Stephen

http://search.freefind.com/servlet/free ... y=mitsuoki I dont have time to search all these, heres a link fwiw, hope it helps.

Its all in how you read it, Like I said and many new guys here will tell you, I've been here to help the newbie, when others more advanced pass the post by. If you take time to know what you have you'd understand its taken years for us to learn, you want it overnight for your sale, its just the lack of respect when I try to give some info and not paid attention too. Eric I was not attacking anyone, from day one we have asked Todd to take a breath and do some research, like I said if you think I'm the hard ass you liken me too, well you don't know me. Yep the world does not put Nihonto first, but here we do. I hold no ill will to you or Todd, your just being combative to side with Todd. No one has made a offer out of respect for you not knowing what you have, here we don't just post a pic and expect a offer, we have a thread for sale items, but some research to what you have is expected. I think from what you have posted and been told no one has said " people don't like to be asked questions and learned" more than a few have helped have they not? I do think it would go along way to pull the f/k auctions and pair them up. then it would show us you have some respect for what we have gone to at length to help. Ill let the Mods do what they want with this, if you have a question ill still help but ill say no more on the board about this.

yes we do. Todd is here for one reasion, its not to learn it to get info oh what he has so he can sell it. Ive always helped he new guy and still will, what he does with the info is up to him. Can tell from your post your new to Nihonto welcome to the wonderful crazy world, put in twenty + years in the field and come back and tell us that its ok because of Grams to split up items that need to stay togheter for the sake of the art. Todd has a calivalire attuide about us, and more or less told me "oh you crazy ol experts" i dont see much respect in his attaude tword the field of Nihonto...just needs values and what items are. We have some high level collectors here, if he was to post them in the for sale sec and was offerd a low ball, then asked us what we thought of the offer,he get alot of its worth much more than that or go for it. Ebay is fast cash and its coming in quick....it will end some day and if he learns that hey i could a got 350 insted of 222...it might come around to him....maybe not. sorry no edit off too the work out....excuse any Sp errors

Did you take time to read the link i put up?

we have given info on this sword viewtopic.php?f=15&t=6719 know you dont care but for what its worth, the three day auctions are costing Grams money.

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/unji.htm

The tsuba for sale need the hole for the sword edge up. and more pix of the sides

ESTCRH please sign off with your name per sign up rules. easy to do in your profile so you dont have to type it each time.

Dr B i think the links are good now, thanks, and yes i think the last set you showed do go with one of the fuchi... i also hope they go to the same house.

Todd in your rush to sell your spliting up sets. At least in my eye your are, what do the rest of you think. first set of fuchi http://cgi.ebay.com/5-Japanese-FUCHI-AL ... 3efc921c8c two iron kashira's (lot of ppl like iron and as a set may go for more). http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-Japanese-KA ... 3efc91fe71 http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-Japanese-KA ... 3efc920c7e i think the top right fuchi goes with the shishi dog/lion. and the far left with fan goes with the two fig fuchi...does anyones else see it like that? edit to correct links

http://www.owazamono.com/Home.html Id check with Eric at the above address, i think he has someone in that area. Tell him Stephen sent you.

Id contat Christies for the sword collection.

think they were/are both from Guntos. yes hes dumping a few at a time for short auctions 3 days. he drops word here and we go rushing to his seller list. is there something wrong with this picture?

Doug your in luck he put up another pair http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26otn%3D4

Peter when i first viewed the sword i also thought new sword, in last ten or twenty years. someone posted this pix before, not sure which was the shoshin or if there all gimei. the sword its self looks worth the starting price, just remove the mei?

sometimes you feel like a nut sometimes you dont. not you, its from old comm on TV

http://shop.ebay.com/rollinon20s/m.html ... ksid=p4340

maybe fix the pix so one doesn't have to go into the next room to read it all. Doug e miss Giant Rock area near your neck of the woods or should say cactus, is that area still accessible or did the military close it down? Would like to get back there before I go.

Great story, with the provenance to me it only reinforces the fact that it needs to be restored, Id have David McDonald rebuild the tsuka and wrap, then think about a polish later.

and from his seller list and completed list some are being sold twice??? http://completed.shop.ebay.com/rollinon ... 283&_rdc=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :MEBIDX:IT you have a few hours to buy it!

perhaps this http://home.earthlink.net/~ttstein/kanesada.jpg

great pix! do you mind if i post this on another board?

sent you a PM about this, you can use just about any kind of bone, dear antler, piano ivory, ect.

we had a long post about that type of kozuka, think with better photos someone, most likly Nobody will dig it up. Todd maybe invest in a better camera. detail needs to be seen fittings