lionel

does this ebay sellers bad feedback not worry anybody as its not mentioned in any of the posts above ?

i would not bid on any item on ebay from a seller with that many negative feedbacks

http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Japanese-Sa ... 2a0f403e05

and

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0621968589

registered in the uk and the USA also the sword he is selling is located in the usa and not the uk

cant help with the swordsmith peter but i know that this style of engraving is found on mid to late war swords as i have had a few which match the style

how did this turn out ??

that makes sense !....When i recieved the sword in question i wondered maybe if the vet had put the fabric on instead ! i was going to put a metal sarute on it but now i will keep the fabric sarute in place just as the Japanese officer intended

recently bought a shingunto that had its sarute replaced with a piece of lace like this kai example i just found online , can any of the more experienced guys here shed more light on this ?

thanks

is that not a risky thing to do...When a seller does that why does his ebay account not get flagged so ebay can kick him off , do ebay not check

Anybody got info on this swordsmith as i cant find anything on the web ?

One of our gendai/ showato fans should be able to help. I can't track a smith that uses that kanji for 'yoshi'. John

Thanks for your help on getting the smith John

I think it is 林嘉通 Hayashi Yoshimichi. John

Thanks John ! have you any other info on him at all ? below is the sword in question

who is this smith please , thanks in advance for your help

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Ordered it from Amazon.ca and told will not be available until September

 

same here in the US. Oh well, will be a nice surprise when it does show.

 

regards.

Even not available at Amazon in UK, Germany and Austria

it is available on amazon marketplace

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listin ... dition=new

Hi Mark ;

Thanks for the info .....And Chris if you are reading i sent you an email and fix your website

where is possible to get more details about this fair? Date? website?

 

http://www.medalsandmilitaria.co.uk/photos.html

 

The next fair is on the 12th September 2010.

 

Peter Yorke and Bill Tagg's tables are the best IMHO. Peter Yorke often has some very good prices on fittings.

the dealer of the link you provided ...is he still trading as all i see when viewing his different catergories is Red x's ??

another link to the actual museum itself !

http://www.nationalmotorcyclemuseum.co. ... -Militaria

http://www.worldwidearms.com/exhibitions.cfm

http://www.dunwurkin.info/whatson_date/ ... itaria.htm

just typed the info into the search engine and these are 2 of the links came up m8 ...looks like a great event

nice setup..what is the price in gbp ?

another shot

Max width 800 pixels, otherwise they turn to links to view. This is to prevent forced horizontal scrolling which is darn irritating.

 

Brian

Thankyou Brian....i will resize all my pictures from now on and i agree that oversized pictures are a real pain m8

more shots

Why are my pictures not showing up ?? they have to be downloaded ??

more shots

here are a few snaps of the sword in question....

Congrats on a very very nice blade

Hi Todd...how accurate is this book and are there any other books available as i want some reading material about the differant swordsmiths ?