Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini

Thanks John. Downloaded.

Methink it's from Ewok Kingdom on Endor wooden moon.

Chris, do you really think that noone had your same idea until now ? Me think broken or dead blades were and are available for destructive analisys but if results are not published anywhere either they are inconclusive or too different from each other to obtain a reply to your question.

Thanks Ed. Beautiful reading in early nights of this too hot italian summer.

Nice. I like it.

Welcome

So not academically accepted...

But Koto ones should be.So what used ohmura as scale ?

Indeed. A sword in not just an Ha.

A sword is like a chain. Is as strong as her weakest point. Not so sure the type of ha ever overwelmed the class of the Smith in therm of reliability . IMHO a chu saku sword with whatever type of ha hardly beats a JoJosaku sword with the same ha type in therms of reliability. Guess THIS was the criteria with which the pre-Edo Samurai choose their blades. After 1600 is another story... I'd bet than a lot of the swords broken against the mongols where of lesser smiths, with some notable exception that, for its very nature, is recorded and remembered much more and better than the rest. The kissaki matter is out of this topic.

I really can't imagine the "iron general" escape his furious wife that was seriously angry. Age destroy even the strongest... or are wifes that do so ???

Timur, pictures of NihonTo should be taken Without Habaki. The first Mekugiana looks altered, like the Hi was made after it provoking its present day shape. As Ray said, should be Tachimei...

So this was because it looked familiar to me. Guess you nailed it down, a late war crew gunto in tanto lenght : http://ohmura-study.net/761.html

Might be the reason is more than one. Might be the Smith could have saved the Mon even performing machiokuri but the menuki placement, as part of a complete set and strongly required by the owner, forced the Smith to drill thru the Aoi...

He better avoid Samurai Archives with this topic. Eric,why don't you try to mention "uneducated people on ninja" there ? The focus of the forum is about Samurai class and not weaponry as here so there were a lot of discussions about Shinobi/Ninja... http://forums.samurai-archives.com/index/

Looks assembled with parts of different weapons to me. Is there a wooden scabbard inside the leather? Might be a field work of later period of WWII or something made out of "spare parts" for occuping GI's. Curious the "Tsuba" that secure the blade to the scabbard with a clip. Looks familiar to me, but just now can't check my books on WWII blades...

Cate, in this board you can find literally hundreds of collectors of various Japanese items, essentially swords but not only. The problem is that not everybody is happy to let know all the world "hey, in my house there is an average 300k U$ of fine art pieces" for safety reasons. Whish you good luck. The numbers play in your favour, someone would accept but this doesn't mean you'll get the best among us. EDIT: Would you please pass on this message to the responsibles of your channel ? "UFO doesn't exist. There were no ancient supercivilizations with nuclear weapons. Tsoukalos (or whatever is the name) is out of track by lightyears- Stop this waste of time and return to academically sustained arguments."

Maybe you're right ? Seems to see shingane at the bottom of the nakago and three holes plus relatvely good quality are strange for a sword-cane.

F*ck Echelon and Carnivore.

Here's the problem : funds.

If the writings were collected in a prisoner camp not prayers but

...indeed...

Not until it doesn't mention black pajamas as mandatory for a Shinobi/Ninja. "ninja are a fact, just because some people have exploited the name for profit does not make ninja any less real." Italy libraries are filled of medieval witchcraft essay and the fact they were used in real life doesn't make witches less unreal. Both were different from the stereotype usually discussed, but this argument is very, very hot.

Anthony, God bless you for sharing !

Welcome Tom.