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PNSSHOGUN

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  1. That is a real shame, I got a nicer one for $1500 the other day:
  2. I think the handle and other fittings are certainly authentic, the rest doesn't look right.
  3. Certainly an old Tachi, could be good if you want to have a window opened.
  4. Looks like the "authentication" sheet many Chinese sellers print with the sword, it is only what the sword is made of and other specs. Worth less than toilet paper.
  5. Some early Kyu Gunto mounts are gaining papers from NTHK, attitudes change as time goes by and examples become few and far between.
  6. A groundbreaking revelation up there with Ketchup & Catsup being discovered to be one and the same.
  7. There's a fine example with Type 94 mounts on Bill Rannows site: http://www.artswords.com/a_signed_koto_katana_in_minty_gunto_mounts_101818.htm
  8. The overwhelming majority will be homogeneous steel that is shaped or forged out to a sword form and then quenched.
  9. Textbook oil quenched hamon, Didier A real Hamon will be bright and glow in the right light, Hamish has given a very good example of what oil quenched Hamons look like. Oil quenching was used for a few reasons (all of which are still relevant and used today), chiefly oil quenching is not as stressful on the steel compared to water and results in less chance of cracks & other faults in a blade. Functionally as weapons they are perfectly good, if not stronger overall, compared to traditionally made swords.
  10. http://www.thomasdelmar.com/Catalogues/as051218/lot0003.html Probably the only thing of real interest.
  11. If there aren't any better examples by that smith or school for the submission (assuming the blade is actually Juyo quality) then you would have a higher chance of it passing at that point than other submissions, theoretically.
  12. It's more common to see the Field Grade red & brown tassels with the deluxe overlapping edges.
  13. The sword looks very promising, good quality Fuchi and Samegawa too. Appears this was a family blade carried in WW2 with converted mounts for military use. More detailed photos of the blade under sunlight will let us give you more information.
  14. I wonder are these swords all owned by the creator of the site, or were for sale and since been sold? It's honestly an astounding collection regardless.
  15. Ah Bruce, I nearly spat my coffee out, what a laugh!
  16. I've seen many similar at the local junkyard....
  17. I have to agree, the blade itself is very nice, probably why it is billed as Shodai with Green papers.
  18. The homepage should be the swords for sale. The items for sale need to be formatted so the pictures, prices and description fall into a ordered and evenly spaced layout. The pictures 1000000% need to have a zoom view, nobody is buying a sword for over five thousand dollars with tiny pictures.
  19. Japanese dealers are regularly and reliably letting National Treasures go for pennies on the dollar on ebay, why just a few hours past we had three of the most famous smiths in history at bargain basement prices, a veritable closing down rug sale of Masterpieces. Meanwhile us suckers with our books and reputable dealers are paying out the nose for NBTHK papered swords like idiots, knowing exactly what we have, our excitement and enjoyment levels up there with coma patients or professional paint drying spectators. The real collectors, the mavericks and the rebels are out on the mean streets of ebay, pulling out Meito, Kokuho and Daimyo swords up like change on the sidewalk. All the time us idiots are quietly sitting here with our thumbs up our proverbials selling off our vital organs for humdrum "papered" swords, nervously checking the spot price for scrap iron because that's all we seem have in the eyes of the True Collectors.
  20. Make sure to keep the story printed out with it, otherwise it will become real junk without the history.
  21. I can also firmly recommend Grey, always an easy transaction.
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