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Wayben

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  1. As Grey mentioned the show was rather sparsely attended, but it seemed that everyone was having a good time. I attended the talks on Saturday by Markus on "The impact of Shinshinto and Bakumatsu eras on Meiji Swordsmiths" and Chris on "The Kato Smiths of Meguro, Tokyo". Both were interesting and well done. Chris included several blades on display for the attendees to view. Overall, I came home with less cash and more metal and reference material, so it was a good weekend!!
  2. Since everyone else is posting pics, I figured I should too. Just to prove it really happened.
  3. I had a two piece habaki that had a piece of the gold foil separated from the habaki. I contacted Brian Tschernega about getting it repaired and forwarded the habaki and the loose piece of foil to him a while back. I received the habaki in the mail today and it looks great. He was able to reattach the original foil and cleaned up the habaki. It looks like new. If you need any similar repair work done I can fully recommend Brian.
  4. The only French I've learned is off of wine bottles, but so far that has served me well.
  5. Thanks to Joe for putting this together. It was a great way to spend an afternoon. It was an interesting group makeup with a variety of interests and experience, all willing to talk and share. I liked the "show and tell" theme of the meeting. You can never look at too many swords and this meeting had a nice mixture from Koto to Gendaito. I'm looking forward to the next meeting during the Minneapolis Show. Again, thanks Joe!!
  6. My mumei Tanto with silver fittings.
  7. I'll be in Minneapolis in July with at least one sword in hand. Haven't decided yet what to bring. Was only planning on bringing one, but may have to bring the Kunifusa as an extra.
  8. I received the two swords from Ray today and believe me, the pictures don't do them justice. They look even better in hand. Good communication, quick shipping, and a product that is better than described, it doesn't get any better than that. Thanks Ray and NMB!!
  9. I assume the bids have to be in increments of 1000, but not limited to 1000. First bidder bids 99,000. Second bidder bids something over 100,000. Results in high bid being 100,000.
  10. It almost doubled in price in the last 15 seconds due to three bidders. Just what every eBay seller hopes for!!
  11. I agree Pete!! Books are a great reference and are needed to progress, but you can't beat laying eyes on high quality pieces. You have to actually see what the books are trying to tell you. The combination of good reference material along with observing high quality items is the way to progress in this hobby. With the shows in Chicago, Tampa, Orlando, and San Francisco they are within reach of most everyone in the US. Do yourself a favor and get to one or more of them and look at some quality blades and tosogu. It will give you examples of what you have read about.
  12. I'm interested, thanks for the opportunity!!
  13. Derek hit the nail on the head. If you haven't been to a show you owe it to yourself to attend one. Being able to view so many blades, attend the presentations, and talk to people is a learning experience you can't get anywhere else.
  14. Wayben

    Tsuba Cabinet

    Very cool!! I like the cabinet idea.
  15. Great photos, very interesting. Thanks for posting them.
  16. I'm with you Mauro. I've looked for similar tsuba attributed to Satsuma and haven't found anything in this style. I'm continuing the hunt.
  17. Took me a while to get somewhat decent pictures. Hard to get the color right, these are pretty close.
  18. Thank you very much Jussi!! That makes sense.
  19. Hi Guys, I'm trying to translate the second line of the attached NBTHK Certificate. I think I have all but the third Kanji. Any help with that one or corrections on the others would be much appreciated. I believe it is - Item wave ? cloud dragon theme tsuba mu mei Sat Suma. Thanks very much for any help.
  20. I'll be there. The Tampa show was my first sword show and was a great experience. I can't imagine anywhere else in the US to be able to see and handle the level of swords and fittings that are at these shows. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so one of these shows must be worth a million.
  21. Part of the attraction to me is the history of the piece. It comes down to would I prefer one that was used as it was intended or one that sat on a shelf its entire life. I like the ones that have been mounted.
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