Stephen

Aoi: Shape : A hira-zukuri tanto.

good for splitting hairs

not bad as long as your wanting a Tanto

i was wondering what T/T payment means

bank wire?

Receipt of money is T/T remittance only

looks better all the time, Koichi could it be Norimitsu?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Important-Japanese- ... dZViewItem

will it go as high as the other?

anyone seen the pix of the sword or armour from any websites. this guys one pix sales stink.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZtianheined

I was wondering if its done on the whiting of the kissaki mune is that a togi's nagashi? see Kantei time hi res pix.

Looks like Mike steped in while i was posting

Thanks Mike

with the added shots now i see a ww2 gunto a full shot of the nakago might help.

you might want to post some more pix from what i have seen so far it looks like a repo. sorry

I could trust to verify authenticity?

One in the Twin cities Andy Qurit, Fred Wiessberg or( Hagiyama )of NCJSC, he runs SF Token kai, and a few others can give you there take on it,but to Verify authenticity it needs to go to shinsa. look in the links for NBTHK.

Ok last post from me on this wanted another pix that removes the zigzag Brian was talking about...not the full image but reduced for you guys with dial up.

now she can be put to rest until late this year when Shinsa is done.

yea you only get that when its reduced to 1280 pix its not there in HiRes. hard to get the true color when using a strob flash...see above pix for the nice black patina. its going off for July Shinsa (NBTHK), im like Peter on this Naotane den. maybe wrong and older hope so.

Some added photos for you all to look at.

a local photogapher and I spent a hour on these. hope you like them.

and for high Res shot, worth the down loadtime.

http://www.members.aol.com/h2obro1/OtantoHiRes

quietly asked me if this thread is still Tosogu-related

was it ever?

Is the sword worth a full restoration?

but like all that have came before me, it needs so be in hand by the likes of Bob Benson or Big Mo, you got the links above in links page and the one i posted.

heres a horii is it the same as yours?

http://home.earthlink.net/~ttstein/toshhide.jpg

Anne

I did not know you were considering full restoration...if so id go here

http://www.bushidojapaneseswords.com/swordpolish.htm

he also could get it papered for you but that would take the total to well over 4000.00

and yes for each page opend in Nihonto means ten more have to come.

Ford when your right your right but pull out your tape measure to 2.8, have to think the sori is deeper. zori about not reading it closer.

the maintenance box is the best deal, you'll have your Uchiko ball and hammer to remove the peg, To take the wood box and find a quite place in the home is very calming to spend time with the sword, to hold it out from you, study the sugata, power it to remove old oil, then add new. its kinda Zen like if you get your mind into it.

Anne

to my eye the sori is deeper than one inch. in your new pix (sword sori) if you place the yard stick on top instead of under it(next to the cutting edge) from tip to munemachi then measure from the deepest point between the two. id think it would be closer to two inches.

To care for it a uchiko-ing and oil once a month would be fine, i'd get a hold of David McDonald and ask what it would be for a rewrapped and if he wants the blade. I know he has wood or steel nakago's he uses to wrap the tsuka, anyway he'll let you know. why it was unwrapped is hard to say. i've seen ppl do that to take the handle off not knowing it just needed the peg removed.

btw the two new boshi shots fan freakingtastic. boshi may be flame or kaen. I also like the shot of the blade sans every thing just a beaut.

one other note NEVER clove oil from the drugist, it will and have seen turn steel blue/purple.

even though there not shaped like traditional hashi im sure thats what they represent.

Was hoping the heavy hitters would chime in Darcy, Guido, Rinehard, & Ted T. How about it guys? its not my sword so you can let the owner know what you think he has, im pretty sure it will go to shinsa as he mulling it over now. So who will be first and if you'd like diff pix let me know.

Thanks Nigel i cant wait to see it.

Rick you got it down, here is a pix from Hawley showing the style of dragon with ken but its right on as to which you point out.

Anne here are some pix to help out with the new words in your life

first is the sori or zori measure, the deepest point of the line from the kissaki to munemachi. (from John Yumoto's The Samurai Sword)

Basic Hamons (from The Connoisseur's book of Japanese swords)

also types of hada (grain pattern) so you can look to see what you have.

(from Johns)

not to start anything a light coat of oil on the nakago(i use choji from Lohman) keeps the red rust (bad rust) away and lets the dark patina do its job (good rust). hope this dont start alot of