Stephen

had to get off line and reboot PMs working now thanks for the help B

please email me at h2obro1@aol.com ive sent PM all morning and its not working.

here are some more pix the rim is Uchikaeshi mimi, folded both ways on tsuba 98 and 44 and only one way on 60...sure Rich's can tell us more.

the first link shows the blade here it is again http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1 The seller is Eric Molinier he puts alot of swords on ebay, usually good quality gunto and a few now and then koto shinto and shinshinto, knowing Eric this is gimei or it would have went to one of is private buyers, then theres that ware.

If I was wanting a blade for cutting id look to a Gunto from the WW 11 maybe one of the Seki smiths ...see link...not a art sword per se (sp) but it was made for the job getting the job done. http://home.att.net/~hofhine/Record.html

on this ....DO NOT USE UCHIKO ....no matter how good ....ON A NEWLY POLISHED BLADE. Trust me it will ruin it and your hard earned money will go out the window.

Moriyama sama i was wondering if the translation they give is correct as i dont find a Masafuso??? http://www.rockislandauction.com/view_i ... iid=193660

we talked about this last week heres the link http://militaria.co.za/nihontomessagebo ... .php?t=459

bamboo

I had a friend who once had his sword dipped and it came out fine.....EXCEPT one thing do not dip it all the way in, it removes the patina on the tang.....and esp on Tsuba he had with the sword....if your going to go the with the removal be sure to have him dip with the tang out of the liquid. One could see the hamon and faint hada...i think he did alot of uchikoing and it turned out like a old blade out of polish, except of the bright nakago which stuck out like sore thumb. I heard years later that it was repatinaed and came out with a ok rank.

except the tsuba....lowered the starting price hope someone takes a chance its a nice tsuba. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZbudo-toQQhtZ-1

Rich?

does it have a all metal tsuka or does it have wrapping on the handle sometimes i have seen shinguntos called NCOs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGjv54nPv4Q&NR also see Katana Rocks ...making of Nihonto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9ofKvsM ... ed&search=

you talking about the cross type mark yes?.... you need to get a photo shop of some sort here is the pix cropped and reduced... dont think a polisher placed the mark.

it may seem to be full size but the narrow handle show us that its not make for a full grown man. Probably a young teen, how long is the blade you never did give us details. They started at a early age in receiving gifts for ceremonies that they thought gave them a jump start on manhood, you can do a search on the net or maybe Nobody can tell you the name of such ceremonies. PS see milt jumped in as i was posting yes the Tsuba and Nuks look good for the age of the sword...

a boys day sword, at first post I thought it may be a sword cane until I seen following photos. singed Sadamune does not mean its a fake just looks like a nice presentation boys day sword from the 1920-30s or so.

link to some items i am clearing out. please ask questions via ebay. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZbudo-toQQhtZ-1

classic mino Sanbonsugi ....out of John Yumotos book....A set of three sharp pointed tempered lilnes characterized by a regular zigzag pattern. Almost exclusively a feature of the Kanemoto or Magoroku, school of Seki Province.

is right just put Japanese Antique or Japanese Nihonto, I often use for appraisal or restoration that seems to help everyone. you might want to go to a different PO too. :lol:

i hope to have a table for the show.

dont know if anyone has been here but thought id pass it along http://www.e-sword.jp/

which shipping would be best USA or Nippon, here is a link from Fred Lohman's site. I think his kits are of good value and have heard nothing but bad about the kits with the red balls, anyway here it is> http://www.Japanese-swords.com/pages/maint.htm

what is each symbol and who's zodiac...??

is that some kind of zodiac?