... but still interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blades87 Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 Hi, Adam. I will check the sound quality and correct it. The file may have been corrupted on upload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 The sound is fine on parts 2 thru 5, just the last half of part 1 is bad. Thx for posting them. -Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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