Little Rjt Collection

[vajo]

I try to bring my little Gendaito Collection of RJT Smiths on a own website.

Maybe it is interesting for someone to take a look. My other swords will follow when i had made better pictures.

 

http://www.schmucker-info.net

 

Best 

 

Chris

[Shamsy]

Lovely collection Chris and great looking page. I really love these swords. Well, second to the 95 of course!

[TETSUGENDO]

Chris,

 

Some very fine swords beautifully presented,  well done!

 

-S-

[BANGBANGSAN]

Very nice!

[reeder]

Nice start!

[PNSSHOGUN]

Very nice Chris, all in Type 3 mounts too. Makes me want to get one myself.

[IJASWORDS]

This is a beautiful way to present your swords. Your photography is really professional. What camera do you use? What lighting method to stop glare? What background do you photograph the swords on? This is really well done, congratulations. 

[vajo]

Thank you all very much for the kind words. I think the pictures looks not really good, but  they are small so you can't see much details of the bluring and the bad lighting condition.

I will bring my other RJT Swords online in the next time to see and compare my collection with other pieces that i see in the net. I forgot often some smiths name and don't remember details. So it is helpfull for me. I'm pleasured that you like it.
 

For the pictures there is not much magic. I take a old Nikon D50, laying the blade in front of our big garden window on a blanket, stand up on a chair and try to have good light from the sun outside and take the shutter and aperture very small, the background will fall dark. Then cut it out in paintshop and fill the background black. I know it is not very professional but it is only for my own pleasure.

[paul griff]

Hello Chris,

Very nice collection and excellent format..Your site is far better in fact than the majority of professional sites...Well done..

Regards,

Paul...

[Mark C]

Excellent Chris.

 

Great site and collection.

 

All the best

 

Mark

[Ray Singer]

Nice to see see a couple of "old friends" there in the gendaito gallery. Great presentation format Chris.

 

Best regards,

Ray

[EdWolf]

Hi Chris,

Excellent collection. Very nice!

Best regards, Ed

[george trotter]

Hi Chris,

Nice site for us RJT collectors to look at, keep up the good work.

Regards,

[Ooitame]

Looks great and nice collection!

[celt72]

Nicely done!

[vajo]

I changed the litte website to a faster host.

 

http://www.schmucker-info.net/

 

Thanks for looking

 

Best 

Chris

[TETSUGENDO]

Much faster and responsive, just about perfect now Chris!

 

-S-

[Daniel]

Always hard to make judgements based on pictures but I really do like the hada of the Akihisa. As said before there are many good works from the Aki smiths. Congrats to your swords and a very nice web site...

 

Regards

Daniel

[Mister Gunto]

The link doesn't work for me, I get a 403 error. 

[vajo]

You see the new link Bradley? I changed the host to a faster server.

[TETSUGENDO]

Bradley,

 

Some internet providers arbitrarily block certain content, check with your provider.  Sometimes using another browser works, always worth a try.  It doesn't seem to be a country/region problem as I have no difficulty accessing the site.  Good luck!

 

-S-

[vajo]

Ich checked the code there is no failure. The site should work with every browser correctly.

 

http://www.schmucker-info.net

 

Note that this website is in german language.

 

Best

Chris

[Windy]

Loving the Akihisa. Similar to mine.

[Mister Gunto]

That new link worked for me, thank you!

 

Very nice collection! I especially like #5 there. Beautiful blade. 

[vajo]

Thanks all for the kind comments.

 

I added a new sword that i got back yesterday from polish.

 

 

Chris

[TETSUGENDO]

Chris,

 

Another beautiful addition to the site, fine blade....all in all, an impressive presentation!

 

-S-

[vajo]

Thank you Steven.

[vajo]

I finished today the documentation of my Gendai-to site. I hope it is helpfull.

 

Cheers 

Chris

[IJASWORDS]

I note with great interest and admiration, that Chris not only has done a great job of his web site, but has some really nice type3 examples. In actual fact, I find the type 3 koshirae most interesting, and some times with great blades contained. 

There are single button with no dust cover and German silver seppa. Celluloid same, and plain ito.

There single button, dust cover, clear lacquered ito. 

There are of course the premium koshirae, with a contrasting red, brown or black painted ito tzuka. 

And many other variations that surface from time to time. 

[vajo]

Thanks Neil. You show some very interesting koshirae from your great and important collection. I remember on a sword with yellow rattan saya that Ed from Yakiba.com has sold. Yours seems to be the identical koshirae. That last one in the first picture could be a nagamitsu? I see some with burlap same.