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Photos and Video from San Francisco Token-Kai 2021


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I'm home now after my first sword show at the San Francisco Token-Kai. I had an incredible time, learned so much, made a few purchases, met some great people, and can't wait to attend another show. For those that missed it, here's a few photos and a video I took of the event. My camera is just an older iPhone, so I imagine there are better photos out there, but here's what I've got.

 

Me up and ready bright and early for the day. My wife tagged along for the morning, but I was left free rein for the afternoon :)

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I went back and looked at this BEAUTIFUL sword several times. A Hizento by the second generation, the owner had just completed a daisho by the first generation Tadayoshi and was selling this example from the same school:

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One of the best attendees was this little friend:

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A MASSIVE o-dachi:

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A Yoroi-dōshi (edited for spelling, thanks Piers D!). I had been hoping to see one!

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Ha ha ha, I'm not quite sure about the science here, but a great way to build community, and the dealer was incredibly nice!

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Very few kyu gunto present. I had been hoping to study more, but honestly, I think there were perhaps 3 total.

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Of course, I was foolish and didn't get a good photo of this display, which was several Juyo works, and the most expensive was $175,000. Beautiful!!

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Here's the shot of my loot upon getting home! I need to properly take photos and kantai the two katana I purchased, so those will be in the "Nihonto" sub-forum sometime in the next month.

 

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And finally is the short walkaround video I took. I didn't want to be too obtrusive, so it's probably about a third of the booths and really just a glancing view of most. But fun to see everyone!

 

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7 hours ago, Stephen said:

May i ask who was supplying the mouth sanitizer? I have a good guess but dont want to say his name n be wrong.

Shoot, sorry, but I didn’t catch his name. It looks like he’s a regular though; his booth and back of his head (presumably) is in this 2016 video at 1:41, and he’s got Maker’s Mark then too:

 . Like I said, really nice gentleman.

 

Thanks, everyone, for the nice comments! It was just so FUN to hold things in hand and actually talk with people about this niche topic in person. 

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11 hours ago, Tom Darling said:

Michael,  congratulations you've got a new job, video all the Shows, best I've seen in a longtime.  Very much appreciated.  Good hunting. I also love your kitty.

Thanks @Tom Darling! I’m not sure when the next show I’ll get to attend will be, but I’m positive it’ll happen some time. 
 

Our cat is pretty great :) We got him when we lived in Japan. He’s naughty and kind of dim sometimes, but we love him.

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