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me three.

ohhhh, I had gone with nanb, because I thought the sugata was large and a bit flamboyant.

some very good points Caleb, I feel for Travis. I know its hard to sell something you enjoy to pay the bills. its a crying shame no one has bought them yet. but theres was a chap who had a sword go missing with Canada post , this maybe the cause of the hesitation

sorry, I have been tryng to bottle feed and type. prob got most wrong too. you have got me worried now Jean. have I made myself look evan sillier with 19, I know its very short. ill correct it

I did things abit differently, firstly by what I thought to be the correct period the by oldest to youngest 1 sue? 2 shinto 3, shinshinto 4, kamakura 5 kamakura 6 7 8 9 late kamakura 10 shinshinto 11nanbokucho 12 early muromachi 13 14 15 sue koto 16 nanbokucho 17 18 mid muromachi 19 nanbokucho 20

ok, whats his handle, because I cant find him. but if anyone whats to have a go in the mean time here is the quiz, its to arrange the tanto from oldest to youngest

semi-mass produced, Nakirishi-mei, unrecorded smith and in poor condition. Im not sure what you hope to learn from it. as a "product of war" its worth preserving as a battlefield relic. But saying that its a "It serves as a memorial to those who lost their lives" is like saying a Arisaka bayonet is a memorial to all IJA killed in Saipan, a stretch. before you think im pooping military swords, your very wrong. in fact Im probably one of there biggest defenders on the forum, and I has been my main focus for 15 years now. but there isn't much more you can drag out of this topic.

I cant believe its taken this long.

just to be the devils advocate, how many petals does the cherry blossom on a Kyu gunto company grade dress sword have? ans how many petals does a police dress sword have?

any luck yet travis?

Im looking for this edition, as it has the answers to the 2006 tanto dating challenge anyone got a link, as im looking for confirmation on my skills ( or huge lack of aHAHAHAHHA) regards Hamish

not to be rude, but its nothing to evan bother with continuing the post. In the world of nihonto, ww2 forged blades that arn't considered traditionally made are looked down apon more then kizu-uchi. the fact that its at the very bottom end of the imperial sword spectrum with poor or mismatched fittings, this really points out the question. IS IT EVAN WORTH BOTHERING WITH? there are heaps of better more interesting items to concentrate on and study.

sorry Marius, I didn't mean to affend you. let me try and write what I meant to say. This is a study piece for me as I have never owned a yamashiro piece before. Gimei is not important to me at this stage. I was just openly discussing my bad Oshigata and the piece to help me better understand yamashiro work. when and under what conditions this could have been made, and whey the Ji is lacking, compared to a true yamashiro pieces because reading books doesn't give me a good mental picture. The internet dosn't show pictures that compare to looking at a sword in hand and there are very few good collector in my part of the world, and it requires me to travel 10-12 hours one way to meet with other inter-state collectors who my I talk with. I am very happy with the tanto and your description was very good, but im just trying to learn for myself abit. regards H

thanks guys, Paul, I did notice some extra ko-nie where I didn't before, normally I spend a few hours when I first get something going over items. but I sort of expected more activity with the Ji for a yamashiro blade, considering its the oldest tradition out of the 5. if this was made by another school or group can it be called a true yamashiro blade, I compared it to a friends Rai school tachi with a very noticeable change in ji hada. could this piece be early Shinto due to the lack of ji-activities for a gimei

Hi guys, well were do I start. Baby has wind and is very unhappy, To wet to go out side, No work coz its to wet (to go out side), wife is to busy comforting baby so no romance. so its been 7 long days, inside trying to be constructive. so I tried to fix the ps3 (no luck) so I said to myself why not do my first Oshigata on a tanto got of the board. So im so bored Im prepared to open up myself for a small amount of teasing for what is my first attempt at a Oshigata on baking paper. hahaha

bump for travis

most likely a threaded, take care as some times they are stubborn and being brass damage very easly

either way, its a nice example of a meiji military sword. I was bidding aswell. the saya looks like it was never plated either, so that's a interesting point. any luck with getting the tsuka off without damaging anything?

why haasnt this sold yet, come on guys! were are all the beginner collectors?

Jim, with such poor photos, how could even the most educated person comment. Help us to help yourself, take some time. It may take 40 mins but you could capture some important activity in the Jigane, Hamon or kissaki that might help put the sword into the correct school and period. regards H

that would be doug Austin from QLD, oldly cheaper on his website. normally its the other way round. www.guntoart.com

because discussing topics like this, helps everyone understand mantetsu-to better, and also allows people to hear other collectors opinions to help every level of collector gain possible extra knowledge. this topic may have given older collectors a better view of the currant value of a item that they paid only $400 years ago. Also whos polishing the Mantetsu-to

after people spend good amounts of money on a mantetsu, and then try and send one to Japan for a polish. and its banned then what? send it to a well regarded togi and they say "why bother" will people stand in a pool of buyers regret the continuous stream of freshly polished blades appears tobe coming from the USA. so whos polishing them

http://ohmura-study.net/998.html http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/koa.htm sadly I have a translated page done from Japanese, but I have lost it.

madness http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Japanese-WWll-Army-officers-sword-in-mountings-Koa-Isshin-Mantetsu-/351716793755?hash=item51e3f45d9b:g:hjwAAOSw2GlXHXuy&autorefresh=true