General Nihonto Related Discussion

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1. 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
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2. Tanto

   By Ronald Aguirre, April 27
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   • Brian
   • April 28

3. Help identify this sword

   By 808stateHI, April 24
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   • ROKUJURO
   • April 24

4. Single mekugi ana Kunisuke Katana

   By Rawa, April 22
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   • Rawa
   • April 28

5. Nihonto Website Prices

   By Kanenaga, April 19
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   • Hoshi
   • April 20

6. Noble, refined, masculine,... kitsch ?!

   By Lukrez, April 19
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   • eternal_newbie
   • April 29

7. Sayagaki process

   By klee, April 16
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   • Lewis B
   • April 20

8. Major names in shinsa/kantei world

   By Mark S., April 12
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   • Soshin
   • April 21

9. Izumo Daijō Yoshimichi

   By Leigh, April 11
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   • Leigh
   • April 11

10. Mihara Masanobu

    By klee, April 11
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    • Michael C
    • April 18

11. Japanese Regulations regarding export

    By Leigh, April 11
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    • Brian
    • April 12

12. Assistance Requried: Kai (Kunie) Gō

    By MassiveMoonHeh, April 10
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    • Lewis B
    • April 10

13. Visiting Tokyo, need help!

    By DTM72, April 9
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    • Hiro
    • April 10

14. Please Help with this.

    By Neels, April 9
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    • ROKUJURO
    • April 9

15. New fukuro yari saya....BUT....

    By John C, April 7
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    • John C
    • April 7

16. Novel ‘oddity’ or painful to the eyes?

    By Mark S., April 7
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    • Mark S.
    • April 15

17. Is this authentic?

    By lexx707, April 7   

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    • klee
    • April 7

18. The power of a good polish... 1 2

    By MassiveMoonHeh, April 6
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    • eternal_newbie
    • April 9

19. VIDEO: Curators Tour of the Samurai Exhibition @ the British Museum

    By MassiveMoonHeh, April 6
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    • Lewis B
    • April 9

20. NMB Downloads Articles

    By mecox, April 5
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    • Brian
    • April 5

21. Just Wondering - Post Haitōrei Blades

    By Bruce Pennington, April 4
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    • PNSSHOGUN
    • April 5

22. Gō Yoshihiro - The Master Swordsmith who created famous swords in Matsukura-go, Niigawa-gun, Etchū

    By MassiveMoonHeh, April 4
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    • Lewis B
    • April 4

23. Zaimei Sanjo Chikamura lost by USPS (likely stolen)

    By HoustonNihonto, April 2
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    • Sukaira
    • April 10

24. Ko-Gassan Wakizashi

    By Okan, April 2
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    • Zoglet
    • April 4

25. Looking for a copy of "New information on the Origin of Soshu-den" by Adrian S

    By Lewis B, April 2
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    • Lewis B
    • April 2