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I am now selling this sword if anyone is interested. Need the money for a different item. msg me if interested, thanks!

sorry about incorrect posting, if someone can move this, again i apologize.

Hey Was wondering what the following had said below, any help is appreciated. Thanks!

I went and saw this, was amazing.

this reminded me of a documentary I saw but cannot find. It featured a man who owned a home in nyc that was completely redone to Japanese home standards(quoting what i remember them saying). He had sectioned off a part of his home in a highrise i belive and made it almost seem as though he were in Japan, thats how well the re-model had be done. anyone know what im talking about?

Sent pm today

i reached out to ask bottom line.

thats really what i wanted to know, was it legit. i can do without the tassle, im looking for a blade matching that style, description minus tassle. i posted also in the WTB. brian as always you have helped me, thanks!

Hey guys im curious what yours thoughts are about this blade: http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-Japanese-Army-COLONEL-Samurai-Sword-TADAAKI-1941-EXHIBITION-Old-Collection-/361251332852?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item541c41e2f4 thanks

send me a msg if the sale falls through.

i missed that post sorry! thanks!

i kind find info on the area and specific examples but I wish I could find the actual smith. There is nothing on the other side, no other signature info. so i imagine it was just one of the students of that school in that area?

I was concerned it could have been from an acid polish. I hate the fact that i asked Fred Lohman to polish, restore and sharpen and he sent it back duller and i pointed it out and he made up an excuse, promised to fix it and then re negged on the fixing it.

The issue was was that i was recommended to lohman before i really started collecting and didnt know any better. No the sword didnt have the grainy appearance, it had a few spot of finger rust that was very "surface". When i got the blade back i called fred and complained and he told me i got a 2-3k polish job for a much better deal :x. So this was about 3.5 years ago that he did the work, so i was examining the blade to get a grasp on wether or not i could fix it recently. I did find one person so im looking into his history and references. i will never use fred nor would i recommend him to anyone. He also did a new tsuka for me and said he would do a full stingray wrap but only did panels. So much for paying for whats advertised and getting what your supposed to, i got toasted in many ways.

the issue was was that i had sent the blade to Fred Lohman and he did his "polish job". it came back like this. He sent it back not sharp like I sent it to him and it didnt have the streaks. i just wanted to know peoples opinion on the blade, if it was starting to show wear and if i should send to qualified person this time to fix the damage fred might have done.