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Bill, thanks for the thumbs up! Took a risk and got lucky, will be a looker someday. No hi Geraint, just scratches I think from the button latch. I found it interesting that the kamon was used by Oda Nobunaga during the warring times. Best regards, Bob

The Kyugunto came in today, it's been pretty neglected since the war that is for certain but it is all there with matching seppas, silk thin cord and family silver kamon. The handle was very difficult to get off, Someone had it off sometime in the past and had the seppas all on one side, there were remnants of the mekugi but the holes in the same were full of old paste to keep the peg in there. Anyone have any success in bending the handle bow? Everything is original to the sword but needs to be gently pushed into place. The habaki has a few dings were some monkey was knocking on it. This is a blade with potential in my opinion as the forging looks flawless in terms of openings. Of course it needs a polish yesterday, however other than a few nail catchers I cannot see any flaws in the patina or light old rust. Maybe pinholes if the polisher deems not to take much meat. Hada is very tight but hard to say anything due to grime, rust and patina, Hamon is thin, maybe gunome or suguha but also needs to be reveled. Yasurime is Kiri on both sides, however one side is not started until part way down the nakago with the old smooth blade showing for about 4 inches or so. That seems odd to have different starting points when done during the suriage? Does that mean anything to the pros? Best regards, Bob

Here is something similar that was on 'Coast to Coast A.M." last night, I haven't listened to the show yet on podcast but will, sounds a little bizarre but who knows. There is not much I can do about it unless I want to go the next step with ghosthunters or a priest. I was close a couple years ago but have become used to it. In the latter half, author and expert on Shadow People and the Hat Man, Heidi Hollis, discussed these dark supernatural figures that she believes menace people globally, and seem to be on the rise. Shadow People are dark entities that can shape-shift into a variety of amorphous forms, some of which resemble humans, she suggested, and one of their actions is to lay on people and paralyze them. She differentiates this experience from sleep paralysis because of the specificity of the beings, described similarly from people around the world. https://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2018/08/23

I wish it was the bottle, but it actually happened. I know it is hard to believe but it is what it is. Sometimes I actually see it during the day, a cloudy shape, sometimes white, sometimes blackish. But it could be a multitude of things as I have a personal effects collection of cave and battlefield finds I dug. None of those things were left in the dirt on a positive note.

Well, this is somewhat odd as I found this post today and read it and saw a few ghost story requests. This is 100pct true, last night the ghost came by actually, early probably 2-3 am but I did not look at the time as I did not care as I am thoroughly used to it. Anyway, I hit the sack and fall into a good sleep and a exciting dream. In this dream I am in WW2 and assaulting a Japanese island, I am on a sort of small fast powered boat with another Marine, There are other boats coming in with us, maybe a platoon worth of guys. Anyway, it is really vivid as close to being there as you are ever going to get. We hit the beach and it is dark and gloomy, no shooting. There is a path and we are directed by a red patch to go to the left and head to the beach. After I pass this guy there are a couple paths but I don't really know where everybody is. I move a little ways and see a couple Japanese guys in the dark jungle gloom getting a machine gun set in a road junction so I shoot a couple rounds that way and they take off. All of a sudden I wake up, and wonder why, as I want to go back to the dream, then all of a sudden a push a air from above hits me and I know it is a spirit happening and ignore it. You can feel the spirit and you can also know when it is over which usually is just 20 - 50 seconds max. Of course all these fun and games is going to cost you extra when i sell Best regards, Bob

Beautiful, 13K of beautiful!

Gents, In the interest in doing better by posting a bit here is my humble post. I do not have a Russo-War type sword in my substandard collection. I've bid on one or two in the last ten years but never won. I haven't run across them in hand at the state military shows so when I see one it piques my interest. I threw a bid on one recently that looks like a beater with possibilities. I was surprised I won as I was not monitoring the bid. Maybe one of you saw it in hand and know I am going to receive a real clunker. I'll share the auction pics with you and we can see what happens when this shows up. The auction house did not take off the handle, I could spot a family kamon on the handle and it looked like a shinto shaped blade to me. Crossing my fingers, Bob

Thanks for the write up Justin, as a auction hunter I know the effort it takes hunting them down at the mom and pops, days off work, 4 a.m. on the road driving for hours in the rain all for naught. I do hope the ride was pleasant and you had some fun. It would have been rough to plunk that 22 down and then fail to paper, but it did sound like a good blade to take a flyer on if the price was a bit lower. Best regards, Bob

Very nice and unusual. Where did it pop up at?

Thank you Jean!

Gents, A friend sent me a picture of a flea market find, I want to tell him Kaneyoshi but would like to confirm this as I am not a proficient kanji translator. Best regards, Bob

Nice pickup, that sword has been places and seen many things.

Now that is a looker!

Maybe S.F. "The City" itself is having troubles getting people excited to go there anymore https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-human-waste-feces-homeless-Reddit-13044317.php

What's that white blotch on the 3rd pic? Camera flash?

Bungo Takada

Wow, Can't wait to you get tired of the Nobukuni, I better keep a few bucks in the lockbox.

Wadda polish~!

I cleaned it up a bit today during a gap in the training schedule. The Ninja "special ops black out" was a flat black paint job. It has what seems to be a Soshu type hamon on it, a little more wild than mild. I'll have to hit the books a bit when I get a chance as it has a couple interesting hataraki. I was taking a look at the horimono and was thinking the same thing that "maybe it's been polished a bit" to make the lines look off. But the chap was not Nobukuni that is for certain!

I'll clean it up soon and see what's under her dress.

Great job Bruce!!!

Gents, Grabbed this at a auction, what I believe is a "too legit to quit" ninja tanto. Check out that stealthy black ops nugui job, almost as good as a parkerized knife. You don't see these "Ninja" around too often. Best regards, Bob

Wow, That is a handsome sword and in such great condition! And with that history it is a prize for any WW2 sword collector. Best regards, Bob

The hobby is really going to have a hard time attracting new enthusiasts with the quality of fakes hitting the market now. Stinking fakes!

I have a couple of firearms and 2 flasks. Your flask if very unique and unlike mine. I like yours. I think your pieces are authentic. Maybe a professional will chime in.