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it is o-suriage. Attribution by NTHK.

My daughter goes to Charleston Southern University, and her boyfriend goes to College of Charleston. Both are good schools. You are more than welcome to stop by and chat. Bring pieces for show and tell. We can always learn more by seeing more. Every piece is unique. Dan

I'm in Charleston. I've got a good collection, but no tokubetsu or juyo stuff. @Bridges Noah, feel free to reach out anytime. I don't mind helping.

Yep, my membership is still pending. Never heard any more.

I have been having an internal battle with myself on taking my matchlock guns. I know at the regular gun shows I sell at, people are facinated by them but also choke at the price. (Not the target market). I'm also comfortable knowing that I will not sell them. Kinda don't want to sell them. If I take them to this show, they may actually sell...now what? Where will I find others to replace them? Got a serious dilemma going on in my head. I guess my problem is that if I sell a sword that I really don't want to sell (get an offer I can't refuse) I know lots of places to get another one or two or three. Matchlocks are not so easy to be found.

Japanese Swords and Swordsmiths of the Gendaito Period by Frederick R Fimlo Anyone have any experience with this book? Good/Bad, up to date, out of touch?

兼 = Kane 吉 = Yoshi The signature is Kaneyoshi. There were 7 or more Kaneyoshi from Mino province that signed this way. I agree this is older than 1600's, but need better pictures.

I owned a wakizashi by nidai shigetaka. Due to the shorter nakago, Echizen Jyu was on the opposite side of the Harima Daijo Fujiwara Shigetaka. Does yours have Echizen Jyu on the opposite side?

Antler may actually have the slight brownish colorization of older same' and be a good match. Got me thinking now...

As for ivory, I see old pianos being sold that most likely have real ivory keys. The broken ones go very cheap. Just a thought for material purposes.

Any updates on when we will receive the actual papers?

After chatting with Mark, I will have a table in Vegas! Look forward to meeting fellow NMB members.

A few pics of my Shichibeijo Sukesada. Taken in a dark closet with 2.5x zoom and flash with a I-Phone 8. Need to do it again with my 11 and see better results.

I agree with Brian, the starting price on all three is reasonable. I would think that with the other offerings being of good to excellent quality, these 3 swords will end up double or triple the starting bid price. Wishing you the best.

@Mark Thanks for all the updates!

They were preparing for the Allied land invasion. The US has a gun behind every blade of grass...the Japanese would have had a blade behind every blade of grass.

I agree with Christian, it is an unokubi-zukuri but with kogarasu-maru style. can honestly say I have never seen this done before. Correct example linked below. I believe this may have been a Murata or Zohito blade originally mounted in a Type 19 kyugunto mounting causing the nakago to be odd shaped. I also guess that it was re-fitted to a type 98 mounting probably by the seller. Looking closely at the tsuka, the ito looks to have been pushed too far away from the fuchi. Under the ito is shagreen (sharkskin) instead same' (rayskin), so a tiny bit of rarity there. 4 of the seppa are definately Chinese pieces, but the pierced tsuba and copper seppa look to be good quality type 94. Tassel looks to be correct for company grade officer. https://japanesesword.com/archived-pages/2017/7/28/rare-murata-to-kogarasumaru-to-dress-saber-in-shin-gunto-mounts Maybe our resident experts can help a little more on this one. @Bruce Pennington @george trotter @Kiipu

Based only on signature style, I would guess Nidai Shigetaka.

It be a pirate sword! AAAAARRRRRGGGG! Sorry, had to do it!

Anyone else plan to attend or exhibit at this show? Trying to decide what to take for sale or trade as I'm just going to be walking around. (No Table)

I did exactly that John. Jim signed the inside cover for me.

Didn't see them on your website Gray. If anyone is interested, buy the copies Gray has first! If any additional copies are wanted, I can arrange the sales with Mr. Dawson.

I have been in the market for a "reasonable" priced version of this book for a while. I was finding used copies available for $250 - $500. I was able to find a NEW copy for $175 and was told there are more available, by the seller..Mr. Jim Dawson himself. Would anyone else be interested in a copy at that price?

Added pics for others to see, without following link. From the two pics shown, it is not looking as if you got an actual Japanese sword. This looks to be a Chinese reproduction. Additional pics would help us to answer with 100% certaintity. Please take and post the pics that Bruce requested above.

Best I can tell from the pics. 井戸秀俊 Ido Hidetoshi Hard to see the last character. It has the Showa stamp so it dates from 1938-1945. I would guess closer to 1940-1942. Non-Traditional machine made blade. Born in 1915. Hidetoshi worked at Fukumoto Amahide's guntō factory located in Seki, Gifu. @Bruce Pennington knows more about the stamps and the dates they were used.