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  1. Morita San, Thank you for your help. I could not seem to match that inscription to those characters. Best, Ed
  2. Wanted to run this by you guys. A friend owns this kozuka with a war time motif. The inscription has been difficult to get a conclusive answer on. When he bought it he was told it read Banzai, but from what I have seen this is incorrect. It seemed to me it could be a patriotic slogan, but I have not found any to match. Another possible reading was Toshinori, but it is not certain. Any ideas?
  3. I have a copy of that book and it is super hard to find. Someone got a great deal at that price for a book so rare.
  4. Stephen, Thanks for the offer, but I already have the habaki.
  5. Thanks Franco, I already have that source. Just didn't use it
  6. OOPS my bad! F*cking metric system Round of apologies. Starting over. Tsuba needed in suaka 1.75" X 1.25" X 0.1875" You want to know what that is in mm, do the math your damn self!
  7. Just seeing this post. I have a tiny little moroha tanto by Osafune Kiyomitsu. Approximately 3.5" nagasa and 5.5" overall.
  8. I have one you can see here: https://yakiba.com/gallery/
  9. I appreciate your attempt to alert me to a possible typo. However, those measurements are correct. It is for a small tanto and I know exactly what I want. It should barely protrude outside the width of the seppa, no more than 0.25" or 6.3mm. (see attached).
  10. Looking for a small hamidashi tsuba in suaka copper for a project. Dimensions of approximately 1.75" (0.069mm) X 1.25" (0.049mm) X 0.1875" (0.0074mm). With or without the kozuka cutout as seen in the provided example. No motif or embellishment required, in fact I would prefer a plain smooth finish. Something like this iron piece only in suaka. If you have something like this, please contact me via the email address below. Thanks, Ed
  11. Brian, I do not think you are being unreasonable at all. When you first began the dealer section, I considered it. Ultimately I decided it was an additional expense I did not wish to incur. However, out of respect for your hard work as well as this group I also stopped posting anything for sale here. No reason other than I didn't feel it was right to offer anything for sale without joining the dealer section.
  12. Seems to be a crap shoot with this dealer. Many praise her, many hate her. I have heard her nickname is Damnyou54. ???
  13. Ed

    Osoraku Tanto

    Mumei, 2 mekugi ana, no attribution. Who cares, stop nit picking, that is a very nice blade and a very fair price.
  14. Second generation Bungo Shigeyuki (c. Kanbun 1661-1673) signed Fujiwara Shigeyuki.
  15. I have an Ainu sword I might would sell. Sword and saya.

     

    If you would like to know more shoot me an email at: Yakiba.com@gmail.com

     

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  16. I will attend. Bringing a few nice swords by makers such as Ono Yoshimitsu, Kurihara Akihide, Hizen Tadayoshi along with various tosogu. Looking forward to seeing all the guns as well as speaking with old friends and making new ones.
  17. Forgot to post a few more photos of this Gendai tsuba by Matsuyama Seiken.
  18. This is obviously an oil quenched, non-traditionally made sword. There were several "Kanemoto" working in the Showa period (1926-1989). I remember there were a couple of Rikugun jumei tosho and maybe one Kaigun jumei tosho. At any rate this is NOT the famous Kanemoto you are hoping for. Probability 99.9999%.
  19. Special thanks to Brian who has diligently stayed the course of maintaining this site for years now. You have done a great job. While I fade in / fade out at times, I have always thought highly of the NMB and what it has accomplished.
  20. I have this set of Soten F/K depicting Shachi or Dragonfish.
  21. Cruising around here today and saw this thread which has been active quite a while. Piers, I took these atop Himeji Castle
  22. Tanto in koshirae, well within your budget. https://yakiba.com/tanto-mumei-koshirae/
  23. I thought I did, but can't find them. I will take some additional photos in the next day or so.
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