Jiro49

Agree to disagree perhaps? It's like flogging a dead horse at this point.

All I can say is what a Dirtbag!!!! I hope the emails will give you the advantage in this case!

Ok, I have no dog in this fight but I find the subject interesting. My only question is why the sentence finished with most? As in a few will, maybe due to connections or what not.. Of course there are no absolutes.. Still curious none the less.

Im sorry to say but its a lost battle already! I sold a sword and stated it had shinae and a lot of other issues. I had emeails between the buyer and myself where he states he was aware of the issues and still he was able to return it and I had no say.. I was flat out told by a manager at Paypal when I confronted the one sided resolution approach they take and was told its not set up to be fair to the sellers. Since the sellers are the minority, I assume they will always side with the buyers! I hope Im wrong.. Gabatte!

Looking for examples of his sayagaki.. Thanks in advance!

Here is a link to your sword that pretty much sums it up.. http://ryujinswords.com/munetada.htm Regards,

Hizen kuni ju munetada... Is what I see.

At the very least it was an interesting read! Thank you for posting it!

To my novice eyes, the last kanji looks like michi, desho?

I might have symptoms of both 1 & 2. But aren't there certain types of hamon that in your opinion a kesho finish would not work well with? I've seen a fair share of shinshinto with a big wild choji midare and the like in sashikomi. Regards,

I also prefer sashikomi, at times hadori does seem like too much make up on a pretty woman. Although I don't prefer hadori I understand that a happy medium does do wonders for some blades.

nihonto goggles?

They're dominating eBay right now with a barrage of listings since winners took off.

From the answers im assuming no, but as everything else there are no absolutes...

Sorry, one last question regarding this subject. I was under the impression that there is a certain "sweet spot" where the ana should be placed for structural reasons... True?

I was trolling the sword sites and found this jingo example on ricecracker.com..

naruhodo...

Ok, thanks for the response.. So here is a neophyte question then.. Since the mekugi-ana placement is known by the smith why is it you see so many blades with the ana thru one of the kanji? Again, sorry for the FNG question...!

Thank you!

So is this type of kizu more accepted on blades with a strong masame hada? Thank you!

I have been told and always assumed that a mei (other than tameshi-mei) worked around the mekugi-ana was thought to be gimei? I know there are no absolutes, but as general rule is this true? Thank you for the lesson!

Arent they supposed to be moku shaped?

I was curious myself...? You gotta love Ebay

Sorry Brian, you are correct... I only noticed the kissaki and not the rest of the blade.

Here is an example on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samurai-Sword-1 ... 3f21af79b1