I have been collecting nihonto since I was about 15 years old . In the days before the internet I was able to purchase a lot of swords from soldiers who bought them home from the war. Of course most of these were of pretty low quality but the occasional gem did pop out .I like quality blades in quality mounts but these are pretty hard to come by.
I have probably handled several thousand swords over the years and have owned a couple of hundred . I currently have about fifty in my collection.
My collecting highlight has been purchasing and identifying the Norishige katana which is one of the missing Japanese National treasures.
