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I think there doing it slow as a demonstration. You dont thing sasaki kojiro was that slow is to why musashi beat him Hahahaha

Sorry for the late reply. Nightshifts suck. Thanks for the help Morita San Regards Hamish

Hahahaha its a little mino wak. So prob gimei

Hi guys, away from home working. Got the time to translate but no books. Bordering on boring doing fifo. Could You please help Kind regards Hamish

The ito looks horrible. Some of the fittings look horrible, the seppa fit looks horrible. The iida latch looks wonky But at first glace it could pass unsuspected at a gunshow and someone would buy it

the kissaki and yokote make me think i could grate carrots on it

when 1 part of the story is horse plop, then whats the rest??

YEAH BRASS HANDLED TYPE 95'S AHAHAHAHHAH

its 1600s version of a safety

the myths of his swords are a fantastical as his gold treasures. im off to the philipines

i think its been a worthwhile post, the discussion of retail prices, risky auction methods and unnumbers sayas with early typr 95s. thanks for all your imput, this is what the NMB is all about, real input by collectors whom and study there swords, with good observatiosn. thanks guys

its been a interesting read, i just wanted to "gauge the weather" personally i think if anyone pays 5k for a machine made blade needs there head checked. i just wanted to see if theres still interest, considering the currant market conditions. and also wanted to start conversation about percived RAREITY after all early type 95 ncos swords sell for more money then what i sold my early ardmirals flag sword that was published. and also i was thinking of your brain, didnt want yet another over priced item that sits on the forum for 6 months taking up space and time

thanks Steve, any members out there care to offer input? as personlly i dont get a GOTO feeling

judging by the complete lack of interest or PMs it has confirmed my feelings that the fade of early copper handled ncos are over hyped or past its due

Hi guys, sorry i cant get my head around this one. the work reminds me of high end Soten. kind regards H

a person i know wants to sell a nice example with a mistached saya in numbers. personally iv always thougth they abit over hyped, so im not sure of the market values and demand. its neat and numbered 2800, with a nice fat early tsuba. so whos in the market for 1, please PM me

i would get the polish done, i could live with the pitting. i had a kotani yasunori once, i sold it becasue i was told pits would never polish out. regret the following sale. but note the money, it helped pay for my wife knee operation

modern, often applied after the war by westerners as a perservative agent. especially in tropical areas

varnish, and the only reason i posting is for respect for Bruce

THANKS GUYS, but why is his me nippon seikosho ?? not the normal hideaki

hey guys, theres some that escape me, it looks like toshihide need conformation please need the gapes filled in please MI SHO KASA WA HO KU KO NEN ? ROKU ? GATSU ? TOSH- JITSU ? ? thanks for your help peaples

wow just read this. i never new this guy was making deals with "me".... he never offered a deal. he tried to haggle on price. while i was ignoring his haggling, the sword sold. he got upset when i posted it sold. next time you try and be a cheap bastard and haggle a seller down to a stupid price on what is already a stunning deal, just remember im free to sell to others . we or i didnt enter ANY agrement with you. so stop runining what was a good sale for the person whom paid me instantly, and got extra out of my pleasure of a easy transaction

if your haggling over $150, this isnt the hobby for you. many books cost more then that?

fair point the kanbun area sword made from nambantetsu is ok, but a showato stamp on a gendai quality sword will always be the black sheep of both communities

its could be that hes was just a overlooked or short lived smith.