Hajime Saito

So the blade is fake. What a pity.

Yes i know that book. I have already ordered it. Pictures should work i don't know why you cant see them.

Another few pictures.

Heh. He admited reforging few Pul Chens Sord to other ones but he states that it's not in this case and that it's authentic.

I discovered one thing about Person selling this wakizashi. You mentioned about Paul Chens swords. Those are new swords and Seller is a sword smith. Hmm... He's making replicas of old swords. Those are his earlier swords: http://www.katana.pl/miecze/index.htm Now i have funny feeling about this. Is it possible that he could remake Chens katana to fit that Edo fittings ? Although i don't want to adjudge him. But it's little strange.

Interesting suggestion. I hope it's not Paul Chen. I'm still novice in nihonto so I can't even imagine how can you see such thing just by looking at blade. I'm waiting for books from satcho to arrive so i will learn few things. Seller told me that Nawago could be new, modern times or pre war. Sword Length - 45cm, Width - 2,4cm, Thickness - 4mm Sorry for that cheap description but for now it's troublesome for me to name correctly parts of sword. To tell the truth it will take some time for me to translate to my language what you just wrote. But thanks for opinion.

Hi. I found an interesting blade but it's not signed and a can't say anything about it. I was told that it's from Edo period. I wonder whether it’s authentic or not. I would be grateful for any opinions.

I always loved long sword. For me they are most beautiful witch cutting length more then 120 cm. My friend told me about Ôdachi. Does anyone have an idea where and for how much you can buy such a sword !? There is a website about long swords http://japantrip.tripod.com/nodachi/odachi_gallery.html Have anyone seen one of those swords on auction ? Or at least a replica of one ? Norimitsu Ôdachi Total length - 377 cm. Nagasa - 226.7 cm. Sori - 5.0 cm Nakago - 151 cm. Thickness - 2.34 cm. Habaki - 5.85 cm. Weight - 14.5 kgs. The deatails are here: http://japantrip.tripod.com/nodachi/norimitsu.html ore another one: Mumei Ôdachi attributed to Kanetsune Nagasa - 120.9 cm and sori - 3.3 cm. Deatails: http://japantrip.tripod.com/nodachi/kanetsune.html Kashiwa Tachi Total length 194.5 cm. Nagasa - 136.6 cm and sori - 4.6 cm.

Thank you for opinions. I won't buy it.

Hi. It's my first post here so i would like to say Hello to all. Recently i discovered an aution on which guy is selling sword papers He posted this image There's averse and reverse picture. Can anyone assess if those are authentic documents ? Another thing is that i can buy old Japanese sword collection documents for 100 $ is it worth it ? MATSUNOBE MISAKO collection There are 3 volumes Volume 1 contain: 36 photography of tsuba, Volume 2 contain: 9 photography of tsuba, 5 oshigata drawngs, 12 koshirae, 4 wapon elements, Volume 3 contain: 19 photography of antique oblects More pictrures here: http://www.fotosik.pl/aukcja/22547/d724 ... 75d.html#e