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Sadahiro

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  1. In 2010 my second purchase from Nihontocraft needed a shirasaya and through a friend of Danny, I made a connect with a man in CA. I FedEx'd my Sandai Nanki Shigekuni and it was received the next day by this gentleman, (I also included along with shirasaya cost money to FedEx it back - YMMV, but I use FedEx on anything of value as I don't want my prize items languishing around long enough to be snatched up). My first issue came when he pocketed the FedEx money and sent the Sandai Nanki Shigekuni back to me "registered" special something USPS which meant it took 21 days to travel from CA to Monroe, LA where I was at the time. The second came when it appeared that the shirasaya "touched" the kissaki area of the blade and although I was told it would do no harm, had I not caught the problem in time I'm fairly certain my katana would have been ruined. As it was I cleaned it up and came to realize that it wasn't just the pinching near the kissaki but some sort of glue residue which affected roughly the last 6 inches or so of the sword. When deciding what to do I figured, just place it back in the Edo koshirae and found this gentleman had taken material from the mouth area of my saya in order to fit the wooden habaki (seems it was too tight), sooo.....when I get it back as it was when I orginally purchased it the nihonto was so loose I (god-forbid) ethiopian engineered a temporary fix in order to return it to the safe where it still sits today. 1. Whats the proper way to fix the saya? 2. Should he have done this to the Edo period saya in the first place? 3. Should I just have the problem shirasaya redone or get a new one? 4. I still need a proper shirasaya and don't want anything to do with this person so any recommendations? (btw, I never spoke with guy and as it cost $500 bucks not counting the shipping but as it was more than a year later when I knew I had this problem figured I’d be wasting my time complaining to him – do ya rat a guy like this out?)
  2. Many thanks to all that have responded here, I too have nothing but the utmost respect for Danny and would not hesitate to deal with him again. I have 2 very fine nihontos thanks to his help with which I am very pleased and happy to own.
  3. Okay, I been reading around about folks buying off Ebay and when I first became interested in purchasing a koto Japanese sword I figured that was the last place to go - owing to the fact that although I had the books - I assumed I knew only enough to be dangerous to myself and my wallet. I searched around and found Nihontocraft and with it a friend who took the time to actually pull my head outta my rear. Assuming I still know very little, was this not a better way to avoid getting took to the cleaners? And while I'm at it, was Nihontocraft a good place to actually purchase ones first koto sword from? Does Danny hang around here?
  4. Hello NMB, My name is Mike W. and I am a neophyte here at NMB. (sure wished I’d saved this before hitting submit the first time – which did not get posted but simply shuffled off to some nether world region of the internet; giving me some error message and forcing me to try and recall what in the heck I said on the first attempt, but I’m doing the cut and paste this time – fool me once only….) I’m pretty much a neophyte at the art of the sword, but own all the books, took Iaido lessons for 2 years more than a decade ago, own a SwordStore purchased Japanese made Iaido and had all the funny pajamas too, (sorry can’t remember what we call ‘em) . I do own many commercial branded katanas, wakizashi and tantos as steel and firearms have always been my first love and an addiction I'm not interested in giving up till I'm dead. Purchased my first koto sword in 2010 from Nihontocraft, (Danny), it’s a Bungo Sadahiro, (hence my handle) , mei Sadahiro Saku, late Kamakura circa 1300, unpapered with sayagaki and old polish by Honami Koson in October of 1940. The second, from the same source, is a papered Sandai Nanki Shigekuni, NTHK Kanteisho Shu Saku, Yoshikawa Kentaro Sensei, Genroku circa 1688-1704 and while I understand some of this I just typed, I’m hoping at some point that some of the smarts around this place will rub off on an old hick from Texas.
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