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does this help ?

For anyone in OZ. The yari arrived today undamaged. So it seems it is quite ok to buy them and have them sent here. The only drawback is pole size. The seller had to cut 15 cm off the oak pole so it could fit into the 1.05 long postal cylinder, the blade had been removed and was carefully wrapped up alongside the pole. Not sure how long a parcel you could have using sea mail. cheers

Any help to translate this mei would be appreciated. It is on a small fukuro yari that has a goma hashi (protective god of Buddism - Fudou Myooh ?) and bonji. Thoughts on this yari welcomed. I am unsure of the age of this yari and if it is actually from the Kanbun era - perhaps Chikuzen province.

Brian This is a really great site with lots of very helpful people, where else can you get such genuine advice - nowhere. I have just sent you US $10 via PayPal. Thanks for all the work you do for this site. Clive

Out of curiosity what huge price did you pay for this rare blade ?

lol that is the sort of woman you never marry ......................imagine her with a loaded gun

lol, we could all chip in $0.50 and buy this for Brian as I bet he doesn't have one this bad .............................

We could all chip in and buy just one codpiece ....................

I was doing a fukuro yari search and came across this comment about daimyo54. https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/35128-sword-with-a-snake/#comment-363410:~:text=I was twice burned by Daimyo54 I pass his listing without looking. Don't waste your money. We all have to be careful with online purchases and you need to have some trust in the seller's description of the item. I am like b. hennick now and avoid evening looking at that site, one or two other friends are the same now after my experience.

Brian It keeps many in gainful employment while the baddies smuggle handguns and rifles into Australia ! OZ is over governed.

See: https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/133191/Prohibited_Weapons_Schedule.pdf There is also the national legislation on importing certain items e.g. an Australian list.

Noted. I am in NSW Thanks John.

Does anyone in Australia have experience with buying a yari from an overseas auction or a seller and then having it shipped to Australia? I looked at the Prohibited Weapons legislation for NSW and Australia but it is not clear to me on antique double edged weapons. Thinking of buying a shortened antique Edo yari with a saya. Thanks

So it went from Japan to Texas in the States, then to WA in OZ and now to NSW in OZ !

Steve Got my four books. The green hardcover book is The Samurai Sword - A Handbook by John M Yumoto and printed in 1958 in Japan. So, the modern freely available paperback with the that name published by Tuttle appears to have the same contents after a very quick check. The green book was originally in the Fort Worth Public Library.

Thanks Piers. Any actual date the card was signed off or registration completed? I think the katana length is 71.9.

Can anyone give me the basic details on this white registraton card. Thanks in advance.

Steve Sent you an email. thanks Clive

Don't forget if the newbie has a genuine Japanese blade that after Stage 1 assessment comments, an appropriate NMB person should invite the newbie to Stage 2 for a more detailed assessment if the blade warrants it.

Perhaps three dot points in the Step 1 introduction summarising what step1, step 2 & step 3 are.

Gary A very nice kabuto. A good price agreed for this purchase?

Probably one of the four listed in Hawleys book on pages 828 and 829 with the title and name that Jussi has translated. The nakago looks very clean to me for an Edo period sword.

This has been a good tsuba lesson for me today.

Are there any events or shows coming up in OZ this year apart from the knife show in QLD ?

Got an email today from Kelly, he made a mistake and thought I was in Victoria (heaven forbid). He can post me blades and ko-dogu. He uses Japan Post and this is a link showing the current weight cost excluding insurance. https://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/charge/list/ems_all_en.html Will look into what is value for money for me. I am sick of eBay and Jauce and all their padding costs.