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  1. Tohagi
    Very,very nice display and swords... Hope to see more from your expo ! Best regards, Eric
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    Can you take a picture thru the nakago ana? If edges of the nakago ana are visible, you could have a safe way to extract it without trying exotics solutions ... One time it tooks me 3h and all my faith to remove a tsuka....
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    In the last picture the "tsuka" looks like the rest of a polearm pole. Could this be a polearm cut down? In this case geometry ... is not so wrong ?!
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    Humm... Most of the bevels are wrong including mune angle, traces of machine vertical strikes on shinogi gi... The cutting edge is thick shaped like a knife, the habaki is wrong... For me it's a déco sword... Obviously this is not a definitive statement. Best, Eric
  5. Tohagi
    Sorry, It is in too bad condition to tell more from these pictures... Best, Eric
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    I saw lately a lot of nice silk bags made from Japanese obbi (traditionnel silk belts) not very expensive and handmade in Japan... IMO avoïd chinese synthetic silk because they are not thick enough. Brocard heavy silk is the better for koshirae protection... Best regards, Eric
  7. Tohagi
    Very curious to see the nakago now...
  8. Tohagi
    Can you provide a full picture of the nakago of the first blade ? Thank you, Eric
  9. Tohagi
    Very interesting works.... Seems have been done to seal/conseal something (bad?), a woman issue on the second case. The left picture of the sword is reversed on the catalogue. What a pity to have split the blade from the Ryujin...
  10. Tohagi
    Hello, Looks perfectly genuine but in bad condition to me. The "box shape" hamon could be very caracteristic, you should try to genrly remove the mekugi as Piers suggested. Best, Eric
  11. Tohagi
    I agree, this is happening more and more often... In my case it was French post, they try very hard to " loose" my tanto, probably to buy it on a cheap auction... A very hard time for me, the Board really supported me on this one, thank you guys (and girl). Best, Eric
  12. Tohagi
    @Robert&Piers once in a time opportunity... If you let it go, be sure you will have no regrets. Best regards, Eric
  13. Tohagi
    Sorry David but your previous post is a mess to me... Why are the nakago blue ? Which one is yours? Hope it's not the fukure/ware one... Best regards, Eric
  14. Tohagi
    If the katana are nihonto, you will have to ask registration previously. Other swords are forbidden...
  15. Tohagi
    The pictures are not very good and we need some mesures... At first glance, it's a true nihonto maki okuri 1 habaki length with part of an old hantachi koshirae, at least saya and tsuka...
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    ...no evidence of suriage for me, maybe little maki okuri ?
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    Same impression : no way this is from 13's. By the way I have a problem of scale ( and descence) on pictures: - is this sword à very little blade, or the dealer have giant foot ? - How come somone with a little commun sens will put à koto sword on dirty floor to take a picture? RUN!
  18. Tohagi
    How do you wish to charge pictures? Widget size here? You can freely use any picture I put here, they are all from blades or tosogu I actually have... I will search some more for you.
  19. Tohagi
    Yes I see it now, thank you very much. I didn't get it and light angle could by really tricky. I'm definitively not able to tell the différence betwen Juyo and TJ. Both looks just fantastic to me... Still learning. Thank you, Eric
  20. Tohagi
    ??? Almost no reflexion at the mono-uchi ura side ? This is too much of an high fly to me. Please, can you teach me ? Sincerely, Eric
  21. Tohagi
    Hello, 14 inches don't seems so short to me for a naginata, it depends of "moto" and kasane, I think the beliving that naginata was a women weapon in shinto is probably wrong. Probably just yari and naginatas stay home during Tokugawa peace, so they stay at hand reach for unwilled guests. Just an opinion, could be wrong. Best regards, Eric
  22. Tohagi
    Hello Bosco, I have the same feeling: Original tsuka but cast tsuba and recent saya not well done ( koiguchi is missing and it's not the most difficult part to make, kurikata is wrong shaped...) the urushi technique is interesting, I wonder what are those inclusions... some shells? Other organics? Or just raw urushi in Bronian move ?... Thank you for sharing, Best regards, Eric
  23. Tohagi
    With a very humble opinion on this topic, If you will only pratice iaï, you should choose a lite sword with good balance (some funbari and 7mm at the moto-kasane vs 4.5mm saki-kasane) à bohi will give a lite, fast, and whistleling blade. For tameshigiri you will probably search for speed at the mono-uchi. A heavy blade is hell for the shoulders after some years of pratice... A Japanese shinken is an expensive choice...
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    Another point was... there was no artificial light to "observe" utsuri. Most token teachers had to wait for proper light (dawn? ) once a day. Still utsuri seems to have been à well mastered process in Bizen...
  25. Tohagi
    A usefull tip to evaluate normalisation tempreature is hearing the snap when touching with wet fingers in various parts of the blade. Very impressive when à traditional smith do so... Eric VD
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