General Nihonto Related Discussion

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1. Introducing NihontoWatch: The Entire Market in Your Pocket 1 2 3 4

   By Hoshi, February 18
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   • tosogu_eu
   • 14 hours ago

2. Increasing Gold Membership numbers? 1 2 3 4

   By Brian, September 6, 2025
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   • Brian
   • March 25

3. Interesting Pdf Articles And Links 1 2 3

   By Brian, March 22, 2016
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   • Rawa
   • March 30

4. New Member Introductions 1 2 3 4 60

   By Dusty62, February 2, 2008
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   • foxfire
   • May 5

5. This Week's Edo Period Corner 1 2 3 4 76

   By Bugyotsuji, February 1, 2008
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   • Bugyotsuji
   • August 3, 2012

6. WW2 Japanese sword shigon akisuke no saku.

   By Swords, 13 hours ago
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   • John C
   • 5 minutes ago

7. Need historic details on sword refitting process in the Edo period

   By Lordd_Humungous, Tuesday at 04:43 PM
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   • ROKUJURO
   • Wednesday at 12:34 PM

8. Late kamakura?

   By William Jennings, Monday at 09:34 PM
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   • John C
   • Tuesday at 01:30 AM

9. Hypothetical Nihonto Values 1 2

   By Hokke, Monday at 09:23 PM
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   • Lukrez
   • Thursday at 01:20 PM

10. State of the Sword Market

    By MassiveMoonHeh, Monday at 07:43 AM
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    • Lukrez
    • Thursday at 01:28 PM

11. Help shipping sword from US to Australia

    By Bryce, Monday at 04:35 AM
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    • Bryce
    • Monday at 09:17 PM

12. Sword Value

    By Millers1257, May 8
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    • Millers1257
    • Tuesday at 12:47 PM

13. Books and articles cataloguing Koshirae styles, subvariants and regional preferences?

    By GreyVR, May 6   

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    • GreyVR
    • Tuesday at 06:47 PM

14. Japanese sword

    By Jeff Simmons1012, May 6
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    • Brian
    • May 6

15. NBTHK mumei attributions

    By Natichu, May 5
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    • Jussi Ekholm
    • May 6

16. New here – beginner question about Nihonto

    By Luba Marketing, May 5
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    • The Blacksmith
    • May 5

17. NihontoClub

    By Karu, May 4
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    • Shugyosha
    • May 4

18. Looking for information on Sengo Masazane

    By Sukaira, May 3
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    • Sukaira
    • May 5

19. Modern forgeries of NBTHK papers

    By Toki, May 2
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    • John C
    • May 4

20. Dotanuki shingunto stolen from USPS Chicago Distribution Center, 28.5" nagasa, mumei 1 2

    By Gerry, April 29
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    • Mark
    • May 10

21. Antique wooden wakizashi

    By Shuko, April 29
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    • ROKUJURO
    • April 29

22. My first Odachi

    By William Jennings, April 28
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    • PNSSHOGUN
    • April 28

23. New swords vs Koto swords; How much is anecdotal and how much is scientific 1 2

    By jdawg221, April 28
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    • ROKUJURO
    • May 2

24. Tanto

    By Ronald Aguirre, April 27
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    • Brian
    • April 28

25. Help identify this sword

    By 808stateHI, April 24
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    • ROKUJURO
    • April 24