Jon Fury

michaeldlong also occasionally offers some blades on ebay under the username ' tridentsales ' and as Simon stated...not top end but all genuine.

Hi Carlo, Would you object if I posted these pics on another forum?

Hi Jean, Sorry for the late reply. I can't comment on the signatures as I'm a complete beginner but I agree with you about the tosogu and I've never understood why it was believed that the blade is not original. :? Thank you. Jon.

Thank you for your comments gentlemen. If and when the OP reappears,I shall point him in this direction. Jon

I'm guessing that he's referring to the 'filled' mekugi ana in this pic as a repair. :?

The following was posted on a modern made sword forum in the U.K. approx 6 months ago where nobody really knows enough about Nihonto,including myself,to pass comment on this blade so I thought I'd post it here. I asked the OP about the presence of boshi to try to help establish if this is indeed a broken blade with a reworked tip but I had no reply as the forum was hacked soon after. It's not for sale,it's just aroused my curiosity and now that the forum is up and running again I thought it'd be nice to refer the OP here for any comments that members may have. I'm summising that the comments regarding the signature on the "fuchi" should read koiguchi but I'm probably wrong...again.

Thanks very much Paul,I appreciate it.

Can anyone tell me where I can find some more pics of the Yamatorige please as this is the only one I've found so far.

Stephen, This is my first post here after being a long time lurker and I believe that the reason why it took a while for someone to respond was because of the 4"x4" suspended fence post comment in your post. I must admit that my first thought was and swiftly moved on as I've read similar claims on JSA forums where the guys were told to 'get out of town' in no uncertain terms. However,that's completely off topic and I'm afraid that I've no idea as to what blade this is although I've seen similar for sale in various Ports in S.E.Asia over 40 years ago which,IIRC cost less than $5.US or the equivalent to 2 bottles of duty free Scotch at that time but never one with the koshirae/fittings removed,I can only agree with what's been said above and SFI may well be your best option. No offence is meant and I sincerely hope that you or anyone else take any.