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Mustafa wrote: "This idea is copyrighted worldwide and others can not patent the ideas here." Well, Mustafa, I don't intend to steal your ideas. I think nobody does. What you don't understand is: Producing replicas on the basis of new technologies is of no interest here. Your rude and highly aggressive attitude has a suicidal touch, as far as this board is concerned. Reminds me of a character kicked of this board not so long ago. But maybe that is what you want. Anyway, I am a chess-player and it seems you don't understand basics. reinhard

Thing is: We can tell, what the real hamon is. To me it looks cosmetically added in the monouchi-area. a) is correct when the heated blade is plunged into water horizontally; the proper way. It is a dfferent thing when the partially heated blade is plunged into water vertically with the tip downwards. b) is definitely correct, but again: We haven't seen the real hamon yet, just vague pixels. reinhard

Ray Singer wrote: "Lewis, my impression is that the corrosion is more recent. The pitted and pockmarked appearance of the nakago has, to my eyes, more of the look of something where the age was chemically accelerated. It does not look like a naturally aged koto nakago." Exactly what I thought when seeing the pics of the nakago. reinhard

There is something wrong with the sori (curvature) of the blade. The monouchi-area seems to bow down. This indicates a retempering of the upper part of the blade. Close expertise (in hand) could solve this question. reinhard

Who cares? I don't. reinhard

Playing the "sexist card" is about what I expected. Just don't bother us with childish and silly emojis any more. reinhard

Gimei is gimei and that's that. "nihonto-museum" is no valuable reference at all. And yes: Guido is a real character, always was. Sadly enough he is not able to participate anymore. As for you , "Dee", I have my doubts who you really are. Playing the "Lady-bonus" here for somebody else ? reinhard

Comparing paintings with blades 1:1 doesn't make much sense, but so-called "AI" is stupid and will do whatever you ask, unless you ask for sensitive and censored information. Nevertheless the question (prompt) marks an in important point: Good Nihon-To is more than a tool. It is the ultimate approach to combine functionality with beauty. reinhard

The thread starts with the following statement: "I did not realize saiha (retempered) blades could paper (unless very famous smith or significant blade)..." The examples of Toshiros and Shintogos proudly presented afterwards fall in the category of "famous smith or significant blade". For the average collector of Nihon-To the device must be still: Saiha is a no go. Collectors of sharp militaria tools can ignore this advice, of course. reinhard

Quoting from the site mentioned above: "Uchida sensei then requested to test the blade with a telephone book of 1 sun 5 bu thick. Artillery captain Omura performed the test with excellent results." Seriously? reinhard

For consideration: True Horimono are made by removing steel. In this particular case the characters were just hammered in and the surface polished afterwards to remove the raised edges. You can see this on blades given to shrines and temples, but this is most probably not the case here. BTW: All mei on nakago, with the exception of Hankei's, are made by just hammering them in. Not removing steel, but pressing it aside. This is an important criterion when examining a mei. reinhard

"I'd truly like to see one of your swords jacques - they must be amazing! What do you collect personally?" ("Deanna") "...put up a good blade of your own" ("Rivkin") You are confusing Insta with NMB. reinhard

You're not in a position to give orders, Rivkin. reinhard

There are a lot of silly, redundant questions and questions about horrible blades posted for discussion here on this forum every day. Jacques has been here to answer them in his unique and not very sociable style for a long time now. You can ignore him, if you want to, but his theoretical knowledge is worth listening to. I wish he could find a less confrontational language in his posts, but then, he is who he is. Better listen to an angry, honest voice than to the ignorants and the crooks everywhere. reinhard

I hope you recover soon, but how's the dog? reinhard