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Obscured / Rusted Mei - How to Read?
b.hennick replied to tbonesullivan's topic in Translation Assistance
You might try putting baby powder on the tang and removing the excess. That should highlight the chisel strokes. -
Study for 10 years and you will ask yourself "Why did I ever buy this?" Study hard and you will ask the question years earlier.
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Given the cost of wrapping a sword, putting $25 menuki under the wrap seems inappropriate. At least use middling or better menuki. When you or your estate sells the reproduction menuki will make people question the rest of the package. Fake menuki, tsuba? fuchi kashira? redone saya, plastic same...
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Hey Stephen: I didn't know that you could predict the future.
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Swords of Japan - YouTube channel
b.hennick replied to Ray Singer's topic in Auctions and Online Sales or Sellers
Thanks Ray. I will certainly draw it to the attention of my sword club members. -
It is a shiachi - dragon fish.
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Ask about the piece that you are interested in you may be pleasantly surprised. Use pm to chat with Nick.
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I must admit that I share that misconception.
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"It has a signature purporting to be Shodai Tadayoshi in his Tadahiro period unpaperd and unrestored" I take this to read: 'here we have a gimei Shinto blade that needs complete restoration.... take your chances or Do you feel lucky?'
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It looks like ferns and perhaps a well cover.
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Welcome to a fellow Canadian.
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Muchi is not just a whip. It is often metal and often a sign of authority.
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Yoshindo Yoshihara can. I'm sure that other current smiths can as well.
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I have not seen such a weapon before. Is it related to shuriken?
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Good luck with these events. I wish that I could attend.
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It is tough to write about how sad I feel having lost my friend and mentor Arnold Frenzel. Arnold and Chris Leung got me to do my first sword related presentation. He was someone whose honest opinion I could always count on. He pointed out things that I missed and would happily discuss pros and cons of a purchase. My sincere condolences to his family and friends. His reputation lives on in the hearts and minds of many.
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Glad it is in a good home. I too collect mokume tsuba.
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If you know someone who smokes cigars ask for the wood shavings that line the container. They are long and thin and work well. They are also good for tightening a tsuka.
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Love the word "stabby"!
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Seems to be a job for Markus Sesko.
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Not yet
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Welcome, it is good to have another enthusiast with a martial arts background.
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You will need a thick wallet to buy a blade by Yoshindo Yoshihara. His kogata, when you find them, are $3500 USD each. They do come in a shirasaya with a sayagaki and a bag. Many have horimono by him. When he does the horimono he signs hori do saku as well as his name... The price may have gone up as I have not seen him at a show in a few years.
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What menuki would you like to get your hands on?
b.hennick replied to barnejp's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
Do you have any pictures of iron tigers?
