ironron

I say welcome aboard! seeing as nobody else has, I know what you mean by searching the boards, it becomes adictive.

I dont find anything that good in my dresser draws.

Just ordered one.

Cheers john, does it devalue the sword, & can you id, any or both of them ?,

I was looking on Mike. D. longs site, & spotted this unusual way of saving the mei on a shortened sword, any ideas on the mei. Allso any ideas on this mei? Some kind soul!

Thanks for the link.

OOPS, Sorry about that Stephen, looks to be the same blade. I was sent this pic via a freind Many Thanks. Ron.

I have been trying to read this mei. without much success. Can any one help please.

Thank you all for your oppinions'

HI. John. Thanks for the reply. You think it is not genuine then.? Ron.

Help to id mei on kozuka.

Many thanks brian, its shame the smith is lost. Regards Ron.

Is Bishu Osafune the smiths name , or the province he worked at? Sorry to sound thick. but this is all new to me. Ron. :?

Many thanks jacques, If any body else can add anymore information, it will be very much appreciated. Many thanks.

HI, Help needed to transalate the two remaining characters on this wakizashi. The seller gave me this information , The blade is sure-age & dates about 1680. The blade is shinto.

Hi John nice to here from you.I never have followed sport very much.Especially football! :D

HI, i am ron, from the uk. I have allways been interested in edged weapons. bought my first shin gunto. in the early sixties, for £ 9. seems cheap now, but it was a lot of money to me then. I have allways been a bit of a magpie collector, as long as it looked interesting i would try & buy it. Now the ban of Japanese swords has been implemented in the uk, it is making it more difficult for a genuine collector to import a nice sword that you might want to bid on. This was a bad decision, in my oppinion. a law made on the hoof , so to speak to please a few pollitically correct lobbyist! Thanks to ebays new ruling , Japanese swords are imediatley removed if a uk seller trys to list one. Enough of my rambling , although it is depressing to see how things are going for the uk collector.