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??Ack! No I meant split the leather on the saya. Just undo enough threads to see what's underneath. Sorry I mis-spoke. I'll add some images of the blade itself when I get home tonight. *wince* It's not pretty though. Thank you! Steve

Any ideas on age? (I honestly don't care what it's worth.) I kind of like what I see as lobsters. The tsuba I like but it's pretty simple and sure seems like nothing special to me. I'm looking forward to splitting the leather and see what's there. Thank you Gentlemen.

I have a new sword heading my way. The sword I'm hoping is shinto or shinshinto. It's not really worth your time to look at it as it's in poor shape. I'm drooling over what may be under the leather. *shrug* yeah I know it's probably nothing but it gives me something to look forward to I'm going to try to upload some pics and we'll see how that goes. If it totally screw up please delete it!

As I understand gimei, sometimes the guys who were famous hundreds of years ago may not be so famous now. Anyway gimei doesn't mean the blade is bad. Just means the signature isn't real.

Hi Jean! This stuff is pure gold and I thank you for the tips. I'm having trouble getting decent images of mine and your advice has been a great help. I'm trying to get some pics of utsuri on a blade. Any tips for doing that?

Excellent information! Thank you very much!

Wow! There were a lot of Kunihiros.

No. It's not for sale. I just sold another blade to Jock on ebay and neither of us knew the other was a member here. We exchanged emails and he expressed his interest in this blade. If I'd known he was a member I would have pointed him to the previous topic so as not to waste eveyones time. Sorry guys! I actually thought using photobucket was a good idea so it would use less bandwidth from this site. This is wrong? Nevermind. You already answered that question.

*laugh* Yah. That ones mine and it's been discussed at length here before.

???? *sputterlaugh* Excellent.

Here's wishing you all a merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous new year.

Yes. I'm sure it's been cut down.

A few questions about suriage. Most of the pics I've seen that were suriage the nakago was cut straight off and the ana were left empty. But the one in the previous post is rounded on the end, as mine is. Also the old hole was filled with copper on mine. Was there a certain time period when they were shortening blades that it was the norm to round the end off after cutting it down? And why were some holes filled? ((Love that blade btw.) I love having the opportunity to read through threads like this one. You guys rock!

Thank you!

Wow! Congratulations!

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm This site is great for us newcomers. There's a is it real or fake link there.

Take heart guys. The advice you give provides an important service to those of us who are simply overwhelmed when we begin collecting. I know it doesn't seem like it sometimes... but we're listening. And we appreciate it.

Hey Robert. People are going to want to see the sword in question to make that call I think.

I'm already in JSSUS. The newsletters are great and I'm really looking forward to the next one. Ack! I'd love to see Grey in action! Have fun Barry!

Bless you!

Could some of you guys post pics of swords you're taking? I'd love to see them now and then see how they papered. Come to think of it, upoading pics and posting what's happening while you're there would be great!

I think you should have the polisher do a window before you spring for the full polish... :D

I've been playing with a blue light behind a diffuser to pick up some of the grain and diminish glare. The result is almost a flat grey with just a hint of blue. As with everything if it looks different than other photographs you've seen of other blades, be very suspicious.

Congratulations!

Woot! Thanks Chris.