NihontoSeeker

A few personal reasons: 1) its a buyers market right now. 2) sellers are willing to take payments over time allowing me to get into higher quality nihonto. 3) the vast amounts of info at my fingertips is endless and instant allowing me to make better choices. 4) dealers take the time to answer all 40 emails

Hi Alex, lots of great info and people here. welcome... What interests you the most about nihonto? the smiths? the era in which it was made? the school in which the smiths forged? the beautiful blade itself? lots to discover. Reuben NihontoSeeker

LoL ur dreaming? Im trying to figure out how to get this piece to Canada....in my dreams Reuben NihontoSeeker

it will all depend on the marketing. Tokubetsu Hozon Token starting at 3k. interesting. I hope someone can save this one. RedTape out the wazzoooooo Reuben NihontoSeeker

Thank you to all NMB members for having the passion to pass on pricless knowledge to a novice learner. Moses, Robert, Udo, Danny you have fanned the spark of passion and have encoraged me to persue this life long persuit. You might never know the true meaning to me thank you. Allow me to introduce my passion to you all. The Nihonto Passion. It started with ki-Aikido at age 17, I lacked disipline and mental focus. My sensai encoraged me to attend all classes from beginner to advanced and my favorte night, rondori. Just stay alive. I studied 5 times a week and went to every class. I studied with a man without arms, he could toss me on the ground as if his limbs were still there. He drove a car, drank beer with us and could use chop sticks just like the rest of us. He persued his passion to live without reserve or hesitation. It has taken me many years to to understand that passion. Years later my journey has continued. Im now 34 and ready for the responsibility of living, the resposibilty of the preservation of Nihonto, for what it represents, a understanding that continues, a lifelong lesson. Old Samurai Nihonto with good heritage and are in good shape are becoming harder to find in the west, they become lost, lost to inexperiance, lost to time, lost to lack of culture and desire to know or care about history. I find that unaccecptable and will search the globe and risk it all to save what I can for future generations. For what they represent is the heart and soul of the Samurai. The Samurai were and some believe still are apart of the most cultured peoples. The true Samurai spent their lives in persuit of music, calligraphy, poety, martial arts, they stopped to smell the flowers, to search for that perfect blossom they lived thier lives every moment as thier last, knowing that moments in time pass and that all blossoms are perfect. The whole reason for cities and towns were to support the Samurai and they accecpted the responsibility of living as well as death. The responibilty of living the persuit of life, they did not fear death because they lived. The sacrifice of one self for another, there can be no higher calling. They sacrficed thier lives whole heartedly for the ones that allowed them to persue life. For the ones that feed them, that clothed them, that armed them. In return they defended their honor fiercly to the death, to the last man, proudly. The way of the worrior, Bushido. No other people in history devoted themselves to living for the moment. As you can see im passionate about my resposibility in the preservation of nihonto, what it represents the heart and soul of the Samurai. The Shipping of nihonto has always been apart of a swords life, part of its journey, it is apart of the presservation process. More so in our modern age were everthing is diposable and nothing seems to last. Nihonto ageless and frozen in time will last a thousand years, long after this caretaker of history returns to dust. The torch and passion passed on to another generation. There is no greater risk worth taking then the preservation of history for a time. For in understanding history we find who we really are. A life long journey. I am more then a collector of priceless history, I am a time keeper, I am a Seeker of Nihonto. Reuben NihontoSeeker.

I just received a beautiful koto waki from Moses B in Florida, EMS right to my door in British Columbia Canada. no problems. The tracking indicated that it spent around 24hrs to clear customs. I hope nothing changes as i have blades coming too!!!

wow another piece of history lost forever. Reuben Nihonto Seeker

Thank you NMB members....now to find a antique katanadansu of my own. Reuben Nihonto Seeker

Hello all.... I'm interested in how NMB members and collectors of nihonto display or store their collections. What are your room temps, humidity( its dry where I live) does lighting, to close to moisture or vegetable based fog mess my art up? Thank you all. Reuben NihontoSeeker

I too want to put a good word out for Moses B in Florida. Answered all my 30 plus emails and sold me a beautiful koto Wakazashi in full Mounts and matching fittings. I received it in the mail this week All as advertised. Great vendor and easy to deal with. Reuben NihontoSeeker

I applogise for the misplacement of my introduction. Travis Im out in Kelowna BC.

Thank you all for your priceless experiance and knowlage. You all have said what i was thinking. Thank you all Reuben

Hello NMB, My name is Reuben and im a novice Nihonto collector from Canada. I hope to learn as much as i can from all of you and grow my collection. Any other collectors in western Canada? Regards, Reuben

Hello all i was hoping to get some feedback from the people that matter most, Nihonto seekers.. a piece has come up for sale and......http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/a ... 56891.html im having difficulty finding out about the smith.....thoughts please and thank you all. Reuben