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About Ian B3HR2UH

  • Birthday 08/02/1955

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    I have been collecting nihonto since I was about 15 years old . In the days before the internet I was able to purchase a lot of swords from soldiers who bought them home from the war. Of course most of these were of pretty low quality but the occasional gem did pop out .I like quality blades in quality mounts but these are pretty hard to come by.
    I have probably handled several thousand swords over the years and have owned a couple of hundred . I currently have about fifty in my collection.
    My collecting highlight has been purchasing and identifying the Norishige katana which is one of the missing Japanese National treasures and then having my article on the sword translated into Japanese by the NBTHK and published in their journal

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  1. Ian B3HR2UH
    Please don't go Rayhan, the board needs more people who are prepared to tell it how it is . Bon Dale was the leading light of the Token Society of GB in the early days, he tried to educate the masses and was pretty scathing when it came to bad swords . He would be rolling in his grave if he read this discussion . Ian Brooks
  2. Ian B3HR2UH
    Grab it
  3. Ian B3HR2UH
    Rayhans point is that we have to stop giving people false hope when it comes to their swords.This piece is not worth investigating it is a poor quality junker that is beyond restoration
  4. Ian B3HR2UH
    Has anyone thought about the forging flaws in this blade , it is full of them. They seem to be kizu rather than rust pits. It is unsalvageable
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  6. Ian B3HR2UH
    And the blade by Masanori
  7. Ian B3HR2UH
    Is this the one?
  8. Ian B3HR2UH
    I recently purchased the 1970 Sotheby auction catalogue of the Axel Petersen collection . It was a great collection of tsuba. Does anyone know anything about Mr Petersen? I suspect he may have been the Danish writer , engineer and film director who died on the 8th of June the following year aged about 84.
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  9. Ian B3HR2UH started following Kôzan Oshigata. Does anyone have a copy and can check the 1308 Norishige?
  10. Ian B3HR2UH
    These are the Norishige in Umetada Meikan .
  11. Ian B3HR2UH
    Hello Tobi , I have the catalogue and if you let me know which lot number you are interested in I will send you a copy . Ian
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  13. Ian B3HR2UH
    This one has the owners details written on it Ogawa group Army Captain Amano Kojiro
  14. Ian B3HR2UH
    Back in the 1970's when I was buying swords off returned soldiers I saw about four of these in one night . I had no interest in them and made no offers . I guess I could have purchased half of them for twenty dollars each . I feel pretty foolish in hindsight .
  15. Ian B3HR2UH
    Hi Hamish , not a "Festing " sword I am afraid but one of my tsuba was sold at this auction .
  16. Ian B3HR2UH
    Does anyone have the results sheet for Sothebys sale on the 23rd of June 1982 that they could scan and send to me ? Thanks Ian Brooks
  17. Ian B3HR2UH
    I am somewhat skeptical that these are a real daisho and not two similarly themed pieces put together . The workmanship on one looks better than on the other .
  18. Ian B3HR2UH
    Hi Thomas,I have the attached piece which I believe is a gardeners knife or Nata .The blade has a reverse curve in that the cutting edge is on the concave side . I suspect yours is a Japanese gardening implement as well. Ian brooks
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