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Oni_gaijin

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  1. I'm 6'4 (think around 192 cm) and 125kg (275lb) (oni_gaijin=alien ogre!!!!)it feels pretty right for me when I hold it. :D Never wanted to and never do want to swing it at anything/one. I just think that to work that much steel into something so exact without automation of any kind is utterly amazeballs.
  2. So here is my "Beau Monstre" might get lady Gaga out of your head with a very stout shinshinto tokubetsu wakizashi by Musashi No Kami Minamoto toshishige(for sale in that section) above it, and an also very stout naginata above that and a little gendaito katana below it.(it could be a large boys sword or parade sabre its so light) Sorry i don"t have a "normal" size katana. the last 2/5 images show the Menuki which i believe are tetsubo which i find very appropriate as i can imagine this sword being used as such....even if you do block the strike it probably wouldn't make much difference with that much kinetic energy focused on a hard sharp edge. The tsuba is very understated and plain with what i think are the virtues of bushido written around it on one side and i"m not sure on the other, if anyone wants to have a go be my guest.
  3. I'm a sucker for an Okissaki and a lot of sakihaba, just seems right to me. Very nice gentlemen
  4. Sakihaba is 3.6 cm at the yokote(it does have one) Motohaba is 3.75-3.8 cm motokasane is .85cm sakikasane is .65cm Haven't wieghed it but it is a lot of flawless tamahagane.
  5. Can't believe i left it out
  6. This is my beautiful monster! made by Edo period smith Ashu Sukeyoshi I think that it may be one of the biggest swords in sydney or maybe even australia.....please prove me wrong. Both the blade and the koshirae have NTHK kantiesho origami and it has been suggest that this koshirae was crafted at the same time and is the first and only koshirae fitted to this blade ever. making this a totally authenticated original massive ensemble. The Pride of my collection Enjoy Herman W
  7. Hi everyone thanks for having me. My name is Herman, I'm 35 and live I Sydney Australia. I've been interested and buying nihonto poorly for eight years or so. I like the idea of owning a piece of history made by craftsman rather than an artist. I've been to 2 NTHK shinsa's in Sydney and mainly gotten a ream of pink paper for my eBay purchases except my pride and joy a big beautiful monster(kissaki alone is 11.5 cm long and the cutting edge nearly 77cm) shinShinto katana by Ashu Sukeyoshi it already had a kantiesho for the blade and I thought I might submit the koshirae, kantiesho koshirae! Any way that's the highlight of my nihonto collecting so far. I'll try and download and upload some pics. Thinking of throwing it in as my fiancee has a 13 year old boy(constantly inviting friends over....) and I need to invest some cash in the family business sharp swords are first on the list of expensive, dangerous luxuries?! Ps: je parles et lis francais mes je l'ecrits tres mal!?
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