Stephen

well here goes another thread deleted or locked. If these conditions were poited out in the first place the buyer would not have to had this problem.

you have one photo of the full tsuba sideways on the back side, howabout the front with the ana up?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3D1&_rdc=1

God bless ya Enry, if i was only fluid to use the new site. I will be sure to direct others.

always wanted to make one, maybe if i can dig up some treasure ill be there, I have heard some very big names in the nihonto world make the show as it does bring out the swords that have been hiding in the woodwork.

LOL ya sure get around Fritz, and your still posting the mei upside down afte i went to the trouble to paste it right side up http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/ ... p?t=339049

pine tree sap?

Hi Dan If you contact Professor Peter Bleed at University of Nebraska I'm sure he can assist. I can PM you his email if you like. Any chance to see some photos of said collection?

LOL yes Milt still shows his battle scars each time they sit down for a brew or two, by rolling up his sleeves and showing what happens when you low crawl for fifteen yards. He was also known as head honcho(Merry Prankster) in the squad that took sword show members head shots and placed them on Desert Storm pilfers and looters, not to reflect his political leaning he can be found on the far right.

i think you can find him better here.

Yes

one other option is he made more that one like that and signed the best one

it should be for a very good price, you do see the kizu yes?

http://www.aoi-art.com/sword/wakizashi/ ... 8701-1.jpg for a better overall on how sad it was

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 26_fvi%3D1 the color is from some dingdong grinding the nakago to fit the tsuka, must have been a broken blade.

Drugs? what drugs officer?

Jim I and I'm sure others would like to see the complete koshirae, btw some very good photo work is done here, some background shadow on the kissaki that thru us off path a bit but well done in the photo dept. I have a gut felling that it was done my a modern knife maker, don't think its old, one of the more interesting threads of late, hope you keep us updated. I think Brian has you in the right direction. it brings to mind a old Ken Kesey quote. " The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer -- they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer."

not fake

more pix are in order, full nakago and sugata of the blade, kissaki looks good.

any updates on how the show went? Pix to share?

agree that the nakago looks buggered, looks the same on top and bottom but not in the middle,dont think this was some great find.

i think the hole cuts off a kuni so it would be rai kuni...last kanji ill have to work on it. turned the pix rightway up some tweeking maybe Kunitsugu?

http://www.aoi-art.com/sword/katana/ima ... shirae.jpg Steve the sword in ? does have fittings one just needs to click on koshirae, Tsurata san does come down on his prices as well. You should be able to find one in his shop. please share when it gets home to you in a few weeks.

did a search for kote some may like this link, be sure to check all other pix of kote http://www.likemybody.com/hot-picture/k/kote.htm