Ken-Hawaii
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Very nice, Jeremiah. Yours?
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This is university-level response!
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Temperature and Humidity
Ken-Hawaii replied to Michaelr's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
You're right, JP, & that's strange. Let me try again: https://www.collectioncare.org/relative-humidity-and-temperature -
Temperature and Humidity
Ken-Hawaii replied to Michaelr's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
Nice collection & layout, Michael. And very good of you to care for your elderly mother. This article may make you feel better, https://www.collectioncare.org/relative-humidity-and-temperature but you should be checking your blades on a regular basis, more-frequently than you do now. -
Interesting. Thanks, Chris.
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Yes, not exactly solid steel, are they? My wife's grandmother's china is too frangible, as I've proven too many times!
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Not getting that link to work, Darrel. Went directly to asmolean.org, & typed "tsuba," but got a Your search yielded no resultsmessage.
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Yes, kaeri is the term for hamon turnback in the boshi. The illumination is too high to see many details, Stef. Can you post a shot or two of the completely-bare blade?
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Excellent work, indeed, Artur!
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One of the members of my sword club has a vertical display for 5 or 6 naginata, that was very custom-made, Stef. It's shaped sort of like a yin-yang symbol, with half of it swinging away to allow removal, & back together to lock. He's pretty old (90+), & hasn't shown up at a meeting in awhile, but I'll see if I can arrange for a photo or three, & will pass it on to Steve, too.
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Got here a day late, & no sign of the tsuba....
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Stef, Grev's book on tsuba schools, "The Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Tsuba collection," is an excellent reference. It's available at http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/greville-cooke/the-birmingham-museum-art-gallery-tsuba-collection-v2/ebook/product-23333008.html There are also quite a number of useful (& free) references, right here at http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/forum/17-articles/
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Nicely carved, & good photo. Please sign with your first name, per Brian's rules.
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What kind of a statement are they expecting your friend to make?
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That's a great idea, Barry, & I'll bring it up at our next sword club meeting. You might add a habaki in restoration. Was there any consensus on the 5 blades? Did any agree with you?
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Jumanji Yari - Kunishige or Kunihiro
Ken-Hawaii replied to Rollingthunder's topic in Other Japanese Arts
That's certainly true, Steve. I tried to find someone to polish mine, but gave up after a couple of years. Too many edges! -
Oh, I named one of mine, but it demands privacy.
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Jumanji Yari - Kunishige or Kunihiro
Ken-Hawaii replied to Rollingthunder's topic in Other Japanese Arts
If you're buying on "value," then you probably made the right decision to return it. -
Excellent source, but wrong axis. Calculate it from the ha to mune, not sideways.
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James, think about why I-beams are used in construction, instead of plain old steel bars.
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Chuck, the standard method for determinaing jidai is to look at the completely bare blade's sugata. So, looking at your seventh photo, it looks to be Muromachi.
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Actually, the bo-hi is intended to strengthen & stiffen the blade. Being an engineer, I had to prove that to myself, so I created an AutoCAD 3D model of a blade, & ran what's called a Finite Element Analysis (FEA). I don't recall the exact increase in stiffening after a dozen years, but it was around 70%.
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There is a member of my sword club who is going through the same problem. I've heard him complain for at least two years, so it's not just you.
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EXcellent article, thanks.
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Excellent work, Artur!
