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Hello folks does anyone know what's going on with Doug Austin?? serval email's I sent to him, has returned as undeliverable??? Thank you!

How much does shipping to europe cost with UPS´?

only the piggy bank does not always play along

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First print was in 1937 after my research Bradley

Himmler draws parallels in his foreword to the samurai of the past and his black corps and recommens that the men of his SS read this booklet Dee

Book overview" Ritter des Reiches in Ehre und Treue "knight of the Empire in honor and loyality" with foreword by Heinrich Himmler relation between Germany and Japan during WWII German Nazi dictatorship Perhaps somebody here knows about this rare booklet?

or the photo is deceptive, it looks like Kujiri shaped from the photo?

please note the shape of this swords nakago end ! Abe Yasushige finished /works only so called iriyamagata nakago jiri

many many thank's Piers

Thank's to all for your affort's!!!

finally it is confirmed that this Ka Mon actually belongs to the Date clan from the Provice of Iyo since 1688 Jh Daimyo of Uwadashima

Thank you Leen fund's are sent talk soon

thank's alot Uwe on the swords nakago is also the inscription Hachiman Dai Bosatsu However I'm not sure yet, whether this Mon actually belongs to the Date clan line? The sword and its Koshirae is completely untouched, original

Thank's

Hello Guys many thanks for your efforts!! some month ago I found this valuable old (dated 1928) highest quality book here in Germany on a flea market "commemorative book" exhibition was held for the relics of the Daimyos of the notheast district" learning from the past Count Date Okimune The picture on the left inside this book, shows the Ka Mon which we talk about here, perhaps someone can translate the writings around the picture. Perhaps it explains the further meaning to the Date clan here?? Thank you in advance!

thank you Bruce!

you'r right Piers but I found this, please have a look

hello guys is this Mon a Ka Mon of the Date clan? Many thanks for your afforts!

currently Aoi Art offers a nice Yasuoki which is in my opinion with Jishin siganture for comparison

Nicholas the depicted Yasuoki looks Dai saku ,of what was written about this signature Han Bing Siong also wrote about Yasuoki's signature, one of his student's later named Yasumune often works and signed with Yasuoki's name, during Yasuoki's military servive

Sarute from Minatogawa Tachi I remember very well a so called very "nice collector"(here in Germany) who forced me to buy a Kai Gunto from the Minatogawa shrine (the earliest known date August 1941) claiming I owed him something!! The first thing, he removed with scissor's was the original textile sarute!! I was very sure,the sword had now fallen into the right hands. However, it was more important to him, to resell it quickly for a lagre profit, even though he promised, he would never do that! Its a shame that there were enough idiot's back then who thought they had knowledgeand, out of ignorance destroy irreplaceable original's without coercion. Here's another original, that thank Godness didn't fall into the hands of such idiot's

looks absolutly untouched very nice Arthur

thank you Ed yes unusally long (69,9 cm) for a Yasukuni shrine sword interesting topic !