Goldy

Hi Everyone, I've been out of the scene for a few months but I still have this excellent sword for sale. I've decided to drop the price to $5000USD as I really need to let it go. Please message me for any info required at all. Don't forget that NMB members get free worldwide shipping! Thanks for looking. Cheers. Goldy

Hi Eggiansyah, yes everything is still available. Please let me know if you have any questions at all. Goldy

Hi all, I'm reducing the price to $5250USD. Don't forget the free shipping for NMB members.

He sure is. Thanks for the assist mate.

G'day all, I've decided to drop the price a bit and it is still negotiable. I need to sell as quickly as possible so this is a good time to invest in an awesome mukansa sword. Price now $5500USD Don't forget that NMB members get free worldwide shipping!

Hi all, Up for sale is my immaculate Kanekuni katana purchased in 2010. Please contact me for any queries or extra pics, only too happy to help. NMB members get free worldwide shipping. Nagasa: 73.8cm (2-4-3) Sori: 1.8cm Mekugiana: 1 Mei: Nosyu ju Kanekuni Saku (omote) Heisei year 19, December Kichijitsu (Lucky day December, 2009) (ura) Reg.#Gifu 78280 Location: Australia Includes: Sword and all fittings, koshirae + beautiful embroided silk bag, tsunagi, shirasaya + bag. This katana is made by Kanekuni (the son) who, like his father, is a mukansa sword maker. It is a very well made sword, showing the traditional Kanekuni style of Sword making with loads of activity. This is a big powerful sword in excellent ubu condition and a very regretful sale. Please check out the pics and message me any queries. Price: $6000USD neg (includes insured shipping worldwide for NMB members) Payment via bank transfer preferred.

I'm with you Clive and Ian. I too am sick of the 'dumbed down' dramatised so called 'doco's' designed to misinform and capture the imagination of the general public all in the name of ratings. If only there was an international TV channel that dealt with science based facts and theories from all walks of professionalism. I wish I had the finances to create one myself - I believe it would become quite popular!

Hey Jock, I'm here as you know - been away for a while due to losing a family member. Would still like to meet up at some stage though. How about some time over the next couple of weeks? Cheers, Goldy

Ahh Baz, may you survive the strongest simoom that lightens your load and allows us to bathe in your glorious deeds and memories.....

Ahh, good catch. How about 'just another reason'...? All jokes aside, I am concerned about the declining international transport options for nihonto. I strongly hope that they don't disappear altogether. Imagine what would happen if most of the world could not purchase nihonto due to their cartage restrictions? Dealers would go broke, customers restricted to their own domestic or continental markets, swords destroyed due to DIY polishing, the list goes on. Where could we, as quite a large international group, direct our pleas to prevent it happening?

Sounds like a good reason to visit Japan.....

G'day Alf, I can tell you that there are no togishi here in Australia that have completed the full apprenticeship in Japan that I'm aware of, at least not yet (there is an Aussie there as we speak though). Unless there's one hiding in an opal pit somewhere round Lightning ridge, out the back o Bourke, just turn left at the second black stump.....If you need your true nihonto polished, send it home to Japan for refreshing. I haven't needed to do it yet, but I'm sure a few of the board's fellow convicts could help out with the how's and who's.

Now that is a speech by Viscount Ishii!! What a great story. Thanks Stephen.

FIGJAM: F**k I'm Good, Just Ask Me No, not me, just an interpretation....Heard it all the time in the military. Usually used by snotty nosed young officers just out of training, 10ft tall and bullet proof in the pub...something less elsewhere.... BTW, Mossy should have stuck with Jimmy, he would've done better.....

Thanks for taking the time to help out Eric and Paul, much appreciated. You can also see the 'hotsure' (frayed edge) on the example I posted. I'd love to see the nie characteristics (location, size, density etc) and any hataraki (especially if it is a papered Shodai Tadayoshi) but I know that's asking quite a bit. If anyone else is also able to help out I'd be very grateful. Thanks,

Thanks guys, nothing like a good cordial, educational discussion. According to my Japanese/English dictionaries the Japanese word for 'thin' is actually 'hosoi', pronounced 'ho-so-i'. Maybe we westerners have bastardised it a little as our culture seems wont to do. Could a native speaker push in for a decisive comment? Anyway, I'm still very keen to see some examples of the Shodai Tadayoshi's blades with the 'thin' suguha hamon. If possible I'd also like to see the mei from the same blade. I know it's asking for a lot and I thank those who make an effort wholeheatedly, especially if they pull an example out of the closet and take some pics. Best regards,

Ah yes, I see. Is the Tsuruginoya example in hadori polish? It may be that style that makes the nioi line seem wider than it is to me. The example I posted has a sashikomi polish and clearly shows the small width (hoso?) of the mainly suguha (with ko-notare) hamon. Another example of why it is better to study nihonto with your own eyes rather than somebody else's camera via the 'net. My continued thanks,

Thanks Koichi san, Is that example a hoso-suguha or more chu-suguha? My terminology is based on Mr. Robertshaw's book (pdf) page 74. I was thinking more along the lines of this example: Thanks for taking the time to help out. All the best,

Hi Guys, I'm looking for good quality, close-up pics of any Shodai Tadayoshi blade with a hoso-suguha hamon. If you know of, or have an example of, I'd love for you to share it. Please PM or post links here. I'd personally rather see examples in hand but my location pretty much rules that out. Thanks for your time and help. Cheers,

Thanks for the site Baz, uploading as we speak, about an hour to go, we don't don't have an internet pipe up here, more like a straw....I'll post the link when she finishes. All done: link is: http://drop.io/OziNMM2010

Last one. Of course I have full quality shots if anyone is interested. Each file is nearly 4Meg, so difficult to pass around online. All the best, Goldy

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G'day all, I came across this exhibit at the Australian Maritime Museum in Sydney just this last week. It took me by surprise and I only had my mobile phone with me so I came back the next day with a decent camera and took the following shots. The museum's page is here: http://www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1598 and entry to the Mythology exhibit is free. Cheers, Goldy