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  1. Ganko
    Subarashi des, great job Guido.
  2. Ganko
    The older a sword is, the more likely it will have flaws. As Mike says, on blades from muromachi or earlier the flaws are more acceptable. I know of an ubu Ko-Naminohira (Heian Period)with no temper in the boshi that the NBTHK had no trouble giving a paper. The NTHK will not paper these types of blades though.
  3. Ganko
    Could very well be shakudo, the same as the shakudo nanako substrate or else copper.
  4. Ganko
    Welcome to the NMB, Adal.
  5. Ganko

    Yari Question

    Ganko replied to 76_liberty's topic in Nihonto

    I have seen a number of short yari remounted as tanto.
  6. Ganko
    I have purchased from him in the past. He has had numerous genuine antique pieces of varying quality and many unmounted modern blades which all seem to have been fabricated by the same maker with spurious signatures and newly rusted nakagos. They do seem to be decent quality though.
  7. Ganko
    Looks like Shoami Shigetsune saku?
  8. Ganko
    Wow, so glad I posted that print. The wealth of knowledge of fellow NMB members is quite impressive. Malcom, you are absolutely right in your observation of a trace of the Kuniaki seal in the lower left edge of the print. I like the print even more now that I know about the story behind it. Many thanks to all who responded. Boku wa daibun ureshi.
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    Thanks a lot, Steve and Piers. I've wondered for 3 decades who was portrayed, never thinking it was one of five famous thieves(men of white waves). It did appear that he was trying escape or something.
  10. Ganko
    I've had this one for many years, don't know anything about it, purchased it because I liked it.
  11. Ganko
    Mino Goto?
  12. Ganko
    Better to collect swords than papers.
  13. Ganko
    Maybe Edo Ishido?
  14. Ganko
    A proper hadori polish can be very attractive and for some swords it is more desirable than a sashikomi polish(nie deki vs nioi deki, respectively). What I think most people find objectionable, myself included, is the heavy kesho (air eraser?) style which is so prominent these days. It obscures the details and also hides many defects. Most of these "modern polishes" (merchants polishes?)leave much to be desired and are only suitable for the uninitiated.
  15. Ganko
    Welcome to the message board Masahiro.
  16. Ganko
    The smith is Kaneyuki a student of Watanabe Kanenaga. What he made it out of I'm not sure (motte shin kin nyu saku)?
  17. Ganko
    I think it is "Ise Daijo Shimosaka Mitsuhiro"?
  18. Ganko
    I like it, he's done a good job.
  19. Ganko
    That book 'A Search for The Origin of The Curve " is very good. Excellent images in it.
  20. Ganko
    If you have the liner out, it is better to scrape the inside of it with a blade than use sandpaper.
  21. Ganko
    Looks like Choshu ju Tomotsugu to me.
  22. Ganko
    Looks like the left side may be Shigetsugu saku?
  23. Ganko
    Just read 20 pages from the link. Very interesting reading, very well written. I should like to read it all when I have the time.
  24. Ganko
    Fantastic job!
  25. Ganko
    Nakago shape says Shimada, Odawara, or maybe Sengo? Kesho is so heavy the hamon details are pretty much obscured. Muromachi, 1500's? It is a real serious chopper.
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