raaay
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The lanes .
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"Japanese Gunto" currently at 400 dollars
raaay replied to John C's topic in Auctions and Online Sales or Sellers
Sorry but IMHO it's a Chinese copy tyring to be Japanese , -
Piers , is it for pulling through and cleaning residue from your gun barrel's ??
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Gwyn, take your brass mekugi hammer or a brass house key gently touch the cutting edge in various spots if it bites into the brass there is a temper if it slides off with know resitance it has lost it's tempered edge or it never had one ?
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Colin ,Steve , many thanks for the reply , silly me added the date up wrong i added the day and month on the Meji date ! for some reason Colin i looked in Hawley's and could not see it , a trip to get my eyes tested soon is in order. thanks again ,
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Coilin , yes i have , what a ?
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I have miss placed my note book with the full translation for this Shin-Shinto sword . I think i have the date correct ! and part of the Mei , I would appreciate if someone could confirm if correct and complete the translation please. Date - Meji - 1876 ! Mei -Hitachi - - - - - Masayuki
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Sten , politely you need to clean off the oil on your blade if you want some comments back, all you see is oil residue all over the surface of the blade .
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Sten , i have used Paul's video and it works really well, you will be surprised how good the paper saya works , good luck .
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lets hope he does a better job second time around !!
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Sorry but IMHO, a poor attempt at a re-wrap of the Tsuka .
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Oliver , the defects that have been mentioned ! i think refers to it looks like it has been over polished and in some shots you can see what maybe core steel showing through ??
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50 swords in UK auction…..OMG!!
raaay replied to Matsunoki's topic in Auctions and Online Sales or Sellers
Hi Colin , I was sure you would spot these and give them an mention here Yes a lot of the tangs look artificially aged , -
Don't know if this is 19th century samurai sword
raaay replied to Vampyres's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
they look like the Spanish reproduction swords, that you seen in the tourist shops in Spain many years ago !! -
Sorry , but if it is listed at the Lanes Armourer ! there will be no bargains IMHO .
