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  1.  Trust is something earned not developed and it has to be maintained through actions and words or it will fade away and even one bad case can be enough to lose it all. It is also based on truth and although everyone can make a mistake the biggest problem in keeping it intact is never lying and willing to face up to problems openly. We all have others who are disappointed in us but hopefully only through an error and with no malice so just be the best you can be and carry on. Its a NEW YEAR brothers.

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  2. 10 hours ago, Alex A said:

     

     

    No disrespect Brian but not good advice.

     

    Ben is right to question all the information presented. Even if it has NBTHK paper, question that too. Though as Ben probably knows, better to do all this BEFORE a purchase in future.

     

    Question everything.

     

     

    I agree for certain question anything you are not happy with but I assumed his main goal was to have a koto blade and was wondering if that was accurate. For smiths with very little information available, the blade itself probably indicates the period as best as you will be able to and Aoi is certainly pretty good with that. He has his koto blade and the rest is for more accuracy on the smith etc. I was just saying the descriptions from AOI are usually pretty accurate to the extent that they go.

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  3. I have known and purchased swords from Nick for over 15 years and he is the best.  His blades are all unique and while maybe not the big names are certainly of a quality not seen very often and all are papered. It is a pleasure to deal with him and his access to Nihonto during his annual trips to Japan is amazing and you can be assured of something of top quality, rare and beautiful pieces.

     

    Highly recommend him and if you ARE looking for something special let him know - for example - see the amazing Muramasa on his website Nihontoart.com !

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  4. Depends on what measures you are using as reaching perfection - as art pieces then the shinskuto competitions may be of some measure but as a weapon - another set of measures that may have nothing to do with the actual shape or appearance - Having collected all sorts of edged weapons for over 50 years and confining them to Nihonto the perfect sword may in fact be ugly but very sharp, extreme edge strength, exact length for the samauri using it, and effective in all situations for which it may be used ! My old Ieteda may not be the prettiest but a 3 body cutting test means it may be sufficient for which it was made 

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  5. Truth for certain when you think of all the "stuff" made now that has a built in obsolesence. Most appliances, washers, dryers, refrigerators with all the hi-tech and costing thousands of dollars will work and be around for about 5-10 years. Cars are gone in a heartbeat - yet a forged pile of iron ore has a finish like glass and will cut like nothing else is still as made 800 years ago. It is a testament to the care that generations of people have put into keeping it so and I am proud to be one of them !

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  6. 16 hours ago, Nobody said:

    Is this now your sword by any chance?

    If so, the actual kiritsukemei is not 二ツ胴 (two bodies) but 三ツ胴 (three bodies).

     

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    Moriyoya San:

     

    ありがとう

     

    The service you supply the members here is second to none and much appreciated.

     

    Yes indeed this sword is now in Eastern Canada !!!

     

    The papers with the blade say 3 bodies as you correctly identify and I am sure some of the judges must have smiled when finding an error in one of Dr. Sato's Sayagaki !!!!

     

  7. 16 hours ago, vajo said:

    Hot or warm water is posion for the same. Like all natural dryed fishskin (it's not leather) it will become weak and shrink and you could loose the pearls. 

     

    15 hours ago, ROKUJURO said:

    SAME expands if immersed in water - warm or cold - but if the TSUKA-ITO is intact, there shouldn't occur a problem. All depends on the amount of water used for cleaning. 
    In case of old silk TSUKA-ITO, hot water and brushes might be problematic, so I would give it a try with benzene.

    I certainly didn't suggest or recommend that the Tsuka be immersed in water and they cleaning solution would not have been in contact with the same for more than 20 seconds and considering how long it has been dried it would take hours to soak up enough liquid to affect its composition. Benzene or any other chemical that is used in dry cleaning could be used on the Tsuka-ito even if silk and yes brushing roughly would break up the fibres.  Gentle is as always the way to go. 

  8. Impressive blade Signed Kashu ju Fujiwara Ietada (Fujiwara Ietada, a resident of Kaga Province) | Edo period, 17th century, and a tameshigiri for 3 body cut. Only have the one picture I snapped after I set it on the stand in the display cabinet and its so nice outside it may be a while before I get to take some more.  The koshira is black lacquer, tsuba, iron with dragon theme, NBTHK papers.

     

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  9. This blade listed at Sotheby's Auction house expected to raise 12-18000 GBP recently sold for over 35000 GBP !!!

     

    https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/the-samurai-Japanese-arms-and-armour-2/a-katana-attributed-to-chiyozuru-morhiro

     

    I can't understand how the hammer price got so high as I have a blade by the same smith that I paid little more than 10% of that amount.  It could be these abberations from reality that are driving the market up as I can't see the purchaser of this selling it for 10 thousand dollars any time soon

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