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  1. Hello! I'm looking for advice/tips on shipping my swords from Europe to the states. It sounds and seems like it should be as simple as boxing them up and sending them home but I don't want to miss anything. Has anyone come across any issues with customs? Are there possible problems sending by air etc etc? Thanks in advance!
  2. Hey Jason! I did a test buy from them and it went fine. The "restricted" items are quickly unblocked at the interested parties request and if not they will unblock the item in question after a short "Please unblock this item anyway" email from you provided you accept responsibility for possible import problems into the country. From purchase to delivery was a little slow. I bought tsuba and it took approx three weeks to arrive. As said, a little slow but the information on their site showing where you item is in the shipping process was quite good. Hope that helps!
  3. Hey Kemlos! If you're interested there's a page here with some of the basics on how to recognize a lot of the fake antiques that are out there. It can be found at the top of this page under the heading Research ==> Fake Swords. Sorry for you loss. /Ken
  4. Hey! Sorry for the lack of information about the pictures. Yes there are three pictures showing 2 tsuba identical i form but not quality. The multi image on the far left appears to be a much better (original?) version of the following two pictures showing the omote and ura side of the lesser quality tsuba.
  5. Hello everyone! I was googling today and found these two tsuba attached to two separate auction sites. The one of lesser quality was on Ebay with a starting bid close to $100 if i'm not mistaken (no one fell for it, 0 Bids). I'm wondering if there is any chance that the other could possibly be "real" or are they both just production fakes. Thanks for any opinions! Ken
  6. Ian, Thanks for that. I'll check into that family. Yes, your right. The 6 coin mon is the one used by the Sanada clan. The leaf mon is the one that's killing me. I believe that is was dictated that lower ranking soldiers were required to have only simple furnishings on a katana. The kashira was expected to be plain or possibly a simple grain pattern if I recall. The fuchi was also relatively plain with only the kamon of the clan they were fighting under. It was howerver accepted the on the reverse side that soldiers own family crest could also be displayed. That could result in two different crests with no other connection other than that they were all playing for the same team. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
  7. Hey Brian! I just looked at the mon you found used by the Matsuura clan and am wondering if it can be the same. Can a mon with a identical image be seen as completely different by placing it in a circle and can even the thickness of the circle come into play as well? I would love to think that this is the mon from the Matsuura clan and that I can let my brain rest a bit but...
  8. Hello again. Thanks Brian for that information. It's true that this may have come from a sword whose owner or family would not have made even the slightest blip on histories radar for all the reasons you've listed. Here are a few pics. (sorry for the poor quality) Thanks!!! Ken B. P.S. Feel free to mock me if this turns out to be a fake. :D
  9. Hello all! First I'd like to warn that I'm new and hope that I'm not posting in the wrong place and that I wish I had found this board years ago (before a few embarrassing purchases). I recently bought a fuchi on ebay but I'm having trouble tracking down information on the the item, bid time ran out before I could come to any solid conclusion. Historically it seem to comply with the limitations of a lower ranking soldier (I think) but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. On the one side there is a Sanada crest and on the other is a family crest I've been unable to track down. I though it might help me determine the age and possible authenticity if any affiliation between Sanada and the other family was at all possible. The crest type when translated on the "BABLE FISH" website is "Leaf of Abe rudder" and can be seen second down on the left at: http://www.otomiya.com/kamon/plant/kaji.htm Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. _______ Ken B.
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