Stephen

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.

Thanks for the Eco lession, lets see two rusty blades sold on ebay that may or may not hold good swords, lets say sale for a grand each ...everyone loves the hunt for buried treasure... a Ujifusa lets hope its shoshin sales at a sword show for 5K, being kind should be more but we dont know the conditon or if its gemei....lets say the tachi is a boysday sword...or maybe a copy but this is 1970 long before ebay and the glut of repos...ill stick with the boys day sword...let put it down on ebay at least 900.00$ 2000 5000 900 total 7900 - 1535 profit 6365.....pricesless.... show me the gun shop!

im sure you can dig one story of the good ol days of finding a find of al finds. :lol:

Stephen, There are a number of confusing points on this one. I can't find it either. I want to say TOMONAGA, but this does not cross check with the Meikan as a possible name. There are not enough vertical strokes, and the right half is missing an internal horizontal stroke. Sorry. Harry I wonder if Nobody can help?

long after were dead and gone and all the koto are no more to be Juyo found, shinto and shinshinto even gendai will make Juyo...IMHO

which sword are you talking about with the buffing...the one i got my eye on??? LOL Btw Budo-to is my ebay bidding ID

which sword are you talking about with the buffing...the one i got my eye on??? LOL

must have been in Gen when i posted. Hai Domo!

its still on ebay so if you dont want to talk about it its cool but any help with the first kanji would be of great help to my gray matter...dont think its aki or tomo...what do you think?

looking in the books this moring for a Kanji that has me puzzled i came across this, what a day it was back in the good ol days of gun shop and farm auctions. I thougt youd all get a kick out of this. the gun shop sales receipt was in a book i bought years ago...dont know how the swords turnd out but them prices!!

Koto do have more value but you have to have one that's not been polished down to nothing to see all the great nuances of Koto...if one has one good sword representing each era id consider him a rich man.

I could of had this at a very fair price but noooo they had to drag it out...now ill have the money next week....such is life. Btw you did quit well good show!

That's why I love the Japanese culture they express thier feelings so well in arts. Hai Domo!

its gone.