Jean
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Patrick, It is a possibility as well as Kagehide who had the same hamon or Nagamitsu but no sansaku boshi. Ichimonji is also a good call, Fukuoka in particular. My feeling is Hatakeda Moriiye
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https://www.aoijapan.com/appraisal-quiz-487
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I had to sell my Rollex when I decided to change my bathtube for a shower ROFLMAO!!!!
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wakizashi Soshu Ju Masahiro
Jean replied to Medina San1's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
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Yes, they are Charlie. Generations and dates are often controversial but Markus based his estimation on signed and dtd blades.
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According to Markus Sesko, considering the date 1555, it would be the 3rd generation, though they indicate nidai. For Markus nidai worked from Meio to Eisho.
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O wakizashi
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Dito
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As time passes, the corresponding table between the different organizations kanteisho is less and less true, even more since NTHK split with the creation of the NPO organization. I had a private talk with a friend about kanteisho. He told me that since NBTHK has a competition system for higher kanteisho, some yushu blades would hardly get NBTHK TH nowadays.
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What did you think of it Dave?
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No I received it, that is why I am surprised you did not get it as we ordered at the same time. But as time passes, I am more pessimistic...
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I am very afraid there won’t be any reprint but I am very surprised as I ordered my copy between the 8th and 10 th March
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The best I can do with my ipad, before taking my Slr camera but have not time for this, our old cat being in emergency.
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Site is down. Already this morning there was no new items for sale....
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First Generations were very good and produced very good iron. Then as time passed, they were mass produced, copied... A good one is worth more than 1000$. Here are two from my collection, the colour is deep chocolate brown
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No scales
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Thanks Franco, funny that wari bashi are used as well as mimimaki or hair pins and not Kogai (in prints and text). Only Henry if he has the books provided in his links, can tell us what is said about Kogai and its use unless another member has them.... You will notice that, generally, only better koshirae have both kozuka and kogai, that samurai have always (in pictures) neat katogan and that the Kogai is always in his slot...
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Done for Paul, Ken
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I don’t deny Ford the existence of mimimaki, I was just wondering (even if it has the same name because it has the same shape) the use of of kogai as mimimaki. The mimimaki is a spatula with a long neck, on a kogai you have just the round end of the spatula without its long neck, the ear canal is around 2,5cm long and the kogai mimimaki is at most 1cm, thus my question : has anybody read or seen any old documentation or wood print describing or showing kogai use as ear cleaner or in the same way as hair pin.
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Question: where can we find in Japaneses litterature the way kogai were used? Cleaning ears has long been mentioned but I encourage people having one to try: highly inefficient (I have tried) Kogatana as well as kogai appeared on a koshirae for the first time at the end of Nambokucho. What were using Samurai before for cleaning ears or as hair pins?
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Just a thought full of memories for my friend Thierry who left us a bit more than a year ago.
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Sword Bags - Actually Stopped To Look
Jean replied to Vermithrax16's topic in Auctions and Online Sales or Sellers
It means that you are leaving in a damp location. In Paris, rate of humidity is only around 55%... -
Samurai Art Expo Utrecht
Jean replied to paulb's topic in Sword Shows, Events, Community News and Legislation Issues
Ok guys, I’ll be there on Saturday but as I am with my wife and my sister, I’ll have to visit the town, so it will be only a couple of hours stopover, perhaps a bit more if I can negotiate
