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Ian

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  1. Merry Christmas and happy hunting Ian
  2. Nice :D I feel a trade coming on
  3. Here's another photo taken with my tablet. I think it's Soten, made from inlaid iron. The other is another poor orphaned water dragon, gives it's scale. :D
  4. Fantastic idea Brian.
  5. Ian

    Big and bold.

    Hi Denis Maybe something to do with Raijin. The link below their is a similar one from the reseller with the big imagination. :D All the best http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Japanese-S ... 20d43f7463
  6. Okay, that figures. Many Thanks Ian
  7. Hello Can any of you kind Gentlemen help me out with this hakogaki? Thank you in advance Ian
  8. These look like they may go well?
  9. You have probably seen this http://ohmura-study.net/728.html Regards
  10. Ian

    Old ito

    Masayoshi I think according to one of the group :D
  11. Ian

    Old ito

    It really breaks my heart when a nice old itomaki had all but disintegrated, and you have to take it off the tsuka. But when these fall out, it kind of makes it all better! :D I like the way also that they are curved to fit the tsuka Best
  12. Nice :D
  13. Ian

    Kakihan

    Thank you Christian All the Kakihan examles I have for Yasu-yoshi are not similar? Do the new photos help, and do you have any examples?
  14. Ian

    Kakihan

    hello Can anyone of you knowledgeable Tosogu guys help me out with this Kao? many Thanks in advance
  15. Are they all signed, or some just with Kakihan?
  16. hello gents Now that the auction has finished, What would be your opinions on these? http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b149471842
  17. Here is another fuchi signed Hamano Naoyuki (kao) viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15656
  18. The menuki theme is http://figal-sensei.org/hist157/Textboo ... ch7/10.htm Regards
  19. Seems as if it had been on before http://www.ebay.com/itm/AAA-Rarity-Anti ... 7675.l2557
  20. 5k, unpapered, ebay, imaginative seller in Japan. What can go wrong ?
  21. Hi Julian A small amount of talc rubbed into the tang may make it clearer
  22. Ian

    Thickness of a hair

    Hello all I understand wire files. but how would the artist start this off without a hole? the sukashi is the thickness of a hair!
  23. In your opinion!
  24. I thought you might enjoy?
  25. http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18980/l ... 6b1%3Dgrid
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