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Probably a Shinshinto Kinnoto?? And some other links Satsuma rebellion swords and Kinnoto 23 posts 14 June 2020 Gassan School Sadahide Kinnoto - First Blade 4 posts 4 Nov 2025 More results from www.militaria.co.za BaZZa.

Not higaki yasurime, rather its inverted/reverse takanoha. BaZZa.

It could be clear lacquer. I once had an iron tsuba in my early, more Western ignorant days, that had been coated with 'something'. A slightly less than ignorant friend of the time suggested xylene as a solvent that would shift whatever it was. Well, that didn't work, so I had no idea what it was apart from what I read about lacquer being insoluble in most anything. So it stayed as it was and didn't deteriorate from my 'cleaning up' penchant. BaZZa.

The tsuba is shown upside down and the signature is probably JAKUSHI. BaZZa.

Would the shape be for an armour piercer??? I once had a pair of arrowheads with this shape and was told at the time they were armour piercing points. Ballistically the shape appears to be sensible for the task... BaZZa.

GASP!!! I see the cursed silver fish activity. The world is fortunate that the papers have survived for us. BaZZa.

I would think nothing to worry about as one could support the menuki from crushing by putting in a post, or 'blob' of something like casting in a lump of 5-minute araldite or some such, or sticking in a small piece of protruding metal that would take care of the location/movement problem. It would be a rare case where you could silver solder a replacement pin. Just an idea 'on the run' before having lunch and trying to please my missus (not misses) by getting away from the computer and doing some work outside. BaZZa.

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The mei looks good? Now the workmanship. The saya looks great lacquer. BaZZa.

Odachi are indeed a fascinating subject. I was just doing my daily trawl of all things interesting when unexpectedly this Facebook reel popped into my orbit: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1526780725833444 @Jussi Ekholm may have a thing or two to say about this practitioner of the art of drawing an Odachi?? Regards, BaZZa.

This FB reel immediately reminded me of this tsuba. Beautiful in both cases: https://www.facebook.com/reel/3864905883643507 Part of the commentary goes: On my way to pick up our guests this morning, I said to my colleague, “I’d love to see a snake today.” Ten minutes after collecting our guests… there it was. A stunning tiger snake, right there on the road — calm, aware, and absolutely beautiful. Moments like this always feel a little bit magical… like nature is listening. Of course, we made sure it was safely guided off the road, given space, and left to continue on its way — exactly as it should be. Wildlife encounters are never something we control… but sometimes, they arrive just when you ask for them. Maybe there’s a little bit of nature witch in me after all 🌿🐍 Kangaroo Island Hire a Guide & Nocturnal Tours #australianwildlife #tigersnake #kangarooisland #wildlifetourkangarooisland #tourkangarooisland #authentickangarooisland #natureconnection #wildlifeencounter #southaustralia #kangarooislandguardian #respectwildlife #wildlifeguide #australia #naturelovers #snake #reptile BaZZa.

A BILLHOOK!!! How very fitting your 'traditional tool' should appear on NMB. As I'm sure many of you know, the billhook has a long career as a weapon. BaZZa.

Dear Jonathon. The Board is usually a good source of information, but doing a search on naganobu gives a null result. I had a memory and went searching to my own archives and found this FYI: In the long course of history this sword has come to rest in my collection. I had a window put into it by Andrew Ickeringill and the result seems to be that this is a shoshin by Naganobu. Also encouragingly it is very similar to a Tokubets Hozon sword another collector has that I have personally handled. Shame about the nakago, nonetheless this sword is on my bucket list for polishing. A point worth mentioning is that the date is rendered in 'grass script'. Regards, BaZZa. aka Barry Thomas.

No such thing as a necropost when it is full of laughs and guffaws. Really enjoyed revisiting this thread. Have seen a couple of Doctor's swords in my time, but not for many, many years. BaZZa.