Henry Stewart

Reinhard and Louis, Gentlemen; I thought a little light aspect may cause some enjoyment. Many thanks for your kind remarks; Henry

Sir A short story;which as a young man I heard my uncle tell his brother, my Father,so you must take into account my failing memory. In Tokyo Bay when arrangements were being cleared up after the surrender 1945; A ldeceased uncle of mine was an AB Gunner on a British Cruiser lying next to The American He went ashore many times with the yank sailors keen to get some sort of engraving on Japanese swords they had got ,which were otherwise plain.They knew that certain Japanese craftsmen were very skilled in the art in the front part of the shop Th sailors, were told come back later . now in the back???? Seemingly in the total chaos ashore some enterprising Japanese had made a pattern (template) out of sheet steel; They laid it across the blade,clamped it in place, and with the aid of a small vertical drilling machine, powered by several gentlemen on a pedal cycle taking turns, lowered into the blade steel a short centre drill. This had two small vertical cutting surfaces leading to two cone shape cutting surfaces at the end forming a point. Now lowered a short way into the steel, the blade was then manouvred along the gap in the template which was cut out in the shape of the dragon,just like a miniature milling tool. This was the bulk of the work done,when a semi skilled metal smith chiselled in scales and details. All in all it took 3 to 4 hours and paid handsomely,bearing in mind this was work which properly done would take several days. But in the chaos that was shore side with starving people and a collpased economy,who cared, and the sailors went home happy. Have you never noticed how very similar a lot of these dragons chasing pearls look??? Henry

Gentlemen To Jean and Thierry/ I apologise in advance for the difficulty you are experiencing but would suggest that it is perhaps you did not submit £3gbp to obtain exclusive life membership; Perhaps it is you do not agree with the principle. Unfortunately this is how the site is set up at the moment,however shortly an announcement will be made which will be to everyones advantage,please keep an open eye as well as the open mind; Bon chance Mes Amis; Sincerely Henry

Gentlmen I am informed we are back, up and running; thank you for your forbearance; Henry

Gentlemen My sincere apologies for break in service due I am told to a gremlin in one of the servers,whatever that means? We will resume as soon as is possible,but please keep an eye open I am proposing a drastic (for me that is) temporary move to improve your dealings with the site. Thankyou Henry

Dirk/Malcolm Many thanks gentlemen; on to it now; Henry

Thankyou Dirk; Henry

Brian Are you still having difficulty,I'm sorry if this is so but I have you down on site as an ACTIVE USER. which means you have full access,at least according to the electronics. Dirk and Larry/ Are you still having difficulty ,please let me know. By now we really should have this sorted. Thankyou for your patience. Henry.

Gentlemen My thanks for your patience and forbearance; Please bare with me,I will sort it out for you. Henry

My ageing faculties have remembered something else; I think this oil was known as "Graphite Oil". One other matter ,when it has done its job, make a very good job of cleaning it off all surfaces because it has a slightly corrosive effect. Henry

May I respectfully suggest a kind of "Easit" oil,well beloved by engineers of yesteryear to soak bolts and studs which age had stuck fast to each other. I regret I cannot remember the propriety name but you can describe it to your factor as a black liquid with the viscosity almost of water. Usually dispensed in a small tin with a spout you would soak the offending parts, applying it at the junction of the two pieces you were trying to seperate part for up to several days,returning at intervals to try and move the offending pieces apart.Suddenly you would feel slight movement and after further perseverance the two pieces would seperate and you clean every trace off. You could then clean it off and find you had seperation without damage. Henry

Dirk Ive just been on to them and for some reason the date is missing; it has now been entered as 11th start for one week,but they are going into the system to check and will come back to me Henry

Dirk My sincere thanks for your effort and success,well mostly; Ive taken on board your points and will deal with that this am; Henry

Brian Let me know if you experience difficulty, there has been the odd one, I cant deny but I hope to have despatched most of the gremlins. Henry

KM Try now,most applicants are on; Henry

Dirk Will do, Ive recently imported two blades, one from Japan and one from the States Henry

Henry/John, my thanks for your kind wishes and observations;hopefully this will right what we feel to be a wrong; only time will tell. It seems we have lift off; Could anyone else try please. What is really wanted is an auction,anyone got anything to sell. Clearly there is fine tuning to do and that fairly quickly,such as format and what members of the site want. TELL ME GENTLEMEN;-----PLEASE!! This is my attempt,whats your suggestiions?? Good luck. Henry

Dear KM Please extend patience a little while longer; The fault has been found and I have assurances from the site builder that it will be fixed this morning. All who wish to go on site will be put on by manually replacing a URL which has caused all the problems; I will keep you informed as soon as I get the go-ahead. I'm on to them on the telephone by the minute; Thank you for your understanding Henry

Gentlemen My sincere thanks for your forbearance. The great majority of mishappenings I am told are caused by an unclosed loop occasioned by a missing URL connected with PayPal. This has now been located and will be replaced 1st thing . All who have paid will be manually passed through and enabled to use the site. Finally, Deum Venitas I will come on here am. Henry

Dear KM I'm dreadfully sorry about your experience; please stay with us my site builder is sorting things out now; what has happened is that in trying to sort out the Pay Pal coupling, a loop which should have been closed,wasnt; we have a note of occurences involving all our good friends and will deal with this soonest; Thank you for your patience Henrywasnt;

Gentlemen The site builders are on to it now; It appears somebody has not closed a loop.whatever that means. Thank you for your continued patience,they are chasing the missing information now. I will keep you updated; Henry

Gentlemen; Please continue your patience; most of you are shown as active users on the site. YOU BET iI'LL SORT IT OUT; IN THE PROCESS AT THE MOMENT; Henry

Gentlemen I sincerely apologise for any cock-ups; I am instructing the site constructors to pay immediate attention to your comments. Please stand by us we are brand new though this should be no excuse; hang on chaps I'm having a good go. Henry

Gentlemen; The new auction and chat site complete with bugs is now UP AND RUNNING AT http://www.Nihontoden.co.uk. Give it a look over and see if we can sort out the bugs of newness. The charges are merely to defray expenses. £3 to join for life,paid by all who join,then free chat thereafter for the life of the site; Auctions are £7 per entry including script and up to five photos; This site is in response to the pressure put on United Kingdom lovers, dealers and collectors of Nihonto. Its success or failure depends on you who nuber yourself in this description. Henry

Gentlemen My sincere thanks to you all; I will take note of each valuable reply; I have taken steps to obtain two books and joined a Society. Many thanks for your valuable assistance, Henry