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  1. Jean
    Question has been asked, Jacques, and I am sure you’ll answer it.
  2. Jean
    I don’t know if Darcy’s articles are still available but there was one related to the rating/ranking system. a very good shop, one of the top, if not the best one is Sokendo. You will find swords from 5K¥ upto no limit (several 10M¥).
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    Wonderful Nihonto for sale by Rivkin at very reasonable price👍👍👍
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    Another example from one of my former tanto
  5. Jean
    Very strange shinogi……..
  6. Jean
    Forget shinsa criteria, I know 2 historical tanto which will never pass juyo but which should be by right as unique: both are the only existing exemplary tanto : one is by the founder of the Ayanakoji school, and the other one is this one:
  7. Jean
    Just to add, often the shogun or Daimyo who had not treasure swords to offer, had a stock of o suriage mumei swords and offer them with a certificate of famous appraisers stating that the sword was forged by grand Grand Master so and so. Nobody was fooled and the blade could be reoffered a few years later and so on… Everybody was keeping face.
  8. Jean
    Except for some special events when smiths forge swords dedicated, the custom was to offer old swords made by master smiths.
  9. Jean
    John, in this case, you must buy blades in perfect polish, nobody has never learned anything from an out of polish blade. Here is a post I wrote years ago: https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/12646-advices-for-newbies-buyers-rules-of-thumb/
  10. Jean
    In fact John, Nihonto for you is a key for dreaming and not for learning😀
  11. Jean
    Undoubtedly Nick is one of the best to provide full packages (papered blades+koshirae) well priced.
  12. Jean
    John, katana or wakizashi?
  13. Jean
    Probably, the way this sword came to France is quite curious.;;
  14. Jean
    Koichi, to answer your question: it is exactly the same, where some people entitled themselves to change tsuba, put another tsuka, removed the seppas, send this to switzerland.Sold by a Chinese from Lausanne to a collector and of course resold to a French who does not know anything about Japanese swords.
  15. Jean
    Thanks a lot guys for your help. Koichi, I don’t know but I’ll ask the question.
  16. Jean
    For the mei, I translate «HOKI (NO) KAMI TAIRA ASON MASAYUKI » I am looking for the first kanji and translation of the date. The mei looks Sho Shin, what do you think?
  17. Jean
    To answer the question Buffing does not prevent a blade to be traditionally polished, the result will depend on the heat generated by the buffing and the healthiness of the blade. I had a buffed blade decades ago which was traditionally polished later on and turned out nicely.
  18. Jean
    Unfortunately pictures are lousy. I would like the measurements : nakago, nagasa, motohaba, sakihaba and kissaki. the way pictures are taken, the blade looks disproportionate (nakago vs nagasa, kissaki ridiculously small) Forget the horimono, it does not belong to Rai school, the blade is destroyed, nothing to study
  19. Jean
    Makes no sense ? maybe i did not understand the meaning...! sory i am newbiew in Japanese swords... all sword with tang measures 82 cm, the blade is 67 cm nakago= Tang = 82-67= 15 cm nagasa= cutting edge = 67cm
  20. Jean
    nakago -> 82cm magasa -> 67cm kissaki -> 6cm ??????
  21. Jean
    👍👌😄
  22. Jean
    Yoroi-doshi ?????? moto kasane: 2,45 mm moto haba: 9,1 mm
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  24. Jean
    Jimmy, you are wrong. There are people who own Museum quality blades and who advertize it on NMB. Among them, late Darcy. Edit to add that the best articles are far from being in Museum but often in private collections😁
  25. Jean
    « I think however that comparing Bach with Mozart, Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky is not relevant » why?
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