Michaelr

Very interesting belts. Thank you all for sharing MikeR

Great job Bruce. Thank you for always sharing and helping make this forum a Great Place. I think Belt Section would be a real nice addition MikeR

Always great to hear from you John. Thank you for sharing. It is nice to see the difference. No matter what the difference they are a pleasure to own one, if your are that lucky. MikeR

Great Show. I look forward to this show every year. Hope to see my old friends and make some new ones. Come on down Mike

Mark I will take the hard bound one that you have for $250. Please contact me when you get back home. Thank you. MikeR

Very nice one. Treat it well and enjoy it. MikeR

I think that I could like it if it is Tanto size and I think as a Tanto it would make sense. Really shows some ingenuity, maybe out of necessity or just using what you have available at the time. I think sometimes it is nice to have a conversation piece like this amongst your collection and sometimes the funny thing is it will sometimes bring more interest than your best blade. Of course it would have to be priced very reasonable for just a conversation piece. MikeR

It is nice to see this topic brought back to life. John and Ed both great looking pieces. Thank you for sharing. I haven’t searched any out for a long time but also haven’t seen any for sale for many years. MikeR

Nice sword. Thank you for sharing MikeR

Very good advice Brian. I agree 100%. If you like it, keep it, display it and appreciate it. Like Brian said if not sell it to someone who will give it a home it deserves MikeR

Nice one. Congratulations. As Bruce said above, DONT TRY ANY TYPE OF CLEANING OR REFINISHING, until you have read and reread the link above and had some more knowledgeable people chime in. Thank you for sharing. MikeR

Thank you Bruce. I will measure the anchor stamp as soon as I can and repost it. Have you ever seen one with the peg in the Kashira? Do you have other #95 recorded? MikeR

Just picked this one up and thought I would post it so that it could be added to the records. Supposedly came from the widow and as hard as it was to disassemble I believe it was never taken apart and Might Be True (?). It looks like all parts are numbered 95. To me the painted numbers just looked like blobs. It does have a poorly stamped anchor in a circle, a finished Nakago and is signed of which I could use a translation. I took a lot of pictures and will attach them here but if anyone needs anymore please let me know. A part that I haven’t seen yet and I thought interesting was what appears to be a bamboo peg in the Kashira. The peg is flush on both sides and nicely finished. Please enjoy. MikeR

Beautiful sword Eric. Nice find. Thank you for sharing MikeR