Stephen

Yes it is i was on the run this morning...wish the english page showed up on items.

has anyone seen this type of blade ...with the hi on the bottom next to the ha. strange yes? :?

Thats just plane ugly. was the rest of the sword in fair condition?

The only reasion i can see for it being done this way, as no togi would do that, is that a GI coming home was told to cut off the name...who knows for sure... im having it finished off with my togi now. here is another shot of the bellowing choji hamon which i think is Bizen well see after polish.

great gift, you can scan the tang of the sword also, its sometimes better to put a blank sheet of colored paper over what your scaning ...dif colors will give a dif hue...do you have any kind of photo shop ? it helps to crop as well. looking forward to more pix...

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