Nihonto

5,334 topics in this forum

1. Forum Posting Guidelines

   By Brian, January 29, 2007
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   • Jisan
   • May 3, 2021

2. Bit by the Collector's Bug

   By Cookie4Monstah, 16 hours ago
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   • Brian
   • 3 hours ago

3. Smaller blades thread 1 2 3 4

   By Bugyotsuji, December 8, 2020
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   • DTM72
   • 6 hours ago

4. Bohi question

   By jeremy, 19 hours ago
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   • mas4t0
   • 17 hours ago

5. Looking for information on appraising/papering/insurance for a So Tsutomu Katana.

   By bradc, 22 hours ago
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   • bradc
   • 22 hours ago

6. Inoue Shinkai Or Gimei?

   By KuraiValo, Monday at 11:16 PM
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   • Jean
   • Yesterday at 10:30 AM

7. Hamon assistance please

   By Ron M, Wednesday at 02:06 PM
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   • Bazza
   • Wednesday at 11:25 PM

8. Opinion for 1st time purchase!

   By Nicolas Maestre, January 15
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   • Nicolas Maestre
   • Wednesday at 08:57 PM

9. Sword's hi painted (or lacquered) red 1 2

   By artesjaponica, November 15, 2009
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   • JakeNYC
   • Wednesday at 08:05 AM

10. ko wakisashi signed kanamichi.

    By rodrig4, Tuesday at 05:29 PM
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    • Alex A
    • Tuesday at 06:36 PM

11. Two Wakizashi from a friends estate

    By Promo, January 7
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    • MHC
    • Tuesday at 09:36 AM

12. Is this a Masamune tanto? 1 2

    By jblev2, September 12, 2019
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    • mas4t0
    • Monday at 01:33 AM

13. Pic Request - battle damage on blades 1 2

    By Drago, July 1, 2013
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    • roger dundas
    • Saturday at 11:10 PM

14. ko wakisashi signed kanemichi.

    By rodrig4, January 13
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    • Darkcon
    • January 14

15. Starting a personal collection

    By Cookie4Monstah, January 6
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    • mas4t0
    • January 13

16. My first Japanese sword

    By Cookie4Monstah, January 4
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    • Cookie4Monstah
    • January 12

17. Is this chikei?

    By kkeeps, January 10
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    • kkeeps
    • January 10

18. Is this koshirae put together for WW2? Expediency mounts?

    By kkeeps, January 9
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    • kkeeps
    • January 10

19. Any thoughts on this blade

    By Jon, January 8
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    • Wolfmanreid
    • January 9

20. Tanba no Kami Terukado

    By Mikaveli, January 9   

    • katana
    • shinto
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    • Mikaveli
    • January 9

21. Information about first antique tanto and kogatana

    By Haon, January 5   

    • tanto
    • kogatana
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    • mas4t0
    • January 8

22. Gendaito information

    By Ken-Hawaii, January 7
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    • Ken-Hawaii
    • January 7

23. Did I Buy a Bizen and not realize it?

    By Winchester, January 5
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    • Darkcon
    • January 6

24. I took some better pictures of my sword, any advice on what it is would be appreciated

    By Jon, January 6
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    • Jon
    • January 6

25. A Kunitsugu (1st gen?) Red Urushi Bohi Katana

    By waljamada, January 4
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    • waljamada
    • January 6