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pcfarrar

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  1. I would ask Dave Thatcher, I think it is definitely something he would know. http://yoroi.uk/
  2. A few dabs of warm water and then clamp it shut. The hot water should reactivate the rice glue and it will seal again.
  3. Richard Adams or John Bolton. John Bolton makes decent solid silver habaki and is prices are good.
  4. It looks like a bidder wasn't happy with the dragon koshirae he bought from Megtora11 so recently gave him a negative feedback. Complaining about the menuki not being gold or something? https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/s540353707 I assume in time the buyee block will lift as Megtora11 gets more positive feedback...
  5. I bought a koshirae using buyee from a seller who had less than 20 positive feedback a few weeks ago. Megtora11 has 464 good feedbacks so there is no reason for him to be blocked by buyee.
  6. Looks like a bug, I've bought from sellers with very low feedback on buyee without issue.
  7. It's a bit cheaper to post directly from the Parcelforce depot if you have one nearby. You can also sign up for a free parcelforce rewards discount card that gives you 15% off all shipping. You also need to use Parcelforce Global Priority to ship swords to the USA. You get full tracking with this service and it's fast.
  8. It's cheaper on the Apple Book store for People in the UK: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/isbn9781329114791
  9. Looks more like Shoami to me.
  10. Sorry to hear this sad news. I've done many deals with Thierry over the years and he was always great to deal with. RIP Thierry.
  11. Here's a Jakushi dragon koshirae to go with it: http://page18.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w169376593
  12. That's a very common Jakushi school design, I have one the same.
  13. You can also donate using Apple Pay if you have an iphone/ipad/Mac.
  14. Last I heard is that it was 3 months to get the item back and then another 3 months for the paper.
  15. You need to use Parcelforce Global Priority, that is EMS. Global Express is definitely FedEx (it's really good and fast but you may have issues with swords/knives). By complete coincidence I just bought a Fairbairn Sykes too. I'm not keen on using services like Parcel Monkey as you can't deal with Parcelforce directly if there are any problems as you are not the customer. You can also get 15% off the price of Parcelforce at the moment using: http://www.parcelforce.com/rewards4u?iid=CAROUSEL1_R1910
  16. Use Royal Mail tracked and signed for FS knives. It can be as fast as Parcelforce and costs £15 ish to South Africa. Parcelforce Express uses FedEx so avoid that. Only Global priority is safe.
  17. Your fine shipping swords, but the people working the post offices always try and refuse them as weapons. Just call it an artwork when they ask and your fine. You are best using the following postal methods (do not use any other). Small wak/tanto: Royal Mail International Tracked and Signed. Long wak/katana etc.: Parcelforce Global Priority
  18. War Thunder flying Zero's in VR on the Oculus Rift is excellent. Much better than "For Honor", which I've also played.
  19. The sword on Ted's website was the one I sold him. It has an interesting back story which I'm not sure Ted was aware of.
  20. Good smith, I sold one several years ago and it was a really nice blade.
  21. Simon, On a well done hadori polish, it completely vanishes once you hold the blade at an angle, allowing you to see the hamon and activity easily. It's hard to show this effect on a photo. It's only the poorly done amateur hadori that mask the hamon and activity.
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