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  1. DRDave
    JT, you might get a better response by posting the registration photo in the translation assistance section. I'm not able to do much, but the left most column appears to start with Showa 29, which would be 1954. Looks Ko-Gassan to me. The nakago is a mystery. BTW, the Curtiss designs are terrific.
  2. DRDave
    Congrats Adam! You must be living right. Just curious; what are your six favorite numbers from 1 to 54?
  3. DRDave
    I switched from at least an 8yr old (may actually be closer to 10) Sprint 3G to TMobile 5G. Wow! Photos load much quicker now.
  4. DRDave
    There's always some incredible firearms coming through RIA. Makes me wonder what might be changing hands privately that doesn't get listed.
  5. DRDave
    Don't know if this info is valuable or not, but a Nio Den with Tanobe sayagaki was just listed here: https://nihontoantiques.com/project/ko-nio-den-katana-fss-899/
  6. DRDave
    Terrific story, and the 1951 registration paper is fantastic! Congrats on that one!
  7. DRDave
    I think you're right about file size contributing to the problem. Other forums I frequent limit the file size that can be posted. I thought I'd do my part and delete my attachments that weren't needed, but I couldn't find a way to do it.
  8. DRDave
    It looks fine to me; however, I don't trust myself on tosugu, so I don't buy w/o papers. An since it's in Japan, why wouldn't it have papers?
  9. DRDave
    Yep, congrats on that one; the yasurime looks nice, signature looks nice, and the late date is great. I often wonder with dates like that what the maker was thinking. The handwriting was pretty clearly on the wall when that one was made. I suspect he might have wondered if it would be the last sword he'd ever make.
  10. DRDave
    Once upon a time I had a Tamba no kami Kanemichi with Type 98 mounting. I think it was about 50cm. Wish I still had it. Got a photo of it somewhere. If I ever run across it, I'll see if I can digitize it.
  11. DRDave
    https://www.tulsaarmsshow.com/ claims to have more tables than http://www.nationalgunday.com/
  12. DRDave
    Nice ones Richard. The mum petals trick my eyes. They sometimes appear convex and other times concave.
  13. DRDave
    Very nice
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    I'm curious what boxes it doesn't tick; what would you change if you could?
  16. DRDave
    Looks like 忠光 Tadamitsu https://nihontoclub.com/view/smiths/list?id_op=%3D&id=&name_op=starts&name=tadamitsu&kanji_op=%3D&kanji=&province=All&start_era=All&school_nid=All
  17. DRDave
    Nice. How about some close-ups of that blade?
  18. DRDave

    New Tosogu Quality

    DRDave replied to vajo's topic in Tosogu

    Outright fakes and "helped" U.S. Colt single actions got to be so prevalent and convincing that smart collectors wouldn't buy one without an authentication letter from John Kopec. It wasn't long before the authentication letters were faked.
  19. DRDave
    Yep, that surprises me. Sure looked to me like it might have some age to it.
  20. DRDave
    Dimensions aren't accurate, I'm just measuring the photo; but looks possibly koto to me. Kissaki please?
  21. DRDave
    Maybe just the angle of the photo, but the shinogi looks awfully high for it to be showato.
  22. DRDave
    Ashley, I think Bruce was asking about the other side.
  23. DRDave
    Terrific blade. Congrats!
  24. DRDave
    And maybe someone's first attempt at it, too? It appears contrived to me. And if the habaki are trying for Kaga style, shouldn't they have five notches instead of three?
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    http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/teruhide.htm
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