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  1. Vermithrax16
    Thanks Grey. That is a possibility but maybe one in the fall would work better (August is tuna season!).
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    That is the very truth! Amazing pieces, things like this really stick in your head. Glad you found them again.
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    Great story!! Amazing they came to you on such a path.
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    Damn! Already have a fishing trip scheduled for that Saturday! When is next show?
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    Thank you MauroP, looking into the Aizu-Shoami indeed some real similarities between them.
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    Not making waves or trying to. I study and understand. Just would hope we can build a base of interest or else, it's just all of us chasing 100-800 swords.
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    Ken I agree, and I have studied now for a while. Leaps and bounds from some swords to others. My point was that without a solid base to grow from, this gets exclusive.
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    Great information but if worthy of study is a 10K waki, I am not long for this art!
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    Umm, verified garbage. Please delete mods.
  10. Vermithrax16
    Everything arrived safe and sound. Hope these better tsuba pictures can result in some kind of information on this octagonal guard that I fell in love with:
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    Beat me to it!
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    I have zero knowledge about a Christie's auction, but seems their estimates were very low as to where many of the swords sold.
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    Eduardo, I am about 100% sure I saw this sword on Ebay a while back. I think it's a shortened katana now waki length. Did you buy this sword or are you that seller?
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    Seems market was a little bit stronger back then.
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    Congrats! I think I know the sword, a magnificent work for sure.
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    Thanks Jean. I will get better pictures when it arrives.
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    Hey all, I have had a sword buy coming in from over seas (Aoi Art) but was scared it would arrive while I was off fishing last weekend so I had them hold the shipment. While on hold, I fell in love with a vintage Edo period (I hope) tsuba and figured why not save shipping costs and send them together? It's not signed, so no help there. I love the octagonal shape and the subtle landscape engraving. Anyone have any info on this piece? Thanks in advance. I am not a fittings guy at all.
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    Looking through Shinshinto Mei Sesko reference, the last character on bottom is very different from the examples I could find. Others look ok, but something is not sitting right with me. I am new to this so don't put too much stock in that
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    Wow! Great find!
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    "Whats in the BOX?" Was that a great reference to the film "Se7en"?
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    Nice sword indeed! Probable that someone has one here on NMB.
  22. Vermithrax16
    Newbie here but only shinsa and papered swords exist? Asking for a friend.
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    Nice! Would love to see more pictures, very pretty.
  24. Vermithrax16
    I tried to hit this point in my post about how many swords made it to recent era; we just don't know. Did a smith always do everything the same way? Did he have students that made great works that he allowed signed? We can only judge by what's here, like a fossil record, but that is a small % of what was.
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    That's amazing!
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