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    In Japan there are a plethora of introductory guide books - Nihonto Kantei Nyumon and the like. In fact there is an expectation that you have done a little study and read one of these BEFORE joining a kantei kai and looking at swords in hand. It should be no different for us. Books are the beginning and in hand study the goal...
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    Could it be Hakusei? 白清?
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    More for comparison
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    Great example Ray.
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    Curious to see more pictures of the nakago - show the signature the other way round - and show the nakago-jiri (tip of the tang)
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    Not a genuine Kaboku signature I am afraid...
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    I believe it is FUNDO - ingot
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    The paper seems to think it is this man... Yoshimasa - YOS327 | Nihonto Club
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    If your agent doesn't offer this service talk to Robert Hughes at Keichodo...
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    Begs the question, is that a tachi tsuba or a katana tsuba?
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    Exceptionally nice gift!
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    It is a great opportunity to study, in-hand, the work of just about any of the most important artists. Decide what you want to see, visit every booth and note the items you'd like to study in-hand, go back and spend uninterrupted time with each piece on your list. There are few places you can say I want to see Yamashiro works today and have twenty such pieces on hand. By all means attend the Kamakura kantei-kai and the Yakatabune trip but I would focus on getting there early and spending the day studying the best swords you can see...
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    Yagyu design - Ono execution
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    Two more
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    My favorite. A modern subject presented with age old Japanese aesthetic in a Higo style. Tokkuri. Ochoko and two drops of spilled sake, just sublime.
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    Took me many years but I found a sword that checked off many boxes for me, so now while I enjoy looking at swords I no longer have the compulsion to buy. Tsuba are another thing, I would say yes they are addictive, especially since I started to focus on sword-maker tsuba, my tsuba drawer is now full and I am not sure how many I have. The idea of my wife reading this forum is hilarious to me, she would rather have her eyes put out I think than read about sword collecting... -t
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    60+ started when I was 19. One great aspect of this hobby is how it brings the generations together...
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    Day one!
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