Nihonto

6,078 topics in this forum

1. Japanese Blade from Court 1 2 3 4 9

   By Promo, April 16, 2019
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   • cisco-san
   • March 15

2. Upcoming Bonham's Auction Question/Comment

   By cluckdaddy76, March 12
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   • PKDA
   • March 14

3. Shikkake Tachi

   By Tengu1957, March 8
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   • DMNK
   • March 11

4. Latest acquisitions

   By dimitri, March 9
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   • dimitri
   • March 10

5. Id on my new Wakizashi

   By hoitomt1, March 8
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   • 2devnul
   • March 8

6. Possible fatal flaw

   By Ilovekatana, March 7
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   • Ilovekatana
   • March 8

7. How to store nihonto without mountings until i make shirasaya

   By hoitomt1, March 3
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   • 2devnul
   • March 8

8. Ken Swords

   By DTM72, March 6
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   • ChrisW
   • March 7

9. How to Tell If a Smith Worked Only for Samurai and Not for Merchants

   By 1 Medium Latte, March 5
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   • Bugyotsuji
   • March 6

10. curious about my nihonto origins

    By ju-no, February 26
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    • ju-no
    • March 4

11. Shinto Wakizashi - Hizen Kuni Mutsu Kami Tadayoshi. Please comment. 1 2

    By 2devnul, June 2, 2023
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    • Soshin
    • March 2

12. Help authenticating sword and signature

    By charlieboy, February 17
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    • Paz
    • February 29

13. Information about this Wakizashi

    By RM1704, February 22
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    • cisco-san
    • February 28

14. Help! Pics Added Stain (I think) Advice Appreciated

    By autodex, February 23
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    • 2devnul
    • February 27

15. Getting started as a new collector- seeking advice

    By Cygnus, February 14
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    • Jon
    • February 26

16. Seeking advice on Tanobe & NBTHK different appraisals

    By atm, February 20
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    • atm
    • February 25

17. How to tie  a Koshirae bag

    By Toukenan, February 24
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    • Toukenan
    • February 24

18. So Mr. Ray Singer was kind enough to interpret this tang, but I need to match up the sword to the name, looking for opinions please

    By browntrout, February 22
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    • Jacques D.
    • February 23

19. Japanese sword Ko-Aoe Sadatsugu

    By Toukenan, February 17
    • 1 reply
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    • Kanenaga
    • February 22

20. Wakisashi

    By Hen67, February 5
    • 8 replies
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    • Bugyotsuji
    • February 19

21. TSUBA FOX

    By Hen67, February 5
    • 4 replies
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    • ROKUJURO
    • February 18

22. TSUBA KINAI

    By Hen67, February 18
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    • Hen67
    • February 18

23. Tanobe Sayagaki

    By Sansei, February 17
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    • cju777
    • February 17

24. Help with tang translation and period

    By magimerc, February 16
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    • The Blacksmith
    • February 17

25. Losing confidence in NBTHK (even recent) papers. Here is why.

    By 2devnul, February 16
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    • 2devnul
    • February 16