Stephen

And Mickey Mouse!!!

with the upper stroke id say Kanemitsu, only one from sagami/shoshu,,,Hawley Kan 1488 edit there was a Kanemoto from soshu haw Kan 1595-96

one of a set of two bookends???

check your email soon.

Bishu/Bizen no Osafune Kiyomitsu

Thank you for showing us Morita san, now i know what book im looking for. Craig at Bridgeofdreams, if you get this in stock please let me know.

any more kanji in the nakago mune besides the one shown in third or forth pix?

Ed Ill take ya up on that.

Right Rich thats why i left it to others if they want to take it on. :?)

I have a local who has a Brian williams woodblock print, in searching for him before i go over to take pix, i came on this. Its really scarry what idiots tell ppl to do with our beloved nihonto. this is the link you can call him out on it if you want as i dont join hardly anything anymore do to spam. http://www.ehow.com/how_5534078_care-samurai-sword.html Second If you might be interested in one of his prints PM me and ill get it going. Ill take pix Wed. so should have them up soon. here are links i found of his prints. the owner said his has something to do with samurai ...ill get back with you on it later. http://www.castlefinearts.com/itemdetail.aspx?item=6442 http://www.vernegallery.com/Japanese-pr ... illiams/42

Franco is right don't ask questions of shinsa if you don't get back what you want to hear. I have known of mistakes of shinsa teams as well in calling a koto blade gendaito...so its good to have many opinions not just one. Yes papers are for the next owner.....ME? I agree with Jean its lovely and the nakago does hold one back ....I can over look that when it gets to my home as I'm looking for a tanto to complete my collection....it will be well loved and take care of.... you'll lose no sleep.....I'm sure you would if Jean gets his french food greasy fingers on the saya. LOL just kidding Mod Jean

Nope ...not worth it better sell it to me on time payments, how soon can i start? Really yes i think its worth your time too. hope it happens next year.

Yea Gray your right, it went past me so i dont have to deal with it. it would have just gotten a light oiling to slow down the cracking. Good for new members to know thanks

http://www.homaxproducts.com/products/o ... index.html be sure to use this one not the waterbased spray.

there's a commercial product out there called Opps, I and a local curator at the Gold star museum used it to take off a black coat of cosmo and it worked wonders. id get some mineral oil or choji oil and use it very sparingly as not to gum up the inside of your saya.

not as nice as Toms or Mididy's but how cool would it be when your walkin to the pond with others thinking Sword cane, only to see you fish. Grandad needs this. hope i win. http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-Sword-Cane ... 3a57e82916 edit pass my bid,,,,open two more hours....good luck.

Not all Hagiri are from forging flaw, one can also see them arrive from battle blows.

link dont work for me,,,starts a repeting with out stopping.

Heres to "Jean Laparra and John Stuart" may you have many of these days :D and very few of these....

What am i missing? a brain i guess...doh! didnt scroll into the next room....sorry Chris

ok what link am i missing?

Chris Am I missing some pix, don't see any of the sugata or nakago, from what I see in one or two pix (the rest to dark as not see anything) great looking hada, well done suguha. the boshi is washed out in light does it turn back or is it Yakitsume? cant really see the flaw so you may be looking in the mirror at a zit that looks like a mountain to you but one others would not see unless told. would like to see more pix, I think you did well.

of course he has help, you can see the write ups are in upper and lower , he him self uses all caps if you look at his auctions. I really think it helps his auctions just wondering if hes helping his helper with a bit of green as he should be. example A very nice signed, Shinto Yari in shirasaya. Mei reads - Takada Oite No NoriYuki A Bungo smith, probably 4th generation Noriyuki, worked around 1688. (Hawley's - NOR 456 - 15 points) 3 sided yari with hi. Complete package with copper habaki and honoki shirasaya mekugi-ana. Nagasa is approximately 10". Suriage nakago. Hamon appears to be suguha. THIS IS A GREAT OLD PIECE,, COMES STRAIGHT OUT OF MY GRANDFATHERS COLLECTION..GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS** I do see the yari is jumpin up quick, at least hes doing five days now

Darren you'll find more than a few mates from your homeland here, have already found your two post very enjoyable and respect your Sensei teachings with a smile.

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