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hello my guess is Chikushu Sannou Ju So Tsutomu. he is a mukansa swordsmith. Maurice

Hello all for all aficionados who are in Paris or will be in Paris during Feb 16th to May 14th there will be an exhibition of Armor in the Musée guimet and the Palais de Tokyo. http://www.guimet.fr/event/daimyo-seigneurs-de-la-guerre-au-japon/ sure i will be there but if some of you are interested we may visit it "groupir" as we say it in french. unfortunatly there were also a conference about polishing and restoring saya but no more place left. http://www.guimet.fr/event/savoirs-et-savoir-faire-artisanats-dart-japonais/ Maurice

hello my guess is chikugo mutō hidehiro. Maurice

hello my guess is fujiwara daimichi naofusa maurice

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hello Balgoy here are some pics Maurice

hello hizen kuni kawachi fujiwara masahiro Maurice

My guess is Nobuhide Maurice

hello my guess Bizen kuni Sanetada Maurice

hello Jean what a sharp eye Maurice

hi Mark it reminds me ARIKOTO blade. Maurice

hi Gordon 1/ taira nagamori 2/ hizen kuni tadayoshi

hello smith name is yukihira.

item received. Grev, many thanks for this nice tsuba.

it looks like Mori (Moritsugu) Maurice

hello guys this is THE great event. Wakizashi belonging to Ryôma Sakamoto will be shown in the Ryôma Sakamoto Museum from 1st november to 3rd january “Ryoma no Yoki Rikaisha ‘Sakamotoke-Kazoku no Kizuna’ ” sorry text is in french but you can google it or if Jean can translate it, it would be great. http://www.nipponconnection.fr/la-lame-du-samourai-ryoma-montree-au-public-pour-la-premiere-fois-en-86-ans/ it would be nice if some pics can be posted here. Maurice

Hello guys Not sure where to post it but I am sur Jean wil find its place. and sorry, it is in French. Musée Guimet is launching a participation to buy an armor. http://www.guimet.fr/fr/blog/la-breve/1221-participez-a-l-acquisition-d-une-armure-de-samourai Cheers Maurice

hello Brian nad Administrator happy new year 2015. thanks for this new gift - forum, nice looking maurice

Great job maurice

Hello Here are 2 pics of a Osuriage nakago. On one side there are 2 kanjis which are the same as on the habaki. On the other side I don't understand the meaning, maybe the name of the guy who shortened the sword. It is papered Hozon and attributed to Hisanaga ? Thank you for your help. Maurice

Hello Jean I would say IWA if it a smith nam. maurice 2nd message as I can see JU 3rd kanji then I think that it is related to a province "wakasa"

here is the pic. Sorry butyou have to open it. Maurice

Hello I have one signed ??. I will take some pics tonight to show you. Maurice

Patrick It looks like HIROTSUGU. Maurice

Hello My guess is INOUE SHINKAI :x Maurice