Stephen

the age looks shinshinto to me...but as Brian said they changed them offten, i think your whole set is worthy of restoration, blade et all.

pix did not attach the file may be too large, if you cant reduce send them to me and ill post it. I bought a Kanesada at a local auction with a leather cover that was cracked so removed it, under it I found a nice Buke saya with mother of pearl inlay...it turned out quite nice. Some collectors like it left on but if your keeping it then id remove it, good luck.

think your sword is a Phoney, its still true Nihonto :lol:

Heres your pix, i cut it in half and reduced the size, did you take the photos? If so well done, nice lighting on the top set, i think to help with the kante of this if you were to remove the fittings and show the area under the habaki where the rust on the nakago turns to polish would help us alot.

send the pic to me and ill post it for you.

Manji 10,000

is its lat war Navy, it does not have the extra hanger, don't know if it was lost or came that way. Dr Rich Stein might shed some light on this when he sees the post. I have seen these sell for around 6 to 800 on Ebay, with the late Tsuba and missing seppa it may be less. I may have a buyer for the rifle if you care to PM me.

and thanks for all that have supported me in many ways. Is the bidder Robtaka a NMB member? wonder if there will be any icing n the cake when I get up in the morning. Thanks Ed and others who bumped me back to the top.

is the smith youll have to wait for someone else to give the first name he is a seki smith. showato with the seki stamp.

Just a note to say 24 hours to go, then no more bother. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

Its a freakn letter opener.

Thank you Thank you i have not had a gut busting laugh in many moons it was almost as good as what you young guys do with your wifes and girlfriends. :lol: :D :lol:

A outstanding reference, a must save to file for any Nihontophile

we could use another name besides Steve/Stephen...

and as believable as a lone gunman who shot JFK

some left over saya matter on kissaki not rust.

I was concered after he would not state who he was and he changed his feedback to private, i may have delt with him if the sword does not make reserve.

Moritaka saku

from F&G first book. page 65 Fig 30 ii The Paulownia imperials (kiri) found on flag Officers' naval swords made after 1896, and dipolmatic corps dress swords.

That is the Kiri (Paulownia) its was use by many Imperial households then laters for clans. Later Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi conferred it on their generals for brave and faitful service. check this web site for the mountings. it may take some diging but that half the fun. http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~t-ohmura/gunto_002.htm

http://www.amazon.com/Historical-Geogra ... F8&s=books

nice little starter wak...for the price http://www.aoi-art.com/sword/wakizashi/06169.html

Yes I have decided to give free shipping to Nihonto Message Board members of good standing. I will not ship to China, Japan yes Europe yes South America/Africa yes Downunder yes, as long as shipping and ins is not over one hundred dollars, shipping is free. Only if reserve is met.

I put a bid in on the Hawley book, would you check to see what the other shipping prices are, i can wait for surface, i ask you here because it may help others in the USA if they dont mind the wait.

thought you may get a kick out of it. From a buyer in China bidder name left out. Positive feedback: 97.4% Member since: Sep-12-03 Location: 北京, China Registered on: http://www.ebay.cn Item: Japanese Sword FANTASTIC NAGAMITSU TRUE NIHONTO (330088366278) This message was sent while the listing was active. ////////// is a potential buyer. Dear sir: I want to know if you accept my bidding, and the low price. Wait for your reply,thanks.please not show this message. then this //////// is a potential buyer. I have bought about 26 swords from US, so you do not worry about to ship sword to CHINA. MY meant is that the lowest price you could accept.thanks. heres his feedback Feedback Score: 73 Positive Feedback: 97.4% Members who left a positive: 75 Members who left a negative: 2 All positive feedback received: 105 Recent Ratings: Past Month Past 6 Months Past 12 Months positive 1 24 42 neutral 1 1 1 negative 1 2 2 well it seems he has made his feedback Private Feedback This member, ///////, has decided to make their feedback comments private. Feedback can still be left for this user and the ratings left are shown above in summary format. Learn more about private feedback. I ask him twice to let me know who I was talking with...he had some good feedback but he did not reply. the bad ones were real bad sword could not get into China and sellers getting stuck with shipping and such. id hate to think where the swords went and if to the copy makers. i think now we need to know who this is in case you get a offer from him. What do you think Brian? Should i post hes three names hes had on ebay?