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  1. Stephen
    Hawleys has a few Toshishige mostly working for the Minamoto clan, mid 1600's to early 1700's
  2. Stephen
    that's a mouth full right there John. The western mind thinks so much different than the east, where as in the West we see things as being build, constructed put together. The East as I see it, see things unfold, evolve, open up like nature. This could be very interesting thread and the thank Reinhard for bringing it up. Please lets not go down the road of "What is Art?".
  3. Stephen
    not sure if its the w stamp, pic are small
  4. Stephen
    you might try here http://forums.swordforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=146
  5. Stephen
    any news on the show, how it went?, east coast snow a problem? word on someone else picking it up? Pix please if any esp if its the last one.
  6. Stephen
    think we need to change Nobody to 探偵 , hope i have the right kanji...once more fantastic work Koichi san.
  7. Stephen
    As Dr B stated before, to each his own. I know there's a Japanese word for it when a composition comes together, in the culinary world its umami, this vision lacks it in use of drift wood or worm wood to my eye as it takes away from the metal art, I'm glad so many enjoy.
  8. Stephen
    http://www.zu-ben.com/zuben/swords.htm his swords look like the one in question. Eric I see from your link he has also met with Gassan Sadatoshi
  9. Stephen
    Carlo I understand your point of view, and it wouldn't have to be the saya I suggested. I have had worm holes /tracks on walking stick and none that large, I'm sure there different size worms but smaller ones on this saya might have not taken away from the tosogu.
  10. Stephen
    IMO yes without a doubt, with the chance of this blade being important id go with a top togi...maybe in Nippon. Perhaps a shinsa first to get a feeling on the mei.
  11. Stephen
    how big of a foopa would it be to remove the wood saya and have a new one mounted with the fittings....something like black stone finish...all the worm wood takes away from the brilliance of the metal work IMHO
  12. Stephen
    last few really dont show much in out of state polish. Hamachi is in good shape so not overly polished.
  13. Stephen
    more to come fittings looks like it was added to by someone other than Japanese
  14. Stephen
    No zip files? twelve individual letters Oh Vey!...lol ok here we go
  15. Stephen
    Peter click on the file highlight, remember sometime back...we had a thread on keyhole mekugiana. anyone?
  16. Stephen
    well my last post was a bit tongue in cheek, this is a response from the seller, fishing for info on the blade. He does have some items im sure he bought in Japan, and many that are cast repo's....here's what he said.
  17. Stephen
    T if all else fails you can email them to me and ill post them. reduce, crop and they should post.
  18. Stephen
    im thinking the sword was made in Nippon. Maybe Osaka
  19. Stephen
    ive know Ed for years, hes a good guy and like Mark said he dont want to hassle with mailing that many swords. Me i have the time but not close enough or with the bucks.
  20. Stephen
    No, i think its the third down on the right of the pix from F&G. its on page 63 i think, id do not have the book anymore to tell you what it says about it sorry.
  21. Stephen
    wonderful thanks for sharing, how about a snow blower trade?
  22. Stephen
    http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/military.htm id rival this as the best, depends i guess on who was putting up the info first. like i posted over on the other board, id think its the one in F&G
  23. Stephen
    very nice mark, if its back on the market let me know. VA go to drop me something soon so ill be in the buying mode, i pray.
  24. Stephen
    more than a few, seen a Sukesada in cherry bark that was a killer!
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