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OK Brian! It was the VPN. Everything works fine when I put it on USA. Thanks!

Hmmm OK lets see and give you some more info Brian: a Desktop PC Windows 10 Home on Microsoft edge / ExpressVPN All your test sites above are OK Problems: Some wheel start to turn and says "controlling access" when logging in + having to post 2-3-4 times the same message before it gets thru (after being controlled) With putting a pic I get this message: Sorry, an unknown server error occurred when uploading this file. (Error code: -200)

Last days it is very difficult to access and almost impossible to post anything...

Most look real to me, but just based on 1 bad picture and not seeing the 2 sides in detail...and I am not an expert but some are here.

Cool display but it took me a while to find the sword...

Hi Jens, Looks like a Iaidō (居合道) blade to me. It should not be magnetic! Done the test with a magnet? Kind regards.

The maker not the beholder.

Once had a girlfriend like that and I just kept her like she was...she was fabulous. I would not mess too much with that ancient old artifact either.

Yes indeed John there seems to be a big price difference in these between EU and US.

Cheap?

We do know the average Nihonto collector is older than 50 years and nobody knows when the end is near. So when do you stop collecting? When you are 70 or older? My dad died when he was 63...

Indeed strange that the sepppa-dai area is completely covered with hatchwork. It would be covered by the seppa when mounted? Do we have other examples and why would the maker do this?

More detailed pictures on the Markus site: Images for 4439153. KABUTOWARI (hachiwari), Japan, “Helmet -/skullbreaker”, Edo period, 17th/19th century. - Auctionet