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Can anyone identify the member of the Honami family that signed with this Kaō? It is part of the saya-gaki of a sword attributed to Chiyotsuru Morihiro. Thanks!

Just heard from the vendor. The export permit has arrived, and the item has shipped (apparently in the hands of Japan Export Customs now).

Any photos of the rabbits? Because now I am curious.

As Rob said above, perhaps UV light will reveal more...

It would seem that export permits are still taking more than 4 weeks to be issued in Japan. Is there any hope that this process expedited in the future, or is this the new normal?

What? You don't think that tiger was FIERCE?

An individual from the forums has agreed to do this translation work for me. Thanks!

I just purchased a katana with a sayagaki and a very old origami. I want to have them translated into a document with the kanji, transliteration, and translation. I know this is more than a simple mei translation, so I am seeking someone to do this for a reasonable fee. Is anyone on the forum offering this service, or can anyone recommend someone to do this for me? The sayagaki covers both sides of the saya, and the origami is quite old with very stylized calligraphy. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.

I had this same question just the other day.

As Yves said, the mon with the two bars is associated with Asikaga, but Hatakeyama also used this mon. There are something like 20,000 different mon, so someone with more knowledge than me would have to help identify the other one.

Thanks! I assumed it was some kind of error correction, but didn't know what the error was.

What happened with this certificate?

Thanks @SteveM. I did know that Shingen was the style, the note about the warlord is just information to myself so that I relate the style to the story. So the transliteration of the first characters is "mukade mon'yō" (centipede pattern)? Thanks again!

Hello, I got a helpful translation from @SteveM, but I wanted to take a deeper dive by myself. Using Markus Sesko's Encyclopedia, Google Translate, and the Kanji Pages, this is my result. Can someone help me with the missing information and perhaps correct any errors I might have made? Thanks so much!

Thank you Steve that is just what I needed.

I would appreciate a translation of the item description on a tsuba that I just added to my collection. Thanks in advance for your assistance.

As shown in the linked video, what is the purpose of wiping the blade with the fingers after drawing it from the saya? https://www.facebook.com/reel/750881329874175?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V&mibextid=0KsViS

I use https://www.librarycat.org/. It is powered by Library Thing. Great for books in English, as I don't have books in any other language, I don't have any experience on how it works with them. Personal accounts are free.

Nah. You have presented a well-reasoned post with some interesting thoughts. That's what this forum is all about. If you want to get banned, you need to tell everyone that you are an amateur sword polisher and you learned everything you know from a Youtube video.

I am very pleased with the results.

When I bought this sun-nobi tanto it arrived dressed in koshirae without a shirasaya. I sent the blade to Tim Pepin at samuraisword.com and he arranged the crafting of a shirasaya for it. I also had a tsunagi made so I can display the koshirae. It took a while, but I think it turned out well. I am glad to be able to properly store my tanto.

Andrew, welcome to NMB. You have found the right place to learn!

I told my wife the same thing (only in Canadian money I would need more than 30K).

I have seen double-edged katana in comic books, but I have never seen an actual double-edged blade until I looked at Aoi-Art's website today. It's a beautiful sword. It was made by Tsuda Oumi Daijo Sukenao.

It might be worth noting that the current edition of The Samurai Sword by John M Yumoto being sold on Amazon right now is pretty crappy quality. I received a copy today and upon opening it, all of the pages fell out from the cover boards. They are sending a replacement, so it hope it is a bit better.