Stephen
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I'm not worried about the tassel GIs did a lot of strange things to them. Read up on how to remove the peg that holds the tsuka/ handel on. We'll walk you through it.
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Grandma used to always say "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all"
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When I was mailing packages and swords I used this, balancing the middle of it and it was only an ounce or less difference a the post office when they put on her scale
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Above Brian T. and T. BUCK both good recommendations look in the index for McDonald out of Mountain iron I know nothing of the first. http://www.montanairon.com/swords.html Looked for you
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Yes drawn from the fact they needed to function in cold weather.
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Thank you
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Congrats great looking sword now I got to go look at the other post if I can find it see the full mei
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Would you knowingly buy a gimei blade?
Stephen replied to a topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
There we are then -
Very crazy I I bet that sellers going what the holy hell
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Hour to go 2,9 my guess over 4
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Major sinus problems, waiting till I can actually read to check it out thank you Malcolm
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Let's see first I'll have to send to John T for shirasaya, then to Bobby in Nippon for high rank polish n new shirasaya witn sayagaki. Then off for Origami. I'll get back in about three years....wait will I be alive then ??? Better think this over....
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KANEKADO (兼門), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Kanekado” (兼門), real name Yoshida Tokuichi (吉田徳一), born March 29th 1906, he worked as a guntō smith and died September 6th 1969, student of Kurihara Kaneaki (栗原兼明), ryōkō no jōi (Akihide), Fifth Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀展覧会, 1941
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Okay I misunderstood you said and now the year I thought you were going to show the other side that had a date. It has showa stamp so in the 40s
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Have you posted the other side?
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Funny I just brought Chris's thread back to life in Shigetsugu thread.
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https://www.Japanese...m/oshigata/index.htm
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Id check Japanese swords index Proper orientation
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Oh dang I've been outbid...lol
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Would you knowingly buy a gimei blade?
Stephen replied to a topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
Sorry to be long-winded about it but "yes" -
Chris has a nice post about the forge https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/27315-forging-at-the-toyama-ground/
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And it's related to Black Dragon Society...Cha-ching Cha-ching! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tōyama_Mitsuru
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tōyama_Mitsuru# So it is Black Dragon Society related.
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Sorry I thought it loaded my bad
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I have hard enough time on regular kanji let alone script any chance it includes black dragon Society? It's on ebay and posted in sales. @Nobody @SteveM
