Stephen

You were just wanting to know about the nakago red rust were you not...on the blade is a different story

this link> http://www.nihontokanjipages.com/fake_j ... words.html

a closer look to tell, to far for my ol eyes

is not opening for me anyone else??

debate, red rust is bad rust needs to be stoped. a light oiling will do. alot of swords dug up here in the USA have it do to vet not knowing how to store swords, save a sword save the world, stop red rust.

1522 there abouts the rest of the story http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

that would take him going to ebay and saying it was never paid for alot of red tape to stop the charges

to check his other auction but be prepared for a masive letdown. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Anticlimax_W0QQit ... dZViewItem

is that you..if so welcome back or reborn ..or what ever, good to have your 2cents anytime, after the suspense please sign with your name in part per the rules.

doing a search for Umbari came across this ,,,,keep you eyes open, hope we can help Kurt. http://www.trocadero.com/kurtholz/items ... store.html

what are you using for reference to come to that conclusion.

i think yur getting alot of board members turning green...love that masame jihada

Im sure this belongs to Curran, some nice higo fittings, sound Akasaka tsuba and a wak thats begging for a polish, could be a dimond in the ruff. have a look :D http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnycurranQQhtZ-1

i had to reduce the first shot to get the sugata to fit. here are two more....with the set of three peaks through out the hamon id go with mino

J it may be koto but my track record is not to good at the moment lets see what Jean says. :lol:

from doc Stiens site Shinto: Momoyama through early Edo The unification of Japan brought 250 years of relative peace. This together with the change is style of wearing tachi and tanto to the wearing of katana and uchikatana (wakizashi) meant there was little call for the forging of tanto. The few that were made during the Momoyama period were copies of Nambokucho and Kamakura era works. In the Edo period, hamon become more flamboyant with billowing notare and bead-like gunome. Shapes tend to be long and slender with slight sori. Shin-shinto: Late Edo Still few tanto made - but more than in Shinto. Many copies of classic Kamakura, Nambokucho and Koto blades led by the influence of Suishinshi Masahide. i think im going with shinshin to...really a very nice tanto ...i may be wrong so dont hold it to me. I real kepper none the less. I would think papers are in order if he can.

a update I have had a nice long talk with a Todd Price who btw works under the name Nobutusgu and was a student of Keith Austin, he is quite confidant of the mei of Nobuyoshi being Keith's. He at his forge now and will post a line or two when he gets back to his house. This also in a letter from Douglas Louie Pre's of the SJSC with the fallowing pix ...the letter in part> Hello Stephen, Yes, I have been in contact with Todd and Wayne and we have been discussing this in detail.... We all believe that based on the pictures, this could be the work of Keith Austin, however this was done earlier when he was working with Takahashi Sadatsugu, just before Takahashi became ill. Keith signed Nobuyoshi at this time......Keith then went to finish off his apprenticeship with Miyairi Akihira and his name was changed to Nobuhira. Again this is all based on the pictures, and not actual in-hand study.... Keith completed his apprenticeship and obtained his sword smiths license in 1971. Though the style of this tanto is different that we we have seen in most of his existing work, we are in agree that this maybe due to the style he was taught from Takahashi.....vs. what style he was taught by Miyairi...... We are still very interested in getting some high quality pictures of the tanto if possible. We would like to study the tanto as much as we can.... Does the owner have any other information on this tanto, other papers, where he obtained the tanto from, other provenance? For most of Keith's blades we have currently, most were obtained directly from Keith...so any information on this tanto would be greatly appreciated. Also, if you would, please forward to the owner, our request to get their permission to possibly include this tanto in the book our club is doing on Keith "Nobuhira" Austin. Greatly appreciated!!! Thanks again Stephen!!! Douglas Louie, President Sacramento Japanese Sword Club< Anthony's Nobuyoshi will be photographed next wed. and after approval from Tony ill post a pix here. Once more we have this board along with Moriyama-sama to thank for bringing this information to light. Job well done Koichi san Stay tuned more to come. Three pieces of Nobuhira's latest works (two tanto and 1 wakizashi)

glad it makes you so happy Milt

500,000.00 JPY Japan Yen = 4,115.37 USD United States Dollars seems to be a good buy for a shinsakuto

50 ten thousand yen ...right ....i must be wrong here, this blade for 4k pluse change???? :? :? or am i missing a zero http://www.meitoukai.com/hidehisa.html

coming to the Minneapolis show??? need professional photos of the Nobuhira for SJSC publication on Keith Austin. You would be paid for your time. Please contact me at h2obro1@aol.com

Tanto arived, two scans for your records....very nice work....your blessed Tony

be i said it all :lol:

Iowa get one???

no Milt not Lo Mein...are not that uncommon, here's one close to what's posted http://home.earthlink.net/~ttstein/emura2.jpg