Ken-Hawaii
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Welcome, Stuart. Please be aware that there are far more gimei blades than shoshin, & that each blade should be evaluated on its features, not its mei, if any.
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I'd vote for Tembo.
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Nicely done. I like it a lot.
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Tosogu.org Nanako Article just posted
Ken-Hawaii replied to Curran's topic in Auctions and Online Sales or Sellers
Looks like it's going to be interesting, Curran. Great photos! -
Please follow Brian's rules, & sign all of your posts with your first name, so we know how to address you. Adding it in your Profile signature is the easiest. Welcome to the forum.
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Possible Kagemitsu tachi. Signed and in polish
Ken-Hawaii replied to gustaf's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
Go NTHK first - then you'll have some provenance. -
Could be ubu, in which case, it could be Muromachi uchigatana. Can't tell much about the jigane, but I see both togari & what might be choji-midare hamon, confused by the tobiyaki.
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Nanbokucho, & very nice. Please tell us more, Jiri. Also, since you need to sign all of your posts, just go into your Profile, & add it to the signature.
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That's pretty amazing! Go is lots deeper than chess.
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Photos look good, Paul. Have you started stacking images yet?
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Not inexpensive, but I can see why you chose that artist.
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Powerful? After 1868 or so, did that matter? But it's also unlikely that anyone would deliberately mock them. Does the OP have something that says it's a Tokugawa mon?
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Visiting Aoi Japan - First Nihonto Ever
Ken-Hawaii replied to radicalrad's topic in Auctions and Online Sales or Sellers
Welcome to a fellow iaidoka, Chris. You obviously have some experience in buying blades, albeit for iai & tameshigiri. You might catch a little flak, because NMB is specifically for the preservation of Nihonto, but since we haven't seen your blades. there's not much to say. Personally, I hope you've been buying shinken, rather than anything traditionally made. Welcome to the forum. -
That's very useful info for those of us who don't send blades to shinsa very often, Rivkin. Thanks.
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I watched a local artist paint like that, & I think my jaw dropped the entire time! He wasn't interested in selling, or I'd own it.
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Nihonto activities in New York
Ken-Hawaii replied to TangYi's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
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Looking for a translation of the Dai Token Ichi catalogue
Ken-Hawaii replied to b.hennick's topic in Translation Assistance
I've been on his site a dozen times, but never noticed the older DTI translations. Thanks, Tim! -
New impressive website by Dmitry Pechalov
Ken-Hawaii replied to Brian's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
Really top-notch! -
:clap: Now, all they have to raise is the money to refurbish the Sword Village.
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With deeply-cut items, both lighting & DoF are factors. On the first image, try adding a tiny supplemental light from about 45 degrees to pick up the lower details. I'd give you 8.5/10. Are you using a macro lens or bellows?
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Opinions on this naginata, worth pursuing or not so much?
Ken-Hawaii replied to Tigerinbamboo's topic in Nihonto
Looks like a pretty nice package, Kathleen. Although the blade could use a polish, I would be satisfied with it as-is. -
Too bad you threw it, but looks like enough niku (meat) to be reparable by a polisher.
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That's right. I got the worksheets for all three of mine, with comments (however cryptic) on all of them.
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Oh, it's there. The bottom photo of 6138.jpg shows the hada quite nicely. Pretty good photos, Octaviano.
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Did you make that small tatami mat, Piers? It really shows off the okimono quite exquistely.
