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  1. Hi guys was taking some photos of this kinmichi wakizashi and its koshire the other day so i thought i'd share some pics. Igar no kami fujiwara kinmichi 2nd generation cheers Chris H
  2. I had a message from paypal to say the automatic payment had gone through.
  3. Hi guys here is another tsuba the same as Dale posted earlier mounted on a wakizashi with matching fushi-kas hira.
  4. Hi John here's some pics of the tsuba mounted.
  5. Hi John will dig it out when i get home from work and take a photo i suspect its been thrown together
  6. Hi Dale the fuchi is signed But i don't know what it says.
  7. Hi here is one i have, it came on a tanto, with the fuchi and kashira
  8. Here is one of mine
  9. Hi Chris glad it finally arrived looks good.
  10. Hi Piers does that mean the shinza team were having a bad day lol
  11. Thanks Manuel.
  12. Hi guys i was wondering if anyone could give me a literal translation of this paper for my curiosty, i have a rough idea what it says. many thanks in advance.
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    I like it Chris.
  14. HI a new acquisition, a type 98 with a shinto blade and a partial two body saiden mei
  15. I have the same problem
  16. Thanks Piers and Malcolm mystery solved
  17. Hi guys found this in a car boot fair years ago was wondering if anyonecan tell me who it is many thanks in advance. Chris H
  18. Hi Steve thanks for the information i will have to get a copy of Shokan, i wonder if it was his sword. cheers Chris H
  19. Hi Steve when i was researching Shigetsugu on nmb i came across this threadhttps://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/10576-exhibited-shigetsugu-Japanese-sword-katana-sale-ebay/?do=findComment&comment=108373 Cheers Chris
  20. Hi John, i posted some pictures on show us your high class gunto's last year i'm not sure how to show the link so i have posted them again. made by shigetsugu 1938 on the 8 month at the estate of Toyama Mitsuru, as its his grass script mei its a daisaku work would love to no which one of his students forged it as i love the hamon. cheers Chris
  21. Thanks for the replies the seppa are all there and unmessed with so i think i can assume that its Shimatsu's sword. Cheers Chris
  22. Hi i have an officers sword With one of the seppa signed, Would it be the person who owned the sword? How common is this. Cheers Chris
  23. Hi Carmen it certainly looks like its been well abused, here is a couple of pic's of one i own
  24. Hi not sure if this tsuba qualifies as wabi sabi but it exhibits a patina of age and wear. Chris H
  25. Hi guys thanks you for your help Cheers Chris
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