Baba Yaga

Still on the search.

Where is the gold dragon that was mounted on the saya? Not good photos, but looks like some dulling where it was mounted. Fare stretch on my question.

Ya, most of all the greats I learned from are no longer with us.

This was sold to someone in 2014 as a Tashi. This will be one for the books respectively .

Is Harry still with us?

I don't usually chime in on something so "controversial", but my doctor just upped my meds. The answer to your question is very complicated and has to do with MANY variables. These are only the beginning! Do you want to own Art that has relatively no flaw? If so. it's going to cost you greatly $$$$$$$. If you think your going to buy something "cheap" from someone and restore, it's going to cost you Greatly. This only works very-very few times and that's going be lose of time and a lot of money. Buy a costly problematic niche sword from a dealer and expect to sell it for -- 100% less than what you paid 1 yr from purchase. We just seen this. My stupid advise. Find a mentor, or two, or three who want to teach the perfection of Juyo blades and not most of the problematic low end crap most can afford. Oh, if those mentors want to sell you a low end blade, the aren't mentors. All my advise is subject to blood and urine test. Good hunting!

Great stone job, you think.

Ah, it's personal and resent. By the rust I would of thought longer, but I regress.

That's a reasonable hypothesis. Thanks

What's the back story of the shipwreck?

The word swastika comes from Sanskrit: स्वस्तिक, romanized: svastika, meaning "conducive to well-being".[16][6] In Hinduism, the right-facing symbol (clockwise) (卐) is called swastika, symbolizing surya ("sun"), prosperity and good luck, while the left-facing symbol (counter-clockwise)" I have the symbol on a Nanban Tsuba.

The cardio involved would be like running 6 - 6min miles and doing 100 push-up in-between each mile. I'm probably light on the number of push-up, Add proper technique in that and you have a world record.

I always wondered about Tameshigiri and sharpening. It appears to be very expensive? 36 minutes and 4 seconds completion of 1,000 cuts of rolled straw mats looks brutal on the sword and shoulders?

Exactly, that same person will think you're the devil himself. The blowback is incredible, no good deed goes unpunished. Try doing that with a real Nihonto that some dealer "offloaded" to an unsuspecting novice publicly an see what happens. It's better to give no opinion publicly, than a bad one "unfortunately"

A lot of other people who can be found may be able to help you. In fact, you may want to receive 3 consultations before making your own conclusion. Good luck

Hey Stephen, Depends how bad circumstances become. Right now terrorisms is what worries me with everything. Like I have said before, it's REALY EASY for customs to negate any type of antique weapon. My guess is 1+ years as of now. In my bubble we export $Billion in produce and that has been very problematic. I'm really worried about our 2nd amendment.

I could of been the ghost writer ( I'm not) for this article as it was the exactly did. It was also the exact way I leaned 25 years ago. Actually, I remember when this person started and the warnings I suggested . https://blog.yuhindo.com/dont-bother-it-has-no-boshi/ I learned not to warn people anymore, it's not worth the backlash. Brian has a very difficult job indeed!

Yep, Global Warming turned into Climate Change. We became wordsmithing for profit and liability. Something simple can be turned into waving your rights.

On a thread recently "I posted this would happen". It's NOT going to get better! The USA is next. What do I know, nothing.

Fauci just lifted his head out of a hole last night with a "warning" about masks. Wink-Wink

Agreed! I was watching a master smith on youtube squint one of eyes holding the blade at arms length. I wonder if he wasn't wearing his eye glasses, because of the video? Watching that furnace / glowing metal all day and night had to burn out the eyesight. Could be I have no idea what I'm talking about either.

It's a double edged sword It cleaned up the hobby quite a bit IMO.

Bump!

It doesn't look right in a good way, not a bad way. That hada "almost" looks like Koto. Maybe another mystery? I refer back to Tom professional judgement.

oopps called a Kaiken. Wouldn't want the Nihonto auto correct after me.