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  1. SAS
    Hitatsura, wildly uncontrolled, interesting art, but not for a practical sword. It reminds me of the patterns on my favorite eating reef fish, the bigeye. I can't read the mei.Blotched_Bigeye_Heteropriacanthus_cruentatus.width-1200.326af2d.jpg
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    Presumably you will also have seppa and a tsuba between the habaki/saya and the fuchi, so the closeness in size shouldn't normally be a problem, imo.
  3. SAS
    Beautiful sword!
  4. SAS
    It looks machi okuri but i would buy it if I had Bill Gates' money!
  5. SAS
    General American cringiness at how the sword is handled, but a really nice koshirae and potentially good sword in need of polish, being returned to Japan.
  6. SAS
    He is definitely not a metallurgist........
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    http://togiarts.com/Louis_Mills.html This has a bio with his own statement on the nature of his art. I do not have NY INFO TO SUGGEST THT HE HAD ACTUALLY FORGED BLADES IN Japan, SO PERHAPS HE DOES NOT MEET THE SPECS THE OP INQUIRED ABOUT. (sorry for caps, typing in the dark)
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    Louis Mills "Yasutomo" RIP, a pioneer Westerner in the Japanese tradition.
  9. SAS
    Wow, very nice indeed!
  10. SAS
    Tigers are always good; I bought a pair of silver ones for the aikuchi project i did a while back.
  11. SAS
    Yes and yes.
  12. SAS
    In high humidity areas, it is good to clean and reoil swords frequently; also too much oil can attract moisture and promote rusting (strange but true).
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    Shin Shinto?

    SAS replied to vajo's topic in Nihonto

    This is not my photo, it is from the sales listing when i bought it from Ed.
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    Captured WWII Sword

    SAS replied to Virginian's topic in Nihonto

    So Darcy, I would like to hear about your dive trip.....maybe post in the Izakaya? Staying tuned for the rest of the sword's journey......
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    Shin Shinto?

    SAS replied to vajo's topic in Nihonto

    Nakago treatment is similar to the one Kunisada example i have; that is about all i can say.
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    Shin Shinto?

    SAS replied to vajo's topic in Nihonto

    There were 2 generations of Aizu Kunisada also, in early Shinto; very little information published on how they fit in.
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    Captured WWII Sword

    SAS replied to Virginian's topic in Nihonto

    George, just so you know, there are a lot more members of the board here who haven't commented on this thread, than those who have, so characterizing the board by the comments of a few members is perhaps drastic. I am not a rich man either (lots of us aren't) and living on VA and SS disability. We are not all elitists
  18. SAS
    Sal's instagram and Facebook has a lot more examples, including tsuka work, if you can find them. I had to do some digging (it was worth it).
  19. SAS
    I was hoping to see more of this sword....bummer. Watch any public cutting competition in Japan; they all have someone straightening swords after bad cuts to allow resheathing. Bends without shinae and cracks are easy to fix.
  20. SAS
    Sal Moretto is a member here on the Board.
  21. SAS
    My advice...find a polisher who will address that specific area, etch it, and that will show any heat affected zone (HAZ) from any welding.....if no HAZ appears, it is more likely to be corrosion from....something, maybe residual acid, immersion, etc. PM me for more discussion.
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    Jerry, check out Jizamurai_customs on Instagram....Sal Morretto is in Florida, and his work looks very nice.
  23. SAS
    If you are friends with the local X-ray tech, that might be a nondestructive option to see how the menuki are made.
  24. SAS
    The dimensions look strange; the nakago is out of proportion, and the nakago ana seem to be too low. Rust seems forced and too uniform. Should polish out ok, but why? I just looked at seller's other sale.......twins!
  25. SAS
    The Seki stamp means that it is a non traditionally forged sword made from mill steel as opposed to tamahagane. Its value is in militaria vs as an art sword.
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