mike76us
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i have one with this same habaki i think the heart means you are not gonna back down from anyone that you will strike in a flash
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thanks for the advice yea only thing i’ve done to it was wipe the blade with oil i can remember those surface spot on the blade when i was a young kid they have not changed in 35 years still looks the same def a good blade can’t wait to get it polished up
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also forgot the steal look like a wood grain style
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lol i know thats fosure i learn something new every time i google Japanese sword really fascinating stuff the history behind these
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done little research on few things i think i’m pretty close on the details if it can be trace to a certain school this way but it is a okissaki shinogi zukuri hamon style looks to be gunome-midare both mune is lori nakago is futsu haagari mei is kesho srry for bugging u guys just trying too teach myself on how to research these swords i never knew how cool Japan’s history is untill i got this sword but very interesting stuff
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Late Kamakura Yamato Taima blade - Tokubetsu Hozon
mike76us replied to Ray Singer's topic in For Sale or Trade
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oh yea how do u search members i’m in charleston wv
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only thing i know about it is that’s it’s really old i live in west virginia iced looked everywhere around here for someone to check it out very hard to find someone
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yes i agree it definitely needs a better home lol hopfully someone will want it i just hate to do anything with it untill i know little more about it thanks you sir for your info
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yea srry my name is mike yea i posted it before think u guys help me figure the age so far was hoping someone recognized the hamon the sword is unsigned i wish i had the funds to have it research just trying to get as much as i can the school would be nice to know also would get me in the right direction on figuring out who made it
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http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/31588-did-grandpa-have-the-hanjo-lol-he-always-said-this-sword-was-over-600-years-old/
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just noticed the samurai head on there couldn’t never make nothing out on it befoe
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yea thank man finding out anything about these is very hard i will keep in mind what u said i can remember when i was a kid it still had all the wrapping on the handle and leather on the case my dad had it stored in a basement but i remember the same rust spots on the blade as a kid it have some kinda ivory looking diamond looking things in the handle wrapping my dad still has them somewhere
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cutting edge 25 3/4 whole sword 35 1/2
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thanks for the help guys i will measure the angle tomorrow and post the curve and tip angle
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ok man thanks for your help i will def do that it is still very very sharp can still shave with it also and very heavy tip is thicker on the end more then the back
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can anyone tell me about this sword would love too know
