Stephen
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Mackstar need we say more.
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other sword for sale http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Japanese-sword-k ... dZViewItem
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Akihide Sloughs page 17
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'M' 'I' 'C'
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please do, let the togi do his magic, cant wait to see the results.
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DONT STEAM YOUR SWORD!!!
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http://militaria.co.za/nihontomessagebo ... 059be069e2
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was my first post on the new board, Opps works wonders.
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looks like I should have done the Packing Nihonto 101 post I wanted to do in June, I agree with BR the packing was circumstance to the bending of the tip and such bears the burden of repair. My take for what its worth.
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carried away, it could be as sinister as this > http://shaolinblackdragon.com/ or from a GI from the south http://www.ku-klux-klan.org/oursymbol.html I doubt its anything, well see what Ohmura says.
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http://home.earthlink.net/~ttstein/yoshnao3.jpg
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four box's with red X's
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I went tru all my photos and scans and could not find it, one good thing if you ever do have a full polish and if any gendaito demands it the Emura does, that will go away, or maybe you dont want it to if it turns out to be something with some history to it. which side is it on? just plane wild
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mostly good news, the full sig. with no stamp, may have been one of his better swords, maybe at his own forge, hard to tell unless its in good polish and you can see a lot of activity, this is from Slough's book a must have for gunto.
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have a seki or showa stamp?
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http://home.earthlink.net/~ttstein/kaneuji3.jpg good ol trusty JSE
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maybe this will get you started, four kanji up from the bottom is Kane,
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tell from the pixs are you sure the metal is inlay? to me it just looks like different patina, probably wrong just from my POV
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dont give up yet, your a third of the way there...first Kanji (used alot in mino seki blades) and second are in John Yumoto's book. take your time the feeling is great when you look up the first reading. have fun
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is always a good place to check on gunto's http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/teruhide.htm I know Rich S. collects Teruhide's but he is not responding to Email at the time. Speedy recovery Rich.
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I was luckly when i started leaning about Nihonto, besides Afu sama Osensei Condell , Dr. Rich S was always there with kind words and understanding of a newbie....Gods Speed my friend!
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Carlo this was in a previous letter from Doug also I would like to include a photo of the papers along with the blade in the book.. Ill be sure to update as it unfolds, in the next few months
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This just in from the SJSC meeting, some of Keiths tantos together thanks to Anthony Goldby....and the SJSC Hi Stephen, Here are the pics.... The tanto on the top are unfinished swords that Keith was working on .....one is a osoraku tanto, and the other is a hira-zukuri tanto....both are unfinished and untempered.....the katana is by miyairi akihira. Douglas If any of you are going to the SFTK be sure to stop at Todd Price's table to get a closer look at these items. S
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A couple of decent things on eBay for a change...
Stephen replied to a topic in Auctions and Online Sales or Sellers
them finds. WTG for the currency challenged Quid is a pound 30.00 GBP = 61.4288 USD United Kingdom Pounds United States Dollars 1 GBP = 2.04763 USD 1 USD = 0.488370 GBP -
Anything worth looking up in Vietnam ?
Stephen replied to Stephen V's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
a few different memories of BetNAM, wonder if that one girl is still waiting for me to come back .....uh er....with my Nihonto?
