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SAS

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  1. Wow, that video was really well done, Alton. What a great collection! Thanks for sharing it with us.
  2. I am not expert, but the signature does not seem to be well executed.
  3. Splendid indeed! I could spend many hours gazing at that set up.....
  4. The sugata and signature look nice; as for the rest, many Chinese swords exceed it aesthetically.
  5. Perhaps in the UK your news doesn't report the Allah Akbar screaming African and Arab knife attacks like the independent news sources i read do, or the organized immigrant rape gangs. Or perhaps that sort of "cultural enrichment' is welcomed by certain powerful interests. We can differ, but at least in a semi free country like the USA we still have the option of arming ourselves against attackers....enjoy your freedom as a "subject'. eta: my comment regarding exporting UK immigrants to the EU was "tongue in cheek" (the Swedish government loves its immigrant offenders) and meant to be regarded as semi-humorous; guess it didn't come off that way. We can agree to disagree (or not).
  6. initial impression.....just noooo.
  7. If Great Britain exports all of its immigrants to the EU, the knife attack problem will largely be solved, and further legislation unnecessary; unlikely to happen however.
  8. Some of them....
  9. Most Japanese smiths use a variety of what is called "dog head " style hammers with an eye that is offset to the rear of the head. I do not currently use that style, so i cannot speak to the benefits of it; I do have a piece of wrought iron to make that style, but haven't done so yet. I do have one hammer from Japan that is double headed with the eye centered that i use for blade smithing, along with my Champion turning hammer and numerous others.
  10. It was semi hopefull until I got to the "nakago".....
  11. Can you take a photo of sword with habaki and tsuba removed to show the machi please?
  12. And now we see why these things are not discussed; destructive and acidic chemicals are being introduced into the discussion, and amateurs will think "hey, i read that on the Nihonto message board, it must be ok". All due respect Doctor, if you want to know about methods, ask privately to people who can help, not in an open post.
  13. What Jean said above is correct. The reason there are so many out of polish blades on the market is that it is not economically feasible to have them professionally restored. Trying to restore them nonprofessionally is just contributing further to their demise. Don't do it.
  14. No numbers or stamps I could see. Not a bad price...
  15. I was reading the other night about Sokaku Takeda, who was the Daitoryu jujutsu master who taught Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido; after a brawl with about 50 construction workers, in which a number were killed (1886, I believe) he was forced to give up his beloved Kotetsu sword. It made me wonder what became of the sword, and how it must have made Sokaku feel.....no wonder he looked so pissed off in all of his later photos.
  16. Was that after the castle was firebombed? (I do not mean to imply that i do not like it; I do!)
  17. Looks like a wakizashi....nihonto are measured from the tip to the machi, the part just before the handle area starts (cutting edge length). It looks to be missing the scabbard and handle; the leather cover goes over the scabbard, but not the handle. Sometimes shorter family swords were carried in longer regulation length scabbards, and shorter tanker or aviator swords are known. Yours looks like a sword made before WW2; it is important not to touch the blade with bare hands, as the oils attack the steel finish. Others can translate better than I the signature, but it looks well cut. Sword should be protected in a shirasaya (resting scabbard made of wood). A copper habaki (blade collar) keeps the sword from sliding too fr down into the scabbard, in conjunction with the handle, guard, and pin. Was the sword brought back in its current state?
  18. My personal belief is that the mechanical skill is learned relatively quickly if the aptitude is there, but what takes a lot of time to develop is good judgment and sensitivity, and the ability to kantei swords to know what they should look like.
  19. I was messaging with someone who recommended bacitracin antibioticlotion followed by Preparation H; I tried it last night and my hands are better today, still red but less irritation and swelling. Will try some more before aikido class, and after.
  20. I had a tanto that i made crack during quenching; i was curious what the result would be of welding it using the TIG process. The crack was repaired, but the result was an area that was visibly different from the surrounding area. As Jean stated, this could be disguised by kesho polishing, but the area would still be softer than the hardened steel that forms the hamon. If no filler or a steel filler of the same composition was used, it is theoretically possible that the blade could be rehardened, and it would not be apparent that a repair had been made. Obviously this is not a desirable process for nihonto.
  21. So far i am self treating with benadryl for the itch, and a triamcinolone acetone cream i had that is anti pruritic, along with calamine lotion and some Renew skin cream. That and time....seems marginally better today, looked pretty bad yesterday, worse than the photo. This go round was from sanding dry urushi; I will not be taking chances with this stuff again!
  22. Forgot how even microscopic particles of urushi, even dry when sanding, can cause a severe dermatitis.....very uncomfortable. This is from work done on Tuesday.
  23. Baleen? Do you mean ito?
  24. That is a shinai, a bamboo practice sword for kendo. I do not know if they are collectible; i think they are mostly just sports equipment.
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