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Hi Derek,I had been looking for Uchiko Powder and some Fujishiro oil for a long time and tracked down what I think is Fujishiros site but I am not 100% as I can not read Japanese and Google was not much help http://www.nihontou.net/hanbai.htm But the order form is in Japanese so we need Chris or one of the Japanese speakers to see if they ship outside Japan and how to order. Hope this helps PS I have tried the link (not working) but when I cut and paste it works but not if you click the link ? (link fixed - Admin)

Hi Pablo, Yes you need to take some better photos like what was asked in http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/16047-refinish-and-polish-or-not and some of the rust spots so we can get an idea how bad they are.

Hi Richard, You need to take some better photos to get help as it’s not possible at the moment. Take one of the Mei, the Kissaki, and the Hamachi/Munemachi with the habaki off so we can see the kasane (thickness) at that spot. But franco may be right (high heat) as no hamon can be seen and that would be bad, but that’s based on the photos you have put up. It does look late muromachi / Shinto but Grey has given you the best advice( the polisher will tell you what you need to know.)

Hi Jason ,IMHO,For the sake of clarity Yakuza" papers do not have much to do with what we were speaking of on the other board. Yakuza" papers by definition were suspect attributions on a very small number of high end sword papers that were given by some small branches a long time ago so I don’t know why it slipped into the conversation on Tokubetsu Kicho papers, as was stated most of us have nothing to worry about. So we can sleep easy in our beds, Barry’s post is good advice( Does the paper agree with your attribution of the piece?) If you know that attribution Before you dive in there is a lot less chance of drowning PS Jason, It’s much better to have the picture on site than offsite as if it’s on the board it will stay with the post I have seen old posts that no longer have the photo linked

Markus,Thank you they make great presents!

Guido have you tried the Tor network ? it also does not always work and can be annoying but it is one of the better free VPN . If it was not for Google and their anti spambots, CAPTCHA page it would be a lot better. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_%28ano ... network%29

Greetings BaZZa :D It just goes to show if you persevere you can improve I had nin but missed no 3 JU an easy one Kashu ju nin Mitsuyuki Thanks Chris It looks right, does anyone know who this Mitsuyuki is ? Robert I normally do a clean up in Photoshop but PC problems have made that hard so thank you it looks better.

Piers,Thank you, I thought that was the case but I thought I would check :D

HI Guys,I think the mei is MitsuYuki but am struggling with the other side is this Kaga work ? I think the first 2 kanji maybe Kashû ? third is Toshi? is there any info on him.

HI Guys,I am working on my kanji skills but this is beyond my skill for the moment. So can I get some help please, is there any more info than what I can see a Wakizashi from the late Late Muromachi ? the pollish is not good so can not see much

HI Hoanh, Ishido school is a good thought its out of polish but it does look like Nioi deki. Lets see what some of the other guys think

Hi Guys, I am helping a friend with some info on this Wakizashi, I think it is Kanbun Shinto ? with a interesting hamon it is mumei thoughts on school/smiths

Hi KM, These tools have been posted in the past not much help as your example shows eg,English meanings congratulations; longevity; why post them ? Tobias, I have a touchscreen and a pen it did not help

Hi Mark, Matt is right,gimei have a look at the real thing http://www.aoijapan.com/wakizashi-harim ... tadakuni-2

Hi Bojan, Not all that much on him, (http://www.sho-shin.com/hoku2.htm) from Fujishiro's (MORIHIRO ECHIZEN [OEI 1394 ECHIZEN] CHUKOTO JOSAKU He is the son of Chiyozuru Kuniyasu, he also lived in Kaga, and is called Kamosaburo. According to the Koto Meijin Daizen, he died in Kyotoku 3 at the age of 58, but I do not know whether this is true or not.) Hawley's gives him 20p do you have some pics of the blade and paper

Hi Stephen (do it for a lot of members) I know you do,, We are lucky that you give of your time for non US members

Hi Dan, Paul has summed it up well, does it have papers ?

Hi Darcy, Thank you for the extra info I think I understand, it's something that is hard to get from books you need to see them together so your help does give a bit more insight

Thank you Brian, A few of us wanted to read them but up till now only the ones on STK were up on the web

Hi Rich, I let him know :D thanks so much :D

Hi Rich, If you have pages that are not on the website I know Adrian would love to have them, will pass on the info in case he has not seen it. :D or you can PM me and send them to me and I will pass them on :D

Hi Darcy, :D thank you for the info can you elaborate on ( 3rd gen blades I found always had a bit more muscular look than the 2nd gen blades. ) e.g muscular in what way,

Hi Koga,I enjoyed the photos I look forward to some more of your work

Hi,Hans Koga and welcome :D is this you ? https://www.facebook.com/koga.bijutsu?f ... &sk=photos

Hi Hank,Yes I have bought from the Owner, narazaki Nobuki one of the nicest guys you can meet and I would be happy to buy something again. That was my experience, :D