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  1. b.hennick
    Sad news indeed. Yes he was an excellent photographer, but he was a fine gentleman. The KTK will need to search far and wide to get someone worth his skill set. He will be missed by those who knew him.
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    Sad news to learn that we lost a treasure. The comments above are well said. He will be remembered by those who crossed paths with him. Fond memories, shared, live on.
  3. b.hennick
    I have found that foam soap and a soft clean toothbrush does the job well. As others have said the ito may fall apart. Be gentle, be patient or just live with it as is.
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    Tremendous! Thank you so much!
  5. b.hennick
    It looks like a Yari (spear) mounted as a tanto. The fittings look good.
  6. b.hennick
    Thank you, thank you, thank you! Your work and generosity are both excellent.
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    👍 👍
  8. b.hennick
    Ford's Ginkgo is not a cast tsuba.
  9. b.hennick
    Thank you! I enjoyed reading your treatise. There is a lot of good information there.
  10. b.hennick
    Good set if you like Mino blades and want to learn more.
  11. b.hennick
    Make sure that it can measure a large healthy sword as well as a seppa. I found an accurate kitchen scale that measures metric as well as ounces and pounds.
  12. b.hennick
    The character for Masa that looks like the letter E is often replaced with one that looks like Roman number one.
  13. b.hennick
    Thank you for the clarification, Steve.
  14. b.hennick
    Thanks for your continuing efforts. They are much appreciated. I hope that this summarizes where we are at currently: From the left line, top to bottom: 三つ胴切落物集女九兵衛（花押) Cut through three bodies... Right line seems to be a zodiac year, month, and day: 承應元年壬辰十二月拾八日梅津於尼崎 Shō’ō/Jō'ō 1 (1652) Dragon (Zodiac Branch) February (poetic name for month)
  15. b.hennick
    Thank you to all who have contributed so far. I appreciate your efforts. Please keep at it.
  16. b.hennick
    This sword has more than just a mei on the nakago. All help will be appreciated.
  17. b.hennick
    It seems to me that you need to contact the police. Fraud had been committed. They should arrest the seller.
  18. b.hennick
    There is a mumei juyo Koto Senjuin wakizashi. It is not Mino. If I remember correctly it had a sayagaki to Norishige.
  19. b.hennick
    There is a mumei juyo Senjuin wakizashi.
  20. b.hennick
    Allen Presley was the President of a sword club in Rochester New York in the 1990s. It was called Mu To Kai. He was an engineer and a very good researcher in Japanese swords. The Rochester group was an excellent sword club. I miss the many members who have deceased over the years. The last meeting that I attended was pre-covid.
  21. b.hennick
    Tada... Thanks Dale. I never took a photo of it. It is not something that I would want in my collection.
  22. b.hennick
    I have seen a tsuba made from a gold pocket watch cover. The choices side faces the tsuka.
  23. b.hennick
    👍 👍 Beautiful! Thanks!
  24. b.hennick
    I was happy that Tanobe sensei left the patina on part of the shirasaya. It took hundreds of years to get that colour.
  25. b.hennick
    I'm not sure that cedar is the right kind of wood to make a saya or tsuka
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