Michaelr

Good morning all and thank you in advance. I understand that it is sometimes hard to tell from a picture and even harder to tell from only two pictures but hopefully someone can help. A friend of mine sent me these two pictures of what he believes is a General’s Tassel. It is not in great shape and maybe just really faded but I haven’t had one to compare. Most of the pictures I have seen the Gold zig-zag pattern is visible on both sides and much more pronounced. Also the fringe on the end appear to be more of a cream color rather than Gold ( just faded? ). What are your thoughts? Thank you. MikeR

Bruce, to crazy about the skull but love the blade. Thank you for sharing MikeR

Sam, congratulations on your marriage. Thank you for sharing the photos of the sword MikeR

Received my books from John today. Great prices, great packaging and very fast shipping. Thank you very much MikeR

Hello John, do you know what the shipping to the USA would be for books # 1 and # 15. Thank you. MikeR

Very nice. Congratulations. Thank you for sharing MikeR

Very nice! Thank you for sharing MikeR

Thank you Nick for the quick response and phone call. It was a pleasure speaking to you and look forward to becoming the new caretaker of this beautiful blade. MikeR

Nick I haven’t heard anything from you yet. I sent you all my information last night. Please let me know what is happening with the sale. Thank you. MikeR

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