Nihonto

6,781 topics in this forum

1. What is this on my naganobu

   By jdawg221, January 12   

   • katana
   • 5 replies
   • 354 views
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   • Robert S
   • January 13

2. Nihonto japones antiguo

   By Carolina, January 13
   • 5 replies
   • 342 views
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   • Carolina
   • January 13

3. About Shinto-period swordsmiths of the Genroku era

   By yum, January 13
   • 1 reply
   • 245 views
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   • Jacques
   • January 13

4. Sue-Hosho Katana

   By noneed2hate, January 8
   • 17 replies
   • 964 views
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   • Brian
   • January 12

5. Late Kamakura Tachi (Katana) - Help for verifying descriptions and attribution 1 2

   By Longbow1464, December 23, 2025
   • 30 replies
   • 1.8k views
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   • Jussi Ekholm
   • January 11

6. New Year Mini Kantei

   By Jussi Ekholm, December 29, 2025
   • 17 replies
   • 809 views
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   • Jussi Ekholm
   • January 9

7. Backward leaning hamon peaks

   By Subayai Kitsune, January 8
   • 3 replies
   • 286 views
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   • Subayai Kitsune
   • January 8

8. New Sword 1of 2: The Good One (and help identifying please)

   By NotANinja, January 7
   • 15 replies
   • 549 views
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   • NotANinja
   • January 8

9. Japanese Old Sword Database 1 2

   By Jussi Ekholm, July 4, 2025
   • 40 replies
   • 2.9k views
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   • klee
   • January 5

10. Mamorigatana / Boy's Day / Bunraku Swords

    By Brian, January 8, 2017
    • 11 replies
    • 3.2k views
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    • Itomagoi
    • January 5

11. wakizashi Your Opinion of a First Purchase.

    By CaptainKevo, December 28, 2025
    • 18 replies
    • 726 views
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    • Kiipu
    • January 4

12. New naginata added to my collection

    By Mikaveli, December 16, 2025
    • 9 replies
    • 646 views
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    • Jake6500
    • January 4

13. Need help identifying and getting do's and don'ts for this blade

    By majorFALfan, January 2
    • 9 replies
    • 704 views
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    • Jacques
    • January 4

14. Well, I threw the dice.

    By Hector, December 21, 2025
    • 12 replies
    • 659 views
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    • Jake6500
    • January 4

15. Help identifying blade...

    By GrampaGage, January 2
    • 3 replies
    • 282 views
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    • GrampaGage
    • January 3

16. Research into sword. 1 2

    By KotoCurious, December 28, 2025
    • 30 replies
    • 1.2k views
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    • KotoCurious
    • December 30, 2025

17. Thoughts on a promising blade with soshu-den influence

    By BjornLundin, December 23, 2025   

    • katana
    • koto
    • 12 replies
    • 694 views
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    • eternal_newbie
    • December 30, 2025

18. Green Papered 1977 Wakizasi 脇差 “ Terukado ” 照門

    By Rhizosphere, December 26, 2025
    • 22 replies
    • 749 views
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    • eternal_newbie
    • December 29, 2025

19. Who was Umetada Myōju's teacher?

    By Sukaira, December 20, 2025
    • 7 replies
    • 485 views
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    • Jacques
    • December 27, 2025

20. Sadakiyo Gendiato has come full circle

    By Mark C, December 27, 2025
    • 1 reply
    • 185 views
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    • eternal_newbie
    • December 27, 2025

21. 700th Anniversary inscription

    By Ron STL, April 3, 2013
    • 10 replies
    • 3.4k views
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    • Kiipu
    • December 24, 2025

22. Sword Indentification

    By Will_766, December 21, 2025
    • 8 replies
    • 847 views
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • December 23, 2025

23. Questions about shipping high value items to auction houses.

    By Paul Godfrey, December 20, 2025
    • 4 replies
    • 293 views
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    • Paul Godfrey
    • December 23, 2025

24. Seeking ID and additional info help for Tachi sword

    By Corsairisen, December 14, 2025
    • 28 replies
    • 927 views
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    • Corsairisen
    • December 21, 2025

25. What is this channel cut in the nakago?

    By NotANinja, December 16, 2025   

    • wakizashi
    • 6 replies
    • 481 views
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    • Mark S.
    • December 21, 2025