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Thanks for the link!

Hi! I'm Florian and like SwordGuyJoe my introduction comes one year late, gome ne. All started when I did some research with regard to yajiri while procrastinating. However, being exposed to the world of nihon tô I was fascinated, immediately stocking up on the appropriate books but in the end overrun by rather more important things. Now, one year later, I am once again reading the books and try to get a grip on the basics which hopefully enables me to get an idea how to progress and to plunge deeper into the subject. I am living in Japan for another year, maybe the time suffices so that I can add something worthwhile to my luggage when returning and if it's just books.

Hi! Couldn't find any decent pics of an uchi ne and so I thought this might be of interest to some people here. This is an approx. 30 year old contract work and not an antique piece. I am sorry but I can not give more information with regard to by whom or where in Japan it was made. Furthermore, I didn't have a macro lens to take some decent pics of the blade.

Thanks! Will see if I can find it. Thought so. http://www.ncjsc.org/gloss_yanone.htm shows a sharpened togari ya and the willow leafs are also said to feature hamon but as you said, there won't be too many. The yanone are still on their way, I will gladly post some pics as soon as they arrive. Well, judging the patina will be the hard part for me. However this site sparked my interest and now I ordered some of the books about Japanese swords listed here and elsewhere. Maybe they can be of help by giving me some education. First, I also thought that in this category fakes shouldn't be all too common, I hope that's true. However, I'd like to get my hands on other yanone, too, watakushi karimata and yanagiba but this will be much more expensive and then I have to make sure it's he real deal. Those two yanone I won for $45+shipping. Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. I found information on this site about the seller (daimyou54). Quite informative. Ah, thanks. This must have been the source of information for Paul Chen and his replicas (which are said to be of good quality for the money asked). Unfortunately he doesn't manufacture lighter warheads, which I'm interested in right now. Cheers Florian PS: won't overuse the quote feature anymore

Hi! I'm stumbling in here with the hope to find some information about yanone/yajiri. I've searched the board and saw several posts dealing with the subject in which members outed themselves as collectors. The reason is I've recently bought two togari ya from an ebay seller who is well known here (in fact I came across the board while checking his reputation) and the chance of those yanone being fake is substantial. For any tips or information how to assess yanone, pricing, book titles whatever, I'd be very grateful. One remark, even if the yanone are not fake they are most definitely low quality (blunt edges, bad surface), so I won't be able to check the hamon if I'm not mistaken. Thanks in advance! Florian H