Stephen

Thats intersting as i just sent a sword for poish that had a snipped nakago...did the one at the show have some gaku left on? my theory of why mine was cut was that some GI was told to remove the mei like many of the mums were on the rifles that were brought back. I cant wait to see what the NBTHK has to say about it. here are a few pix ...was the end of that one finished off? or left ruff like this?

Still be wary as museums are known for not having there ducks in a row. post pix if the mei is close then well go from there.

stick but here it is

Here are the pix you sent ...they went to my spam folder...i croped most and left out all the ones that are blurry and repetes. Nice Tsuba to my tastes. Belive its a old shinto blade high shinogi ...or ridge line...I have all my books pack and im on my way to a gun show...someone should be able to do a pelemanary kantia from the full shot of the sugata...blade shape. Im of time check back in the AM

here is the link....must of been n a hurry. Sorry http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm

do you think the kesho polilsh is hiding something the blade has been mounted what four times did that bring up red flags?

when you buy a sword. Now that the auction isover whats your take on this blade. Sure its gimei but is that what holds you back from buying a other wise nice wak in full polish. the price of the polish is the price of the sword. It should have given many hours of pleasure studying this. of course i did not want to stick my neck out any farther :lol: but thought more would have been there at the end. So the question is Do you buy a sword just because its shoshin? what do you think it would have come in as if the mei was removed and resubmitted for shinsa? Just curious http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 920342&id=

Hayri we have more than a few UK members maybe one can step up and see if your in the same local. This link is one of the more informative web sites. feel free to ask me any question at H2obro1@aol.com

Brian...i read this as only someone tugging someones leg. this has to be a joke....fess up MILT!! :lol:

some big cheese can move this thread to GD

He is a big name so you want to be very careful

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/care/handling.htm

First off a one or two basics of what not to do, Never hold the blade with bare fingers, oils and acids in finger prints cause long turn damage your blade is out of polish and it not going to do much harm now but be sure to wipe off any prints and take care not to place the tip on anything even carpet, the damage to the tip is hard to reverse. It looks to me a interesting find, the Tsuba and tsuka look old and it may hold a even older blade. Next step is to remove the Tsuka ..it has a small wooden peg after drifting it out the handle should slide off to show us the nakago then we can go from there when you post more pix of the mei.

check your PM

but heres a tsuba with the crossed feathers http://cgi.ebay.com/9117-JP-SWORD-Iron- ... dZViewItem

is on point with this...i have heard the same story.

work...its from ToShow

it looks great nice sori

Seki Ju Ikeda Kanenori saku FYI

Lots of fun mate ... you have alot of tme on your hands huh... :D

Hawley 1950 kanji 1265 2625 I hope this help you narrow it down in the Meikan Seki ju ( ) da Kanenori saku....Thanks

doing a Military show this weekend someone brought in a Kanenori, strange nori looks like a tada on the bottem right part of the kanji..forgot to write down the Hawley number and the book is at the show...full mei is Seki Ju (blank) da Kanenori saku...would anyone fill in the blank please ,what was interesting about it was it had gunome for about six inches then goes falt line suguha the rest of the way up to the Kissaki ....has a gunto feel but may be older Ill keep looking, i dont find anything in ToShow. ... thanks in advance

be very carefull and check with the board be fore you go over board. It takes a keen eye to work thier auctions, ask any questions, none are dumb when starting out. Good luck.

You have alot of Nihonto frindly folks here that are willing to help. Id be gald to if you want to emal me some pix.

I was leaning with Ha maybe Hacho... 神は賛美する...with the far left kanji being added later as the strokes do look the same as the upside down T...anyway pix i asked for were posted on the auction site with out the shot down the mune or closeup of the buffed area....so im off this one bid away if you like. Something does not feel right about this. If one wants to see the link email me and ill forward it.