Alex A
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As it was an Ebay story, i was thinking it may go down hill at the point you mentioned opening the wakizashi, but what a very pleasant change it makes to read some great news from Ebay. An early start to christmas, nice one Chris!
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Hi Ken, i think maybe Brian was referring to strippers that dance
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Definitely one of low quality copies, they have a look about them, "monkey metal", is the term i would use. If these had been around in the warring states period, Samurai would have needed eye protection from a huge increase in flying shrapnel.
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I spent quite some time looking at this kanji last night in the way of practice. Very difficult to make out, as mentioned above, lead me to come up with too many variations.
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30% off sale at lulu.com - let's help out Markus :-)
Alex A replied to rkg's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
Saved me a grand total of £48 on the Koto/Shinto & Shinshinto Zenshin kantei books -
Advice on areas of study for beginners
Alex A replied to LakeBum's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
Wise that you where not "buying blindly" -
Katana: The samurai sword by Stephen Turnbull Samurai 1550-1600 by Anthony Bryant Both around £5 each from Amazon, basic little books, great for journeys. Around the same price are Samurai Woman, Sekigara 1600, The Mongol invasions of Japan 1274 and 1281, which ive not read.
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One thing ive noticed all you guys have is a passion. Without that, anyone new to collecting will eventually give up.
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Ive always been curious to the number of swords sold to non-collectors, just folk with money buying as a curiosity.
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Wise words Chris, kind of makes me glad im not rich enough to accumulate too much loss :D. Alex.
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Good to see comparisons, helps us novices to differentiate, thanks! Alex.
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Check out this, didnt know it was that bad!, how lucky we are. Sorry to deviate, no need to reply. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSlwGIapFJI Alex.
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Hi David, yes it does look the same size as your tsuba, i also notice less lacquer, maybe your tsuba was relacquered at some point in time or just well preserved, difficult to tell, could be that yamagane can look really dark in photos!. The picture Henry posted is a good representation of a tsuba on fashion changing koshirae, from Tensho black to Momoyama red, thats if im correct about the lacquer colour change. Alex.
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Cant say everything as not been covered Alex.
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Yes, cheers Henry, I will look into that, especially with Xmas on its way :D Great to see!, ive seen this image before, but its gone unnoticed, thanks, mission accomplished Alex.
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Agreed, if you want air tight, buy a large air tight plastic container, put a few desiccant bags in there, going to extremes though maybe, depends on how careful you want to be, If I had some very high priced swords (which I don't), might be tempted, the way meteorites are stored. You can go further though, maybe place the box in a dehumidification cabinet, but unlikely any of us will go down that route :D Alex.
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Something that troubles me about koshirae is that it seems to always be definitively categorised, as though at one point in history, the samurai looked at the calender, and at the same time synchronized change. Ive never been able to find an example of a ko kinko tsuba mounted on an uchigatana koshirae. Maybe theres an example in the book Mariusz mentioned, it would be good to see an example, cant find one online. Alex.
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I read in all the wrong places http://business.time.com/2013/03/20/can ... nce-again/ Alex.
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I hate to say this, and im not the only one thinking it, but if the dollar gains strength, theres going to be an awful lot of European collectors (as you mentioned) with sad expressions on their faces. Obviously, this would impact on US sellers. Alex.
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Hi Jean, theres enough hydrometry on the inside of my windows to sink a pocket battle ship. Time to spend money on stuff I don't like spending money on , once solved, I can take it from there. Alex.
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Working shifts in winter, I feel there is far too much in temperature change to not oil my swords. I would prefer not to, but don't want to take an unnecessary gamble. Ps, not a scrooge lol, the price of heating an home in the Uk is ridiculous! Alex.
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So, possibly sat on a late muromachi clunker at one point in time . a great little ko kinko tsuba. Alex.
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Hi David, according to Freds page below, Uchigatana koshirae-muromachi period and Tensho koshirae, same thing. http://www.nihonto.com/abtartuchigatanakoshirae.html The only good example i seem to be able to find of an Uchigatana koshirae. Iron tsuba of coarse but with a copper alloy fuchi, ive never been able to find an example with a soft metal tsuba!, although read enough accounts of soft metal fittings. http://www.yamabushiantiques.com/KOSHIRAE15.htm Alex.
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Makes perfect sense not to, in the right climate. Ive developed a complex from inherently oxidising iron meteorites. Alex.
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Hi David, theres been a lot of discussion on NMB about choji oil. To cut a long story short, a lot of folk dont use any oil, some folk use choji oil and some folk use a light machine oil such as gun oil or sewing machine oil. I use plain old singer sewing machine oil, no additives. I presume you know only to use a very fine application. Do a search above, plenty on the subject. Alex.