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I knew John well he was a friend a few of my swords found there way into his book,Kunio Izuka of the new york club was the ranslator for John he will be missed condolences to his family L.Kanarek MD

Morita san the translator of the kanji in Johns book was Kunio Izuka a member of the New York Japanese sword club, I am SURE HE CAN BE CONTACTED VIA THE CLUBS WEB SITE L.Kanarek MD

Wak koto orakaishi mei yasumitsu oei bizen Hosokawa family mon on all koshirae solid gold habaki,yamamoto family treasure koto matching fittings bize n suriage,Bizen daimyo tachi shimada mon battlefield koshirae with body cutting test done by asaemon when sword was 200 years old NTHK,koto soshu katana ubu mumei muromachi work is typical of shimada yoshisuke 1457 founder of shimada school full polish in shirasaya,shinto tanto hida no kami ason ujifusa NIDAIall matching fittings (nidai was olnl one to use ason ),Jinja sword 3 fox princes(still exists inTokyo) made by 3 jo saku smiths using ogon in hada dedicatiion dated in shirasaya Ikeda family mon tachi kobizen?awataguchi?ko ichimonji ?rai? have been studying it for a while stunning nihonto polished in shirasaya,koto bizen bishu osafune kagemitsu with matching fittings to retired samurai bohi kakudome bo utsuri goma bashi sanskrit diety In addition fittingssigned ishiguro masatsune 1st generation,signed inaba no suke ichimoya matching fushi/ kashira and menuki shi shis,kyoto ichinomiya school tsunenao NTHK,NBTHK 73POINTS, goto menuki 2 pair horses and dragons LKanarekMD

why do you think its fake with arsenal marks? LKanarekMD

Vlad went over nakago again sword is very koshizori what are two charachters on bottom of nakago sword is suriage but maybe not o suriage to make a statement that its not awataguchi seem impudent to me would like to see close up pictures of boshi nie nio and some better pics of hada then as I said BEFORE SHINSA real good looking nihonto LKanarekMD

nakago appears to be original kiri and kiri yasurime are evident suguha hamon with hataraki in hamon very nice no way chinese fake old sword what does it have tori or koshi zori? should be shinsad LKanarekMD

the signature is inaba suke yoshioka beautiful shishis deep black shakudo VALUE? L.Kanarek MD

Hello again I told you guys of a matched set of fittings I aquired on an old tsuka Beautiful shishis on bothf/k and menuki being a sword guy I sahowed them to a friend who very excitedly said he wants them they are signed inaba suke yoshi oka I havent a clue as to how much to ask for PLEASE HELP I would be very grateful and any help I can offer in return on swords will be given gladlley they are in perfect conditio in all ways sorry I dont have capability to show pictures but I can try to email them. thanks in advance Lew Kanarek MD

Dont understand question photo shows a relly nice katana what seems to be the problem L.KanarekMD

hello all I have a questiion, has anyone heard from John Tirado (sayashi) ive been calling him and get a recording about bike racing does any one know where he is? L.Kanarek MD

hello guys when it comes to swords I usually help others HaHa when it comes to fittings im lost have beautifuk set of matching fuchi/kashira menuki signature reads YOSHI OKA INABA SUKE any help would be appreciated as to HOW TO RANK THE ARTIST WITH JUST THE SCHOOL NAMED thanks in advance . L.Kanarek MD

1st generation nagamitsu bizen fathe of kagemitsu grandfather of kanemitsu $6000 no way jack wrong signature wrong hamon wrong hada wrong san sak u boshi L.kanarek MD

maybe price includes the house its in L.Kanarek MD

De que ciudad en Espana vives? soy de Madrid pero estoy viviendo 35 anos en Nueva York, tengo espada casi igual y es nagamaki naoshi tambien koto L.Kanarek MD

I knew that by understating the show it would stir up things I guess I did a good job the show was the best one in tampa in many years I really dont know how sales went but who cares camaraderie returned to florida with many new people L.Kanarek MD

Hi Guys, just got back from the tampa show it was ho hum more dealers including guns but little public involvement Al Bardi did a good job but I guess he cant fight the economy. He also announced a shinsa next year in conjunction with the show. Sure hope it attracts more people . L.Kanarek MD

The following items will be on display at the Tampa show if there is any interest please contact me. Daimyo tachi koto papered NTHK in very rare battlefield koshirae with tameshegiri done by yamada asaemon in edo when sword was 200 years old, cut was rio kuruma thgrough pelvis considered the most difficult cut. O wakizashi bizen koto with orakaeshi mei Yasu mitsu koshirae are all Hosokawa mon with solid gold habaki. Shrine sword made by 3 jo saku smiths 30 inches long made at the 3fox princes jinja which still exists in tokyo. Gendaito by ishido teruhide this is the sword in Sloughs book and Richard Steins web page . Soshu katana koto ubu mumei. Tanto by Ujifusa (ason) nidai with full high quality koshirae the tsuba has kiri mons . Bishu osafune Kagemitsu O tanto matching koshirae to retired samuri (bori eye).Two very interesting kogatanas 1 with carved horimono signed kane hisa . High end menukis , fuchi kashera ,elegant page turner. Hoping to see you guys in sunny florida drop by my table and say hello. L.KanarekMD

I agree with Brian I think theb price is very reasonable the resat of all the commentary seems like gibberish and loses site if the question L.Kanarek MD

As far as saya repairs and nuri as well as shirasaya fabrication the best is John Tirado having had many shirasayas made by him as well as nuri work he in my humble opinion is thye best his web site can be found in the site locator on page one L.Kanarek MD

immaterial sword has fatal flaws tell him to off it. essentially worthless to collectors L.Kanarek MD

The photos show a sword with virtually no sori this leads us to think more shinto the fact that there is a silver foil habaki also leads one to think shinto-shinshinto in my humble opinion definitley not koto L.Kanarek MD

Has anyone eard about the new show that Al Bardi is running in Tampa? There have been no announcements that I can find either online or in the latest florida token kai journal LBKMD43

John mixed chogi midare utsuri nie BO time perioid is correct rai topography appears to be desc ribed maker but who is he? does he make jojosaku by fujishiro? is he considered rai school? does he have a shARPNESS WAZOMONO rating in all my reading he was the only koto echizen smith is he on par with the sanmitsu bizen smiths? LKanarekMD

HELP would appreciate any help regarding an echizen smith KUNIYASU sometimes signed rai kuniyasu any hbelp as to hamon hataraki hada would be appreciated cant find much info and have a tachi made by him offered to me his rating his sharpness rating not much in my literature about koto echizen sword is beautiful with tremendous utsuri dating from 1350 THOUGHT TO BE ORIGINALLY YAMASHIRO BUT MOV ED TO ECHIZEN? im in a quandry but sword is magnificent again thanks in advanvce LKanarekMD

Al told me that beside Japanese antiques hell try to get chinese as well as korean antiquities into the show:L.Kanarek MD