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Nick I will take this for $2000. I will PM you with my information. Thank you. MikeR

WOW that is BEAUTIFUL. You are doing a GREAT job. Thank you for sharing MikeR

You did the right thing by putting the word out ASAP. in the past I purchased an item and the seller requested a PMO only. Sent it registered mail and the person scammed me. As with your package, tracking stopped, PMO got cashed without ID and nobody at USPS cares. It took me over 2 years to finally get my money back by staying on it, contacting the US government fraud department, FBI, ATF, Post Master General, and the district attorney’s office. Glad you didn’t have to go through any of that but never hesitate and never give up. I am so glad that this time it worked out for both parties ( wish I was on the receiving end of this one, beautiful and congratulations) Brian, great idea with the air tags. I don’t ship much but will order a few just in case. Again happy for both parties MikeR

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing. I have a few Nagamitsu’s myself and love them. MikeR

I have been told, by an old time sword collector, that you can use a piece of horn or an old copper coin. I have tried both on other types of blades ( not my Japanese Swords) and for small spots they both seem to work. At first I thought the copper coin was going to scratch but he said that it had to be an old copper coin as the newer ones are not pure copper. He was right it didn’t scratch. I wouldn’t want to try and do a whole blade but they work on small spots. Just my two cents and maybe some sword wisdom from an old timer. Good luck MikeR

I will take them. I will pm you with my contact information. Thank you. MikeR

Nice looking sword MikeR

Chris, I like the way you store your items. I built a room so that I can have all my items hanging on display. Please ask the person in the first picture to send me ALL the items in the picture so that I can store them properly. LOL At least it looks like they are in a safe MikeR

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing MikeR

BEAUTIFUL!! Thank you very much for sharing. This is something that most of us can only dream of being the caretaker of someday MikeR

I like it. Thank you for sharing MikeR

Thank you Piers. The person that I purchased it from said that he thought it was signed but I haven’t built up the courage yet to remove it. When and if I do I will post more pictures. Thank you again MikeR

Thank you. Yes it was a very good show and as always good to visit with many friends that I only see 1 x a year. MikeR

Sorry it looks like the blade is approximately 15” not 24”

Hello all. I hope this is the right place to post this, if not please move it. I just wanted to post some pictures of a recent purchase from the Orlando Japanese Sword Show. I am away from my notes right now but if anyone wants measurements please ask. I know the blade measures about 24” and the pole is approximately 60+ inches. Enjoy and please feel free to comment, good or bad. I don’t collect pole arms but wanted one. MikeR

Hello All. I have wanted a nice ( to me at least ) Japanese Matchlock for some time now. I spoke to a few people and read the one and only book that I could find on the subject. My thought was that I only wanted one ( I said that about Japanese Swords and that didn’t work out as I have many ) and I knew what I liked to look at. So this weekend at the Orlando Japanese Sword Show there were 3 Matchlocks to choose from, two very ruff ones and the one pictured below that I am the new caretaker of. With knowing very little about them please feel free to teach me about what I have, good or bad. If there is any further information that you need please ask. I am away from my notes right now so the only measurement that I can remember is the bore size that is about 1/2”. Thank you for your time and I hope that you enjoy. MikeR

Thank you Jean. MikeR

Hello all and thank you in advance. I just purchased this Naginata and would appreciate if someone could translate it for me. I am going to post pictures of the whole pole arm in the General section as soon as I can. Again thank you. MikeR

Paz, I was always told that “ you don’t pick the sword , the sword picks you. That being said if you have the means ($) and you would like to become the next caretaker of the blade then Go For It! If you are thinking about enough to post the question then it is probably calling out to you and if you you will never regret the purchase. We all have that one that we can’t explain the connection but something told us to buy it and that’s the one that we never sell. Don’t know why. Let us know how you make out. MikeR

WOW very nice. I am very happy for you. That is great. Thank you for sharing MikeR

Thank you Bruce. I really like it. It’s a shame someone cut the top of the leather off but what is there is in great shape MikeR

Thank you Ray

Just picked up another leather covered Tanto. I posted some pictures of my other one in another thread some time ago. Someone cut the top of the leather off for some reason, maybe to slid it back to remove the peg. See the pictures attached. Hope you enjoy this one as much as I am. Also if anyone could give me a translation of the smith it would be greatly appreciated. MikeR

Looking forward to it Mark. See you there MikeR

Brian I AGREE WITH YOU AND THE OTHERS AVOVE 100%. Do what ever you have to do to keep this Forum what YOU AND THE OTHER GREAT MEMBERS have made it. Thank you for looking out for the rest of us. MikeR