Hi everyone my name is Corey. I am a University Student from New Zealand and have a growing interest in katana's. Over the past year as a student I have collected 11 katana, two are shinsakuto made by a local smith, they are traditionally forged and polished (one of the blades is Suguha Choji Hamon saka choji, nie-deki Kinsuji), two are clay tempered katana, two are damascus and five are tempered mono steel blades. I started purchasing swords for tameshigiri but now I collect them as art. I have joined as I have become interested in genuine Nihonto and I am planning to purchase a shinsakuto from a swordsmith living within Japan in the next few years.