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  1. John A Stuart
    Hoshu Takada ju Shigeyuki. John
  2. John A Stuart
    Perhaps a tsukumogami of a chaire, like Matsunaga Hisahide had.. John
  3. John A Stuart
    Well, waka seems more correct, although, I have a reading of nao as a possible of a couple. John
  4. John A Stuart
    Yes,兼 kane is 10 and 若 nao is 8.John
  5. John A Stuart
    I am so happy that we all get along so well considering how fractious web chat can really be. Kudos to everyone. John
  6. John A Stuart
    I am thinking Ryokai Fujiwara Kageyoshi 了戒藤原景能 John
  7. John A Stuart
    Strange. I have always thought russet iron is the process by which rusting is used to form a protective oxide layer on barrels, armour etc. Old rifles used this process often, before chemical bluing became popular. Pentlandite, that iron-nickel oxide mineral in iron sand? Odd, iron sand was noted for its' relative purity of iron. John
  8. John A Stuart
    I don't think 'yuki', but these nakarishimei are crude sometimes. John
  9. John A Stuart
    Hayakawa 早川 Kane 兼 the last kanji I can't decipher. John
  10. John A Stuart
    As requested. A sword by Muneyoshi 宗吉 John
  11. John A Stuart
    There is a famous sword at Ōyamazumi Jinja that has a repair like this. John
  12. John A Stuart
    Awful, Harry had a great sense of humour and was a very helpful guy. Sadly missed. John
  13. John A Stuart
    Never any problem. I hope nothing is wrong. John
  14. John A Stuart
    If I had the dosh. You don't see this every day. John https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/tres-rare-sphere-celeste-japonaise-mue-par-un-mec-7E9471A9CA
  15. John A Stuart
    You see that from time to time. I rather like it. John
  16. John A Stuart
    Mishina Kenji has 7 lines in his nagashi. I had thought Honami were 9 although I have no sword polished by that family I am sure of. John
  17. John A Stuart
    Is this not the ibota treatment sometimes used to tart up some tosougu? John
  18. John A Stuart
    A nice tight package. Notare? It looks predom sugu. John
  19. John A Stuart
    #1 Goshu Hikone ju Masayoshi saku. John
  20. John A Stuart
    The bullying scene in that movie nearly brought me to tears when I first watched it. John
  21. John A Stuart
    I saw the box and wasn't sure why either. John
  22. John A Stuart
    The kanji look as pictured and as on the torokusho to me Stephen. John
  23. John A Stuart
    This 佐源 could be read as Sukemoto, likely or Sukehara, less so, I believe. John
  24. John A Stuart
    No, not boring. Here is the thing I've noticed. Modern polishing brings out a swords best aspects, hopefully given an experienced polisher, but, as preservation is paramount as well, I have noticed even swords having owazamono rating are not as 'sharp' as I make my knives. They will cut, but, will they kill, as said in the TV show Forged in Fire. John
  25. John A Stuart
    Too much oil on the cloth. You really do not need a lot. John
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