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Kazu-uchimono A mass produced blade of the Muromachi period, circa 16th century. Bill de

Two diff. images and still looking to find which Seki smith made this. Any help appreciated. bdgrange

Hope I can get my attachment to work. This is a mei I cannot read. Just traded for it at the Tai-kai. No stamps and signed on one side only. Gunome hamon muji hada, no faults. Your assistance in translation would be appreciated. Met the member from Dublin. Sorry forgot to write down your name. Kind of you to stop by my table. Did almost all transactions as trades. Thanks for your time. bdgrange

Dear Richard No, no aroma. Know what you mean though. Probably pearls. The laquer applique is well done but aged. Best Bill de

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Recent purchase on e bay What could be an inro by arrangement. A leather embosed bag with mon. 3/5 in and old as it is also somewhat stiff. A brass tsuba of hawk and sparrows. A chinese coin. two copper bands attached so as to keep the back open. All held together by a black cotton string that has been on this some time as well. This may for items to be used with perhaps a tanegashima, like shot. The seller thught it belonged on the end of a saya. This all cost me $26.00. Thanks for looking. Bill delagrange

Very nice things,George. Thanks for posting this auction. Would be nice to know of others. I happen to live in the S.F. Bay area and can go there. The tsuba collection is fantastic. Wonder whos. Auctions tend to list and attract dealers mostly because of the values. The pricing attempts to meet wholesale price at the low end as well. Of course Greg Martin is very reputable. Used to be with Butterfields and was their armaments expert. He appears on t.v. usually displaying antique arms for the history channel. A pleasure to see such works. Thanks again Bill delagrange

If you wish please check out my tsuba at auction June27 at Chait Gallery. There are included two Christian tsuba as illustrated by Fred Geyer. Known as Kirishitan Ikenie Tsuba. Called clockwork tsuba as well. An interesting subject by itself. Go to June 27 auction. Please see items 284 thru 292. This should work sorry about confusion. http://www.chait.com/ regards Bill delagrange

Eric is also a very nice person. Good to see his success. Bill delagrange

Nicely done and worth remembering. Bill delagrange

Hello Barry No it is the Burlingame exit that you take off the freeway. I guess I can say that. I am only one of the many members of the NCJSC and wanted to be the first to tell everyone of this. Did not mean to steal your thunder Toryu and thanks for the work to put this together. Best to all for a good 2010. Bill delagrange

On the bright side there is to be a nihon To-ken Hozon Kai in San Francisco. Aug. 20trh21st and 22nd, 2010. San Francisco Airport Marriott Milbrae, California. Yoshikawa Eiichi, polisher and curator of swords for the Imperioal Household agency........... will head a team of select appraisers from the NTHK Tokyo home ofice. Submission $100. certification $150. email request for registration packet to: nthk2010@toryu-mon.com Just received from the Northern Calif. newsletter. This should stir things up in the right manner and help us recover some momentum for the new year. Happy newyear Bill delagrange

Very knowledgeable and trustworthy. Bill delagrange

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Very Chinese. Poor yasurime Poor horimono acid etched just quick observations. Bill de

Eric is a good guy. I have seen his work and it looks good to me. Wish I had such talent. Bill de

Dessa Goddard, the appraiser, is very knowleageable re. Nihonto. She was with Butterfields now Bonhams. She enjoys a large following and knows the subject in most aspects for a long time. She directed the Asian Arts department for Butterfields for a number of years. Proofreading is not their forte however. best Bill de

Brian,it is somewhat ironic that the man in the pic you referenced to is also another polisher (forget his name) and he is looking at a Yasukunito owned by the man next to him, Mark Hull, who owns every one of the Yasukuni smiths works. That would be 12, I believe, plus some duplicates. Bill de

Another one. Morgan Yamanaka and new friend. This is Albert Yamanaka's brother. Albert produced the much acclaimed Yamanaka news letters. The sword is my Rokudai Tadayoshi in its new shirasaya. kind regards once more Bill delagrange

Here is Bob Benson at the show also David McDonald at his table wrapping tsuba. Brian Tschernega, habaki maker and behind him real tall, Tom Helm program chair with the Northern Cal. Club. The man with the long beard is Mark Walburg I think Bill de

Here is a pic from the 09 S.F. Tai kai. Gordon Robson is off to the left in suspenders and cap in back of Fred Wiesberg's table on Sun morn. A very fit Moses Bicera here and a very nice person as well. thanks Bill de

This was an interesting show. Attendance was good. I would go next year in a heart beat. Good to see some of you there as well. Many new collectors were present along with a good showing of seasoned verteran collectors. I did hear dealer complaints and saw a number bail out Sat. late. Rather not see that as I wanted to talk to a couple of them but could not. Myself I did an even trade that I really appreciate. Thanks Barry for your always welcome comments at the show. Some things you really need to feel and see to understand. For instance "the sword will find you". Heard that while there and that has to be at this kind of event to ever happen. The floor had been reduced 20% and the rows widened, I heard. I would be on the side of those who would blame the recession for the decline. As soon as I can learn how to post pics I wll give you the ones I took. kind regards Bill delagrange

These kanji read: Heisho or armory, per Harry Watson. thanks for looking Bill delagrange

hello Sorry it was incomplete. Should read: 230361908928 thank you Bill de

Hello all My understanding of ato mei is that it is a sig. added later. This by an appraiser. It usually is made up of small kanji and is the name only. I owned one once which read Kanemitsu. I had it removed and sub. to the NBHTK. It papered hozon to a Kagemitsu. Have another one and it appears to read Shi Hyo Kuni or Kei. So I must have it wrong. It is a nice piece in need of a polish. Also hoping I did the attach. right. Looks like I did not, tried to cut and paste, paste did not work. This was item 230361908928 on ebay. This is not to est. value for sale purposes. I now think these are factory stamps ie. military supply but have not seen before. Bill delagrange