Brian

Calm down. YOU started a topic called fools in auction houses. This is an auction item, claiming to be both Edo period and WW2 at the same time. Seems to me like it fits the topic perfectly. Lighten up.

Can I ask ppl to keep me updated if and when you are having issues accessing the forum? It works fine from this side, so need to know if there is still a lot of an issue, in order to take it up with the hosts. Thanks.

That eagle is very much a traditional Japanese depiction. Don't read too much into it.

The Japanese won't issue (legally) a torokusho for a sword that isn't genuine and traditionally made. By the fact that it has one, that already gives you the indemnity you need for customs.

It is 3 megs per post. So maybe you already uploaded other pics in that post with a total over 3.

Constructive criticism or comments are always welcome, no offense it taken. Just to address a few points above. Way back when we moved to this hosting, we already had well over 250K attachments. Now that number is likely far more than double. No mean feat to try and move hosting. It's not something you can quickly FTP across. I also want to host here in South Africa, so when I have an issue I can pick up a phone and actually call someone. Don't want to be tens of thousands of miles away speaking to a bot. Also, the cost of hosting overseas is more than we can bear, given the funds that come in. This attach has been inconvenient, but we will get through it, and things will get back to normal. If they don't, I'll look at other options. But again, everything comes down to money. The site is well known. Everywhere. Just type into any AI chat "What is the largest Japanese sword forum in the world" The problem is that many collectors are not young anymore. They prefer to collect in person, and many are old school. Even in Japan, it is hard to change that mindset. We would love more interaction, but people prefer what they know. The younger generation prefers Facebook...instant gratification even if the data is disposable and far less reliable. We have a good membership here, that ebbs and flows, but there is still more info stored here than anywhere else. I prefer to keep this mostly on topic. I don't want to cross over to the martial arts much. There are places for that, and they deal with it better than we can. We are about the study and preservation, not so much the use. Image uploading is more than sufficient. Really it is. We can't be expected to accommodate everyone who wants to take a 50MP photo on their phone and upload it directly. We don't need billboard size photos and people need to learn to crop and edit before they upload. Currently regular members can upload 3 megs per post. Since pics can easily be brought down to under 500kb, you are able to upload enough provided you aren't trying to upload pics that are several megs each. PLUS you can then reply and do more pics, with the same limit in that thread, adding more pics. If people want more per post then they can upgrade to Gold membership. There you are allowed 7.5MB per post. More than enough. Pic max sizing is ample to view only. We don't need to scroll several pages across to see everything. I think the post limits are more than enough if people learn free image resizing and learn a little about DPI and what is sufficient. As for the customizable feed, see my post above. This is easy and worth playing with. We will be going to new software by the end of the year and there will be many more features and changes, and I think everyone will benefit.

Exactly how big are you trying to post? If you click on images, they open up a new window. Click again, and they open up to the max size, which is plenty for a forum.

Have an almost identical Lantaka sitting in my living room :-)

Typed a long reply and then lost it to an accidental keystroke. Don't have the energy to type it all again now, but will respond properly tomorrow. Btw, go to the top of the forum. See that "Activity" link? That will give you a ton of options as far as getting your feed is concerned. You can even click "My activity streams" and configure a steam to give you alllll the content you are looking for. I don't think that feature is that hidden, you just have to play with it a bit. This software is powerful and you can feed yourself pretty much any stream you like.

Seems to be ONLY causing trouble with international traffic. I have no problems this side, so I'm guessing the ISP's have to reduce/monitor/slow down incoming traffic. I heard the other day that some are experiencing several GIGS of data per SECOND in these attacks. Almost impossible to stop. I am looking into available options. I had hoped it would slow down soon. Whatever happens, it is temporary, we will get back to normal soon. Thank you for your patience.

Definitely not Japanese

I expect 99% of this sort of damage is neglect and messing around, and done in modern times. Blade to blade contact is rare and unlikely from those pics. We tend to romanticize these things, but it's important to realize that it isn't a desired thing in most cases and unless can be proven 100%, it's best to not see them as a feature.

https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/subscriptions/ explains the search delays, which is necessary since they are hugely resource intensive on a server.

Same way people collect fuchi/kashira and menuki, keeping an entire tsuka allows you to collect all those parts already assembled. Many of us collectors have tsuka that we will never fit to a sword and collect them for the en-suite fittings.

Was just going to say that :-) Wow.

ISP's are slowly putting measures in place to mitigate the various attempts at DDOS. It's a very complicated process, but it's going to get better, not worse. We'll be back to normal soon.

The first thing you need to do is see if they are registered and licensed in Japan. If not, you have a whole other set of problems to deal with. If not, this video is very informative.

It is absolutely stunning work. I agree with Colin. Wow...a real privilege to see it.

Title edited. This is not the place to call out someone, and I won't have my forum used for that. You have adequate info in the sale post.

Why would we fill the translation section with kanji that is on a fake? Translating fake items is pointless once they are identified.

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/cloud-hosting/651047-south-african-internet-company-hit-by-large-scale-ddos-attack.html This is our hosts.

Welcome and best of luck Lex!

Can only be the same issue, and I read some analysis of the methods being used for these attacks and they are extremely difficult for ISP's to mitigate. Just have to wait it out until the issue is over I'm afraid.

This is a for sale post, create a new thread if we want to discuss data.

10mm and 25mm