Stephen

a few different memories of BetNAM, wonder if that one girl is still waiting for me to come back .....uh er....with my Nihonto?

Let us not forget the origin of NMB: Richard Stein, PhD of the Japanese Sword Index, thats where it all started.

it came out of a sword cane

Koichi i dropped a K, sorry Charlie i just took it out of Hawley's

Sakaura Gonnoshin Terukane Settsu J 1684 90 Sharp Toran omidre Itame masame nashiji suguba S863

Nice set, i wont try for 0-2, great collection so far.

yuki is as Kore and 之, that was what i was going on id have to dig it out for the look at the toshi, sorry a rush to judgement.

Thanks Ted for stepping in i have a toshiyuki and it looks close....like you said nice fittings, shisa quality i think.

this is about all i can find. not to say its him but its a start Okamoto Tetsugendou Tetsugendou Shouraku is counted as one of the "Kyoto san meikou(three great craftsman of Kyoto)". His name was Genbei and signed Tetsugendou Shouraku and also Toshiyuki. In the prime of manhood, he changed the character of "gen". Tetsugendou was outstanding in technique of tetsu(iron) tsuba and was never second to none. To many people's regret, he died in An'ei 9th.

Toshiyuki,,higo yes i think? they look very nice.

a lot of magnolia wood is used in the states, heard of some others but not good reports.

was that pix a link if so it did not open for me...would love to see a 38K tsuba.

from me, photos can wash out a lot on nakago's, bigger Sukesada name is often gimei ill give you that, if I was bidding id ask around before committing. Ill give it the upper hand as one heck of a sword in gunto mount so that right there is why its at the price it is, the owner who took it to war had some moo la to have all the quality work done. IMHO its worth a few K more for the right military collector and maybe much more if the blade turns up good.

Hi Bill Welcome aboard I was wondering when you'd make your first post, as per or conversations buckle up for the roller coaster ride of your life, Nihonto can take you on a thrilling ride. Feel free to contact me at anytime, there are many members who may speak much more eloquently on Nihonto than I but few more loyal to friends and service to new members and beginners. Enjoy.

you can PM them to me if you like while were waiting for BR to let us know.

views and no one Knows? How about a oshigata of Yoshido...any one....??

You mignt want to read this page over, maybe it can help. http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/origami.htm

This question came up from a NMB member on a Yoshihara Yoshindo that's up for auction on Ebay. Does the Minister of culture dept. check the mei for authentication on modern blades? or do they just register the sword. Some of or Nippon members should be able to help here. Q: What documentation will come with the proving it was made by Master Yoshindo? Thank you, Bill Marsh Jul-11-07 A: We have only the registration paper. we will be able to sned a copy with the sword. We will apply export license to minister of culture. we will have to return the original to the register office. we don't think theier is fake signature of registered modern blade in Japan. Minister of culture department controls number of modern blades in Japan .

Steve, those have and have not's don't add up to much when it comes down to it. Being rich and or connected sometimes leaves one a bit Jaded, honor before bragger is what counts.

what started off as a plea to at least keep the habaki with the blade ..which happend...we all get acerbated.

Max had his tongue firmly planted in his cheek.

he has placed the habaki with the blade.

I dont think it was much more that a wak with the Nakago reshaped, the pluged hole tells alot and the rust looks good for Shinto wak...ive been wrong before but i dont think it was ever a Daito if thats what your getting at.

the blade at Shinto remounted for the D guard, ill work with hisa in Tosho to see if i can find anyting ending in hisa that matches the fisrt kanji.

Yes absolutely