Danny

Thank you all for the kind words! It is a great feeling to read the positive comments.

This looks to be a 1985 NBTHK Hozon paper that attributes a katana as a Naminohira school work. Early Hozon papers had oshigsta rather than photos of the nakago. In hand, the paper should have the water mark logo and micro kanji of "ni" "to" 'ho" as precaution against fake papers. Mumei Naminohira is not a popular attribution for malefactors to contrive. Naminohira works often have clear kantei points.

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I apologize for the slow response to the SF question and E Book question. There will not be any copies at the SF show. I am not able to attend that show. I wish I could :-) The eBook is going to take some time. (I have to make an ePub for that) Thank you!

Thank you so much! I would be delighted :-)

Thank you Kirill!

Thank you!

Thank you so much. I will let you know as soon as the e-book is available.

Thank you so much everyone! Yes, there will be an eBook in the future but it will be a few months.

Thank you both so much for your kindness and support! I have been working on this project for so many years. It feels great to have it done. I am a happy guy today:-)

Brian helped me sort out my log-in problems, Thank you Brain! Thank you also to Mark, Joe and Greg. Your assistance and or kind words is greatly appreciated. Best regards, Danny Massey

Greetings to all, I have just added a Yamato Kanekuni tanto to the website. Also, a few items have limited time price reductions. please take a look if you have any interest. http://www.nihontocraft.com/japanese_sword_home.html Best regards, Danny

Hello, Please check here for information on NBTHK shinsa in English. http://www.touken.or.jp/english/english ... ation.html Thanks and good luck Danny

Good eye Pete, Wonderful, I really admire the manner of the moon, being viewed though the trees. Thank you. Danny

Nice looking FK. I notice that the ana has been re-sized at some point and it now overlaps the mei as one would expect. (mei placement seems correct ) A senior student once shared with me that this can be a factor in conveying a good feeling about the originality of a mei. Below is a Hamano FK for reference. The manner of takabori used for the shako tree seems similar. Best of luck at shinsa ! http://www.nihontocraft.com/Hamano.html Best regards, Danny

Thanks to all for your positive feedback. We will keep it up :-) Best regards, Danny

Greetings to all, I have just added a new article, "Isoroku Yamamoto and the sword-smith Sadayoshi Amada" by Junichiro Watanabe, to the web site. Please take a look if you have any interest. Thanks http://www.nihontocraft.com/japanese_sword_home.html Best regards, Danny Massey

Hello K. Morita, Thank you for the kind words and for shading this information with all of us. To see this precious Gunsui Ken by Akihide is very interesting. Thanks again. Best regards, Danny

Hello Carlo, Your welcome and thanks for your support. We will be adding more soon. Danny

Greetings to all, I have just added an article about the Gendai smith, Ryuminsai Kanetomo to the website. Please take a look if you have any interest. http://www.nihontocraft.com/japanese_sword_home.html Danny Massey http://www.nihontocraft.com

Greetings to all, I have just added some tosogu to the web site. The new additions include a futatokoro-mono of cloud dragons, mitsu tomoe mon kogai, Tokubetsu Kicho Choshu tsuba and a eda botan Choshu tsuba. Please take a look if you have any interest. http://www.nihontocraft.com/japanese_sword_home.html Happy Holidays ! Danny Massey http://www.nihontocraft.com

Greetings everyone, I have recently reduced the price of the Mito Sukemitsu wakizashi on my website. Also a wonderful Toryusai tsuba as well as a Kyo Shoami tsuba, published in the book "Ai-Tsuba 100 Shu", have been added to the tosogu page. Please have a look if you have any interest. Thanks http://www.nihontocraft.com/japanese_sword_home.html Best regards, Danny Massey http://www.nihontocraft.com/Toryusai_Tsuba.html http://www.nihontocraft.com/KyoShoami_Tsuba.html http://www.nihontocraft.com/Mito_Sukemitsu_Nihonto.html

Hi John, Thank you for sharing additional information about your Ko-Mihara. It sounds very nice. I tend to be attracted to blades that are function focused and not flamboyant. Best regards, Danny

HI John, Thank you for your feedback. Ko-mihara are often wonderful. Lucky you :-) Does yours have a tiger tail or waterfall return to the boshi ? High Shinogi ? Yamato style hataraki in the hamon ( uchinoke, hakikake and nijuba ) Nioi deki with ko nie ? Just curious and its fun to apply our leaning to blades at hand. Thanks Best regards, Danny

Hello all, I have just added a wonderful article by Allan H. Pressley to my web site. It is "The Koto Bingo Mihara School". Please take a look at the link below. http://www.nihontocraft.com/japanese_sw ... icles.html Best regards, Danny Massey http://www.nihontocraft.com