Stephen

and it too lacked nie and nioi

as does the third pix down, it looks like a (made somewhere else) repo imho

the link to Rich S site,

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

remember it now but did not think it looked the same, maybe with some closer pix.

agree with Dr. B looks like a stamp, think more photos are in order, maybe a light bone rubbing to bring out the stamp. blade does look to have some nice activity, interesting.

Well be looking forward to new pix when it arrives John, something kicking around it the head about how many claws as to what type of Dragon it represents. hope it makes it there before you ship out.

thanks for the laugh Dr B

if your local id take a sword any way, showing up is half way there, could be a opening or two for no shows.

and that should about wrap it up on these two blades, it would serve us better to talk about Peters Omi no Kami than belabor the point of these two. any one second the motion?

or would that be shosho?

did a side by side on the mei looks close until the fuji comes then its to dark....could be the same guy.

peter perhaps Tsuguhiro

attached is the mei off my wak, and a shot of the window i had done a few years back.

hope this helps

So there you have it Simon, no need to go, take a break have a good stiff drink, and let all this rubbish roll off you shouldres, every board has em but hate to see ya go over such small thing in life. If you have to for being here. Your a great bloke...is that sp right?

Oh to play with the big boys, ill take the two tanto Sword Gods

first one looks koto last gunto civ mounts you did ok no sweat GI

lets not jump to chinese unless we see much more of the blade and fittings.

Welcome Eric

dont worry about being a newbie we all were at one time, pix we need to see are kissaki, full shot of the blade with out saya or tsuka ,habaki, and nakago to start with.

for iaido, swordmanship, for practice.

at 4800.00 a bit steap imho, check Larrys list or hageyama's consignment page that i posted swords for sale.

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3034

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3025

be sure to tell them Stephen sent you.

good luck

pretty much, after asking for advice you went ahead and did the Iodine???

Nakamura sama

when i click on the link i get ad in Yahoo, please post some pix.

Lol some good ones Doc,

one recent one

can you tell me what my new piece is worth,

bought it from a respectable dealer of 30 years but want to know if I took him or he took me.

the date

you should give it a go, starts with showa

I heard from Fred, i think the NMB price is more than fair.

I'll second what Gray said, Mark will take care of you, one other thing id set the goal a bit higher, time payments will net you a better blade youll fell better about it a few months down the line. My guess your in your twentys you have plenty of time as youll find out later. :D

if your not joking yes, but Fred is a nice guy so give it a shot, it cant hurt

with the prospect of a new career opening up in my life I took some time this morning for trolling for sword prices, as I'm still counting my chickens before they hatch, ill pass what I think is a good deal esp for the newbie who wants to get into a nice sword at a reasonable price. in fact being its on consign id like to think a offer of 2500.00 may get the price down even lower.

Tell Hageyama Stephen sent you,(if he says who's that then you know I've been out of the loop to long ) anyway have a look if you care too.

http://www.nihonto.com/9.1.07.html