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Steve, Look at every single sword on this site, then you will be able to spot any fake: https://www.aoijapan.com

Here it is

Chris, Take Stephen as proxy, he can manage very well this kind of thing.

Masamune and Kunitoshi where not forging at the same time. masamune is late Kamakura circa 1328, Kunitoshi was working 1278/1288. Don’t compare as judgement are subjective. You must compare in same traditions and same time. All are rated Saijo saku. You must also compared given blades. What can be true in general is not necessary true in particular.

These are nie lines, found typically in Yamato Tegai blades. http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/17414-achieved-collection-gokaden/page-1

Guido, I did not know you indulge in head gardening...

USkragnut, PLEASE, comply with the Forum Policy and sign all your post by your first name followed by an intial. It is mandatory.

Sabatier, Here is a link where you can study at leisure the sugata of katana, wakizashi, tanto. It will ease your task to identify Chinese fakes. https://www.aoijapan.com Edit to add: buy one or two books

Correct Franco

Yes, something like that

Years ago, Darcy had a Kinju katana for sale with a typical Enbun O kissaki.

Hi Paul, Where is the venue (some people ask me) as on the tickets it is written Beatrix Theater and not the The Royal Dutch Exhibition Center?

Here is an example, forgive my ego don’t forget to put your pseudo.

In order to spot NMB members at the exhibition (it is Rokujo’s idea), it will be fine if people wear a badge identifying them, like: NMB Jean

Thanks Ray for posting the link

Curran, Even with « stolen » prices, NMB members are seldom in a buying mood/mode but for books, and if price is above 1000$ there is nobody left or almost. I don’t know why. I can tell you that your price is unbeatable.

Remember guys, a few years ago Aoi Art had for sale a tanto by the founder of the Ayakanoji school for about 1,6 M¥. The ONLY existing tanto by this smith. There were 2 known but one disappeared during WWII.believe me or not, it was on the website for at least a couple of months. Should I have had the bucks I would have bought it at once. A fantastic piece of history, nevertheless nobody seems in a hurry to buy it. It was TH, I am wondering what kind of criteria was needed by NBTHK to pass it juyo...

French membe s, Please, do it. You will have a fantastic opportunity what most of you have never seen in Europe, best Nihonto from Japan and USA. Please don’t miss this opportunity. Try to convince your friends to come by, it will be a test. If it works, we could have this event become a yearly one. Otherwise, noone shall have any right to complain that nothing happens in Europe.

Generic mei

Rushmore mountain

Well done Ford

Corrected the title

Doesn’t matter John, I know that by opposing we can end them

Know that I am with you John through this ordeal against the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

Robert is a real expert in kodogu/Tosogu and in Katchu. He wrote a book on the armours displaid at the Stilbert Museum in Firenze. He is also very good in swords. When he was still in activity he invited me several times at his home to have dinner and showed me a few of his treasures, I remember a first generation Soten and a a signed first generation Muramasa tanto with a yahazu hamon among other treasures. His flat was a real museum with yumis, Armours displaid and shelves all over the walls crumbly under the weight of hundreds books...