Martin

Interesting sword Reinier, especially the different styles of Hamon on each side. It was on my "long-list" once too It would be great to see some pictures (from both sides) and hear about your opinion after you have seen it in real. cheers, Martin

Hi Henry, there´s one on ebay with a stars theme right now http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-STYLE-ANTIQUE- ... dZViewItem cheers, Martin

Hi Pete and others, thanks very much for your highly interesting and educational thoughts. I find it very difficult to attribute a certain piece to a school or master and am therefore very grateful for having this board and the opportunity to share knowledge and opinions. many thanks, Martin

wow milt, 24 pages on you "for sale"-site by now ... Are there perhaps already plans for some next "excursions" to Rome or Vienna :lol: cheers, Martin

Hi Reinier, here is a sword with carp theme fittings. http://www.japanszwaard.nl/zc7.html And the dealer is not really far away from you I suppose cheers, Martin

I also see a family crest:

Hi, well thanks a lot for your thoughts, "breeze-shootings" and long shots so far :lol: cheers, Martin

I think I will blame this thread for my purchase of the following :lol: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... &rd=1&rd=1 cheers, Martin

Hi all, can anybody help me to find out about school, design and approximate age of this Tsuba? The patina actually looks much better in real than it does on the pictures. Measures: height: 6.9 cm width: 6.8 cm thickness: 0.5 cm Thanks in advance, Martin

Hi all, there are some really similar Tsuba (by the same artist) offered on ebay at the moment. Funny coincidence... 1) http://cgi.ebay.com/4006-JP-SAMURAI-SWO ... dZViewItem 2) http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-sword-SIGNE ... dZViewItem cheers, Martin

or look at this one: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... :IT&ih=012 cheers, Martin

As far as I know the Japanese carps do look a bit slimmer than the one you caught :lol: cheers, Martin

Hi, you can also try this one I used this time http://www.youtubex.com/ cheers, Martin

Hi, maybe this is a wooden Tsuba - although it doesn´t say anything about the base material. http://www.nihonto.us/lacquer%20tsuba.htm cheers

Hi Laurence, do you have some links to share? I only found a Boston MFA page with 50 items displayed ( http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_a ... kage=27268 ) - but about 2000 sounds more interesting... :D cheers

One sword reached the 10 k mark - well done http://cgi.ebay.com/Houki-no-kami-MASAY ... dZViewItem Couldn´t believe my eyes when I saw him posting those fine swords one after another. Such an impudent crook Martin

Good idea Brian :lol: And as you said: Not a bad price for a broken sword... cheers, Martin

Hi, just saw this on ebay :? http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-Samurai-Sw ... dZViewItem poor blade...

Hi all, I also had the opportunity to get a closer look into the first volume. Really great pictures and of course great Tsuba And of course thanks very much for the information Richard ! cheers, Martin

Hi John, how do the Menuki look like when attached to the Koshirae? Are they part of an Aikuchi Koshirae? cheers, Martin

Okay... well then lets hunt down No. 13 :lol: http://www.e-sword.jp/sale/0610_6070syousai.htm cheers, Martin

Hi Milt, maybe this one ? http://www.nihonto.us/KO%20SHOAMI%20SQUARE.htm regards, Martin

Hi and thanks for your replies. I certainly won´t mess around with the Mei Applied some Choji oil on the Nakago now and will keep watching this area. regards, Martin

Hi all, I have a sword that had a little active rust inside the signature deepening from the day I bought it. It´s not very well visible in the pictures - you can see it mainly in the YOSHI Kanji. I never paid much attention to it so far but is there any possible way to remove it? I could try with antler or ivory splinter of course but some area are not very accessible. They need to be very very spiky and that makes them hard to handle :? Or would it be best to leave it as it is? Thanks for any helpful advice, Martin

Hi, nice sword indeed. Wasn´t it listed on ebay recently? Thougt I saw it there just yesterday... cheers, Martin