Stephen

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?

don't remember anything about the shape, did read somewhere that if its ubu drilled the it was after the foreigners showed up with steel drills making it Shinto and punched it was most likely koto, I have a blade with a key hole shape ana also but not as pronounced as this one. Sorry I cant be of more help.

Yes it was Eric's, he had so much Second chance email asking about, he's now using private auction for bidders. KM hell ya bomb the heck out of the with spam. I turned them both into Ebay Spoof, as i could not get anything out of them just the auction link...after I called one a crook he called me a F**KEN Loser ...that was rich.

two of the second chance offers for a Emura thats coming in do not respond to the losers unless you want to call them a crook. johnthegoodboy123@gmail.com Wertka3@aol.com both wont give a name or location...just want you to send them some of your hard earned cash.

ill say once more I'm sure its gimei but not qualified to say so, it takes someone with more training to make a statement to that effect, even when its obvious

region code 3...im pretty sure that wont play in USA does anyone know for sure? any links for Yamato with english subs that play in USA? Thanks

a nakago brought back to normal size, Jim K talked about it when I showed him one of mine that was cut to remove the mei. he said it was done in Japan alot and in a hundred years no one would know the deference

not sing in Japanese in the opening credits, I found FOF a bit too much going back and forth, concept had been done well with SPR, looking forward to the FOI to see how well he captures the Bushido spirit. Thanks for the Yamato link, looking for it now on ebay or Amazon.

its Nihonto, unless its got a stamp somewhere we cant see...500 usa hell ya!

right to me...i split the screen and hand yours next to the page i posted...not very encouraging and the out of polish does not show us much ...id say if he wants a arm and a leg i'd pass, the price of a good gunto it may be worth getting into it. Dont go by my assessment ask others what they think.

he said the next time hell just use his middle finger.

and thought the blades very intersting...but was wondering about the fittings they look like new repo tsuka and tsuba, do you have better photo to post here?

if you cant get ahold of Keith try David McDonald here> http://www.montanairon.com/swords.html he has done tsuka work for me and it always comes back very tight witn no play of tsuba sand seppa.

i dont think got a bad deal at all ...unless the other four are really bad ....which i doubt ...id say you did quite well.

Hi Steven, Thank you for thinking of us. We are all fine but it did shake us up quite a bit. The big Island and Maui were hit the hardest with structual damage to some buildings and landslides. On our island the entire electric system was shut down so they have been slowly restarting it in different areas of the island. We finally got ours back this morning. They are still getting the bugs out of it because the street lights are messed up. I think flights are back to normal so Bob can come back on Wed. Take care, Rita

heres praying all is well on the Islands not sure if we have members there if so let us know how your doing.

which makes sense mountains

but belive it may be the Camel toad mon.. :lol: ill get back with ya

a light rubbing of bone/ ivory may help just dont go in strong and lightly oil after your done. you may wait for others to post as alot dont belive you should do anything except oil it, IMHO it wont hurt.

maybe for a leather strap to retain on a gunto