Nihonto

6,770 topics in this forum

1. Forum Posting Guidelines

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

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

   By Brian, April 21, 2021   

   • polishing
   • 147 replies
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   • Robert S
   • February 6, 2025

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

   By Brian, September 6, 2017
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   • Baba Yaga
   • August 7, 2022

4. Mumei în shin gunto mounts

   By Battara, April 11
   • 11 replies
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   • Mister Gunto
   • 11 hours ago

5. Signed, ubu, Fukuoka Ichimonji school, Kozon sayagaki. This will be an interesting blade to follow

   By Lewis B, Sunday at 08:12 AM
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   • Jussi Ekholm
   • 16 hours ago

6. Smaller blades thread 1 2 3 4 6

   By Bugyotsuji, December 8, 2020
   • 156 replies
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   • ROKUJURO
   • 20 hours ago

7. Help Identifying Shinshinto sword

   By jdawg221, Saturday at 11:02 PM
   • 20 replies
   • 398 views
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   • ChrisW
   • Yesterday at 06:14 AM

8. Gassan Sadakatsu and Masamune's secret process 1 2 3

   By Bryce, March 14, 2022
   • 68 replies
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   • Bryce
   • Sunday at 11:39 PM

9. Any Photos/Oshigata of Midare-Shintogo?

   By Zoglet, March 12   

   • tanto
   • koto
   • 14 replies
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   • Hoshi
   • Friday at 10:50 AM

10. Just got this sword from eBay after knowing that the platform is notorious for being a gimei

    By HAWSP, Thursday at 09:48 PM
    • 13 replies
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    • HAWSP
    • Friday at 07:29 AM

11. Sword identification

    By eric1, February 12
    • 9 replies
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    • NotANinja
    • Friday at 06:56 AM

12. Kantei 2

    By Bugyotsuji, August 14, 2025
    • 25 replies
    • 884 views
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    • Alex A
    • Thursday at 07:55 AM

13. Who do you recommend for professional restorations?

    By bigscreen64, March 25, 2025
    • 8 replies
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    • Sukaira
    • April 14

14. Ichimai Boshi?

    By Jnuzzo, April 14
    • 9 replies
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    • ROKUJURO
    • April 14

15. Rai Kunitoshi utsushi by Tadayoshi

    By Okan, April 9
    • 5 replies
    • 430 views
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    • Nihonto student
    • April 14

16. Sword Info

    By SamSwo, April 6
    • 14 replies
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • April 13

17. Saka Kura teru kane wakizashi with horimono

    By paul alex, April 12
    • 8 replies
    • 307 views
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    • paul alex
    • April 13

18. Yoshimichi : which generation?

    By Maxime Chouinard, April 8
    • 6 replies
    • 364 views
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    • Maxime Chouinard
    • April 12

19. New Sword Kiyomitsu

    By Prewar70, April 12
    • 5 replies
    • 235 views
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    • eternal_newbie
    • April 12

20. Identification Help: Simple Unadorned Jitte with Mei (37.7cm, 551g)

    By JackDo, April 12
    • 2 replies
    • 115 views
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    • JackDo
    • April 12

21. Making of fittings for a custom Onokubi-Zukuri katana with bamboo-themed (take 竹) fittings

    By Iaido dude, June 3, 2025
    • 8 replies
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    • Iaido dude
    • April 10

22. Help needed to identify signature

    By Swordjoe, April 5
    • 7 replies
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    • Swordjoe
    • April 9

23. Help with a Tadayoshi 忠吉  刀

    By vit, April 8
    • 9 replies
    • 238 views
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    • vit
    • April 9

24. Kojima Kanemichi Questions

    By Steve K, April 8
    • 2 replies
    • 129 views
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    • Steve K
    • April 9

25. 1943 Katayama signed gendaito - appraisal help (Auburn CA)

    By rmunk43, April 8
    • 3 replies
    • 168 views
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    • ROKUJURO
    • April 8