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  1. SAS
    Go look and report back, Piers....that will settle it. (I think Ken is right, God forbid Jacques is right about something )
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    Rabbits

    SAS replied to Vermithrax16's topic in Tosogu

    It sometimes makes me wonder if the artist spent more time looking at rats than rabbits.....
  3. SAS
    Random thought...Momoyama was very fancy, and later imitators probably copied the style. No expertise here , just a thought.
  4. SAS
    Go for it Ken; you can start a side job.
  5. SAS
    Saw one on Pawn Stars once.
  6. SAS
    Cody, rust on handle=good, rust on blade=bad. Owner wiping blade with oil=good, wiping with sandpaper, scotchbrite, steel wool, etc= BAD. Rust removal from the blade portion is done by trained professionals only. Good that you asked.
  7. SAS
    I did a quick search regarding shishi lions, which come in pairs, one with mouth closed and one with mouth open, representing the a-un of Buddhism; there was also something from Lafcadio Hearn regarding some makimono describing various regions of hell, where a demon was pulling out the tongue of liars with red hot tongs. i do not know if that was a reference made by the tsuba or not....perhaps there is a more specific legend to explain the image.
  8. SAS
    Cringy watching them handle the sword.
  9. SAS
    Open up and say AAAAAAHHHHH!
  10. SAS
    Summer grass of stalwart warrior's dreams the aftermath RIP Sensei
  11. SAS
    Netsuke exudes wabi winter snow falling makes me sabi
  12. SAS
    If you decide to get a cleaning kit, i recommend getting it from Bob Benson, who makes uchiko the proper way. http://www.bushidojapaneseswords.com/about-us.html
  13. SAS
    Given the condition of the sword, it is unlikely that polishing would change it enough to require a new shirasaya, but the old one needs to be cleaned inside and refurbished during a polish.
  14. SAS
    The first photo you posted is a different sword than the one in the bay listing; huge red flag! Is the seller trying to sucker people in with a bait and switch? Seems that way; also the listing shows the sword as sold for $900, very unlikely.
  15. SAS
    500 years?! 5 weeks maybe.......good you asked here before buying.
  16. SAS
    I am sure they recycled everything they could that was iron and steel; battlefield scavengers probably did a booming business. Even broken swords could be reused, with less effort to remanufacture than raw tamahagane.
  17. SAS
    Excellent points Jean! Additionally due to the lack of alloying agents beside iron and carbon, the resulting steel formed from the tatara process is a shallow hardening steel, meaning it can be quenched in water without shattering more so than alloyed steels.
  18. SAS
    Chris, if Moriyama san can't read it, (I think) it is due to the kanji being nonsensical in Japanese, i am assuming. Kanji are Chinese characters used in Japanese, with their own different pronunciations and meanings. But maybe you knew that already.... Also, the nakago looks suspect as well, and is signed katana style, not tachi style....more flags.
  19. SAS
    That looks like a newly made blade, kind of like the Komonjo blades.
  20. SAS
    Thanks Ken.
  21. SAS
    I think you are referring to the floods that destroyed the village of Osafune, where a lot of smiths were working.
  22. SAS
    JP Hrisoulas in Florida is a master blade smith who works in the Japanese tradition (for a westerner) and does bohi on his own blades; i don't know if he would take on outside work, but you could ask.
  23. SAS
    If you ever have the desire to pull a silicone mold, send it my way please
  24. SAS
    I would go with Ray's analysis, age is a bit tricky, mid to later Koto maybe.
  25. SAS
    A translation of that paper would be epic.
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