dimitri

France is the horror, before the customs were quite flexible for small parcels, for 2 years, it has already become impossible not to be asked to pay customs duties and VAT. And moreover they are weak for parcels from Japan, there are quite a few examples where parcels are returned, I unfortunately suffered this injustice because customs simply do not have the necessary documents. or not enough translated or that the sender does not answer the questions asked and presto, the package leaves.

The tsuba with the waves is superb, is it a tsuba for Katana?

Grr #5 and #7 for me, and also trip Brian. Sorry, I don’t know what’s going on, I have connections problème and i’m missing words and the update does not display anything. Mark you have to see for the shipping cost for France. Thank you very much.

Thank you Darren for this exceptional work.

Here is the dragon stand, I posed to show you the Soten for wakizashi for the size, it's sublime, the work is very clean and there are plenty of derails, everything is well protected, thanks again to Darren.

Yes Jean for the photo upside down finally no, I forgot to return it, it was like that on the site, I apologize. Thanks for the translation Marc.

Thank you for this point of view dear compatriot, yes I have a katana awaiting polishing and yes it is 20euros per cm. it was to know, it is enough that the signature is worth the trouble and that the lot is low during the sale, that is why I asked the question. Thanks again François, I'll move on.

Hello everyone, I saw on an auction site a lot of 3 wakizashi, 2 would be signed but there is only one in the picture, my question would be to know if it is worth it or not after polishing process move physically and participate in auctions, I have a chance to live only 75km away. Being an avid collector but a little too new to my taste in terms of kanji and especially to recognize blade styles, I prefer to ask you to have a kind of expertise by members. Thank you very much in advance. Dimitri

hello Bob, well I think you have been told this before and you know it but you have a fantastic collection, I used all my emoticons of the day on the first 2 pages, congratulations and thank you for showing us your treasures from all eras. I couldn't even tell you which of your pieces amazed me the most, each one of them has a story to it, the tsuba with the rabbits in a storm is incredible in detail, or the map of the Japanese provinces on another tsuba tells me amazed but so much enchanted me. THANKS.

yes absolutely or so when I bought it at the time the seller was very nice about its price. It was for information. I have noticed quite often that it is the handle that is more likely to be discussed on the blacksmith than the blades. Thank you very much Ray, I always appreciate your answers.

nothing to do with this illustrious blacksmith, just a reference nothing more? Thank you very much Ray.

Good evening everyone, after listening to your advice on tsuba with ivory punches for cleaning, I got down to a Kozuka, a souvenir from my trip to Japan, bought in Kyoto a few years ago. I would like to have your opinion on the signature and especially if in your opinion, is there a way to remove the rest of the rust, I spent 2 days there between the punch, my toothbrush and the soap to remove the rust, I discover all the arabesques but there I stuck an egg. thank you in advance for your suggestions and the translation .

I'm new, I learn from your subjects and I try to understand the rules without breaking them, I've never been contacted privately for a sale anyway. But I agree with you, managing a forum is a crazy job, not to mention the hosting costs and the storage capacity which must grow every year. Afterwards there may be a kind of compulsory donations per year, there are already ca on forums. Anyway, I hope all goes well for you Brian.

Congratulation, very nice Tsuba.

Beautiful, I love its curvature. very good purchase.

I fell for him, impatient to have him at home.😁😁

Thank you very much 🙏

Hello Vitaly, Very nice work, the result is fantastic, so how did you proceed? toothbrush and soap or other things?

The Kabuto is nice.

It's very pretty, I'll be interested when I'm done with my soten, for France it's necessary to count how much shipping costs please? Thank you very much.

Very nice, thanks for the link.

he makes me ask for the hamon.

Thank you for the photos, there are similarities apart from the kamon. here is the count of the number of kamon. 55 kamon on the scabbard 16 on the handle 16 on guard. Total 87 Is there a meaning? other photos.

Oh yes!

Thank you very much for your advice. I repeated all the advice and advice to my friend, He thanks for all this attention and even if it is not a blade of great value, for him it is a blade of great emotional value, the memory of his grandfather.