Walter

Thank you VERY much!

Lately my PC hard disc has crashed and I couldn't recover the lost data. This is the way I've lost the info about the maker of this waki ... nay help, please? I've took few pictures with different light to make the inscription better visible. Thanks in advance for help.

I have this tanto for some time. Been told the mei says Kanemoto. Have checked the refference about the smith and found 10 Kanemoto - all from Mino Province. is it possible to determinate which one has made this blade? Since I prepare it for sale I'd like to give the potential buyer some more info. Thanks in advance. Here some photos:

The problem with Post Canada is that you can insure the shipped item only up to $1,000.00 Also, sometimes when you declare the "sword", they may refuse to accept the package for shipping as "dangerous item". It happened to me already few times ... so I always have with me some old shipping receipt where "sword" is mentioned just to show them that I've shipped some in the past without problems. When you ship the sword you always want the tracking number - in this case you need to ship with Expedited Parcel or XpressPost. Few weeks ago I wanted to ship the really small packet with tsuba to Australia ... the shipping price was ... $50.00 !!!

Well ... it's regular Shin-Gunto, machine made, oil quenched sword in good condition. The BIN price $1,200.00 looks normal to me - they becoming more and more expensive with time. This seller has won last Sunday my auction for Shin-Gunto sword and will sell it probably on eBay sooner or later. Hermes, Are you looking for Shin-Gunto sword? I have another one for sale - if you are interested, PM me.

I didn't bid on this sword (as Canadian resident) just because of 5% GST ...

There's Louis Skebo in Ottawa. Here's his website: http://www.japaneseswordcollector.com/ However I'm not 100% if he still doing the polishing jobs - you can email and ask him.

Thank you Brian for the comment. I just needed some kozuka for my tanto, even if tanto is Muromachi era and kozuka ... have no idea. Wasn't looking for some high-grade kozuka, but at least genuine.

Thank you, Gentlemen for your comments. Yes, I think the slideshow is the good way to present the new aquisition without wasting the Forum bandwith. I'm really happy with this naginata ... now I need the nice yari!

Is it kozuka or just the kitchen knife for peeling the potatoes? Recently have bought it on eBay to fill an empty kozuka slot on my tanto: Here some picks: It looks nice with the tanto, however I'm not really sure if it's genuine one... The blade was totally rusty (all black) and I cleaned it a bit - looks like there's some mei on the blade (not sure if it's even readable). Here the slideshow with some more photos: http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc23 ... =slideshow

That unfortunately wouldn't work. I have the US account in Canada and another one in US (Citibank). PayPal refuses to transfer the money to my US account based in US because I'm a Canadian resident. I tried to give them my US account in Canada (Bank of Montreal) for the transfer - same thing. They want just my primary account number which is in Canadian pesos. Of course, they don't charge anything for the transfer ... just the exchange rate, which is totally ridiculous (HIT #1). After that, when I transfer it to my US account, there's bank exchange rate... (HIT # 2) ... The ONLY way is to NOT SHIP anything until you receive the FULL payment! No exceptions! One more thing: If you don't like to suffer the PayPal fees (who does?), ask the buyer to make a PayPal via eCheck - the PayPal fee is only $5.00 doesn't matter the transaction amount. Fees for receiving eCheck payments will not exceed $5.00 USD per transaction. - Check Here: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/websc ... countries=

Now, that's hilarious! Customer's happiness is obligatory ...or else... Kind of Stalinist policy of the happiness. I've very often been rated lower (4-3 stars) especially by US buyers for slow shipping, which takes usually 2 weeks, because of the Customs bureaucracy, while shipping to Europe or Asia takes 5-6 days. Should I leave the negative feedbacks for that???

Thank you very much! How to determine if it's genuine or not? Any hint? It's matching, silver (think so) set fuchi/kashira with peony pattern:

Always wanted to have a nice naginata ... and finally got one! Maybe not the BEST possible, but at least didn't cost me arm or leg. :D It's signed Chikugo Kurume ju Fujiwara Takekuni 筑後久留米ä½è—¤åŽŸæ­¦å›½ and dated Genroku 14 nen 11gatsu kichijitsu (lucky day Nov. 1701)元禄å四年å一月å‰æ—¥ Here's a small slide-show with my new beauty: http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc238/dr_schmeisser/nihonto/naginata/?albumview=slideshow

I have a wakizaschi by Sukesada. Recently have "discovered" that the fuchi is signed - Anyone could translate the signature, please? Thank you in advance. Walter