ububob
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Welcome, Brian! If you are anywhere near the San Francisco area please consider joining our local club.
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Welcome K. Enjoy yourself and remember to join your local sword club, build a library and a vocabulary and read, and read and read. Go to as many shows as you can handle swords...and did I mention read?
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It's the message not the medium, right?
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Jean, noted with thanks.
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Nice beginning. I must confess to being partial to your Akasaka piece thanks to Fred Geyer.
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Fred has been a big help on starting down the slippery slope of tsuba collecting. Watch him folks, he is a silver tongued devil!
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Exactly Brian. That's why I asked. Would 15, 20 or more years be acceptable as a transition period? Example: Suppose I have sword made circa 1630 and it is done consistent with one of the old traditions, is it correct to refer to this sword as a Koto period blade or Shinto? Bob
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I wondered if there was an accepted time period to allow for the transition from Koto to Shinto? What is the latest date a blade can have and still be considered Koto period piece? Bob Hunter
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One thing a Fed knows how to do is quit on time.
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When you more experenced folks speak of a "tired blade", what does that look like? Kizu by the bushel? Whisper thin hamon? If this has been covered in an earlier thread, my apologies for wasting bandwidth and please point me at the link. Thanks, Bob
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A dealer in your area would be Christian Chaffee. Check out his website: Real Nihonto.com and just for fun check out jacklondontablet.com. He has a variety of interesting items other than swords.
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Hi, Folks! My name is Bob Hunter and I have been a collector of militaria for over 30 years but only recently came into Japanese art swords. I find it a fascinating and complex field of study. For the moment I'm reading a lot and I will be here on the forum, "lurking with extreme intent" until I shed some of my ignorance. Best to all.
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Jacob, congratulations on your first piece. I hope you learn a great deal from it.
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I also had a great time at the show. Handled a lot of sword and made some new friends as well as buying my first sword...with help and support of three friends. :D I am now officially on the "the slippery slope."
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SAN FRANCISCO SHOW 2009
ububob replied to GARY WORTHAM's topic in Sword Shows, Events, Community News and Legislation Issues
I'm looking forward to the show also. I'm the new blood mentioned above but I'm in a very old container.