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I am and have been....... however lately i havent gotten round to continue it.... KM

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!! KM

if i would do that, would i move left right only on the hamon area, or up down? do i only do 5 cm? or the whole length of the cutting edge? and where do i get such stones? isnt sodium bicarbonate just as damaging to the blade like salt? i am very weary since i dont want to damage anything... Btw i am not taking any action yet untill i am convinced (by the members or a shinsa master) that it is an unimportant useless showato... which it most likely isnt....... hope you understand and could answer these questions for me Peter, Best wishes, KM

Thank you Brian!! KM

here is the image... sorry for the fact its not sharp... it is a print from the 1800's, made from the original block... KM

Is the Hawley book still in print? or online? TY... KM

well i have resized all pics, so that shouldnt be a problem anymore... The hamachi sticks out a bit too much and the mekugiana doesn't look like it's spaced properly. Is it just me or does the nakago look a little "awkward"? The hamachi is fairly sturdy, the habaki is larger due to the fact this might well be an old sword remounted in military settings... The mekugiana is in my view okay, its located at the same spot as in a lot of other swords as far as i can measure it, and even a new peg fits perfectly and makes the construction of the hilt sturdy. ie the sword doesnt move when moving it around. i am really eager and curious to learn more about your opinions on this katana from any of you!... KM my questions are: (and i am relying heavily on your trained eyes!) 1. What is the estimated age of this blade, if gendaito, or if not, nihon-to 2. Do you think the blade was re-tanged? especially note the difference in yasurime. 3. what do you think of the mei? (close ups!) 4. what do you think of the visible "damage" ? (there is no rust pitting deeper than 1 mm by the way. 5. do you think the blade is worth (deserves) sending to a togishi for a full polish/remount in koshirae/shirasaya ? 6. even though there is ubu-ha, do the file marks on the blunt part maybe indicate this was done later? ie that this is indeed an old blade which was worked on to get it in shin-gunto mountings....\ 7. (the mounting itself, saya etc have low numbers, and are highly detailed/high quality, would this indicate an early type of shin-gunto mounting?) ie made around 1935...

Thank you Guido dono! i will look it up in my kenkyusha! may peace reign between our Han from now on! :lol: KM

I wouldnt dare try that myself.......... I mean, how would i bring out the hamon, i am untrained in polishing Japanese swords.... have polished Roman replica gladii and medieval replica's though..... KM

Hey Milt, i have 5 GB at photobucket.... so its okay..... Peter here are the pictures of the nakago and mune, and underside..... if it is a weld, could it be a: a contemporary repair b: a battle repair (i saw what looked like a small nick of a sword cut on the side near the tip) c: a showa whatever you want to call it? personally i do not think it is a modern repair/forgery at least.....i hope its not.... :lol: it is definetely a WWII relic as far as i know would the shinsa masters regard a repaired sword, even if the repair was contemporary a major flaw? Underside.. KM

I will start working on it right away!! most of us here have DSL....... best wishes! KM

HERRN SCHILLER! A: literally i say.... about the yari, i dont have money man! this is normal youngster's street-slang-Japanese, not the Japanese you use which is definetely Tokyo upper class diet style. and btw its ga arimasen, unless you mean the verb Taru... sono or ano depends on where you are standing. btw it can also be... ano yari o kau KOTO ni wa o-kane ga (t)arimasen or (nai) B: I am not bragging nor have I ever been bragging about my knowledge of Japanese, so please show me the exact postings in which i did brag about my knowledge of Japanese, which is that of a university student in his 4th year. If you mean my post about daimyou54eb, its not bragging, its telling you that speaking Japanese helps a lot when dealing with the Japanese. for the rest i would like to add some angry Japanese verbs and sentences ending in rro! yo! no! en baka na............:lol: :lol: you are just lucky to live in Japan yourself so you are able to speak it every day i guess..... :lol: :lol: no offense but please dont be so high up yourself......... that is a little bit silly and offends me a little. no matter what you have done and how well known you might be in the scientific community. KM Ah yes the name and location thing: due to the fact i have run into some nasty dealings with known Polish criminals trying to sell me a sword, and several e-bay fraudsters whom i have denounced at 419eater.com i have requested Brian to allow me to keep slightly anonymous. thats why it says ON REQUEST!!!! :lol: :lol: PSII: Brian, Will do!!

(the reddish stuff seems to be some kind of paper) Thats all folks.............. :lol: KM

Okay....... here we go! I have taken a lot of photos of the sword, Macroed... i will start with the tang, kissaki and blade pics, and will end with some of the fittings... my questions are: (see last posting i made..) I would appreciate any and all info and help you can provide me with since this is my first real sword ever... ( i do own a nice zink/alloy replica for iai and re-enactment but thats no niho-to of course) KM

sono yari no hou wa, o-kane ga nai yo! :lol: KM

Milt, feel free to travel to MY country and have a field day!!! its legal here hehehehehe :lol: :lol: KM

geez!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so is dried urushi still damaging when you sand it? km

NAZE? Hahahahaha KM

Perzonally i think that if you only use proper uchiko once and a while, and oil your blade once every week, everything should be okay... of course depending on the tissue/material you wipe the old oil off with... I know from my Roman military gear, which is plate-iron, it is best to oil it once a week to prevent rusting. KM

Stephen 殿、 本当　に　ありがとう　で　ござります。 楠軒　政鬚

Milt that one looks lovely!!! and pilsy i would try to get rid of the sword asap..... study, study and study again...... then try and buy one....... best wishes! KM

must have been written in MAC, since my windows (WITH Japanese fonts) shows a garbled page........ KM

thanks for the info!! KM

just one thing, please turn the sword around on its display stand.... the cutting edge should not be face down..... very nice wakizashi! KM

Found this one..... but will keep searching......... and need to find the minamoto kanji combined with the masayuki in a gendai smith... "Seki Kaji Tosho The material on this page was researched, translated and programmed by Dr. Jinsoo Kim During WWII more than 200 swordsmiths worked only at Seki province to supply qualified swords for their soldiers. Their names began to appear in Seki Tanrensho printed in 1939. Some smiths in this list worked as Rikugun Jumei Tosho and they produced "both good and poor blades together". However most of these smiths produced low grade Showato. This list shows their smith name and real name. 刀匠名Smith Name 本名Real Name 正行 (Masayuki) 三輪 友雄 " KM