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Hi Baz, Was it the Gun-to referances on the NIHONTO message board threw you of, :D Peter

Thank Jean, i will try that and keep practicing, if its the same theory with a compact, 12mp peter

Hi Henry, will be having a big " slap in the eye" (fry) in the morning, i sent my daughter in bournemouth a parcel of soda and potato bread which took a week to get there, she still enjoyed it so if you think for 1 minute the postal service could get it to you in that time , i,ll sort it for you, Peter

Hi John, i did half expect a telling off, i do understand and apologise , this blade is up for auction shortly but is in a bad state so wanted to know if the smith was known or if it was worth restoring, many thanks for everyones help on this, Peter

few more images,

Sorry guys i hope these may give you something to look at, peter

Hi Guys, could anyone help read this mei, this may be a tall order but i know some of you are a wizz with a computer and able to zoom and blow up and such on images so i hope this images are good enough to work with, many thanks for looking at least, 628_0007.JPG (537.1 KB) , 626_0004.JPG (469.8 KB) , 628_0001.JPG (484.3 KB) , 628_0002.JPG (459.4 KB) , 628_0003.JPG (483.0 KB) , 628_0004.JPG (439.9 KB) , 628_0005.JPG (455.3 KB) , 628_0006.JPG (469.3 KB) peter

or send it to me Jock i would love another Bungo, Mark don,t be greedy you have enough, or is that possible, :D peter

Hello to all, i,ve been on the board a while now and can't praise it highly enough for the information and help in the past, but am hoping there are some members on from around Belfast Northern ireland, there aren't to many shows and such around this tiny part of the world to view other nihonto , many thanks, peter

hi jock, what is the mei on your sword? peter

hi guys, be nice, I think all the members on the board know if someone is interested in anything Japanese in the relm of the sword, ie from a sickle to a cup and i,ve even seen a doll here, the good people here will try their best to give them an answer and links if possible to help. in my novice and humble opinion is what makes this site so good, long may it continue, As for the advice seeking profiteers, well i,m sure as someone has already said the board will get to know who they are, i would to thank all the members for their help in the past 2 years for the help i have received , may 2011 bring you all the shiney nihonto, (and related items) you desire. Peter

Thanks all for your replies . Just something I was wondering. How was the kogatana fixed into the. Kozuka? Peter

Thanks again Andrew, maybe worth putting the old timer to polish and shirasaya then, Peter

Thanks Andrew, the nakago has been shortened or snapped for the want of a better word but i thought maybe 1500,s due to it,s shape, Peter

Hello guys, i posted some images a while back and here are a few more, i am trying to date this wakizashi as the tsuka needs attention and is missing a kashira, so needing a pair of fushi/kishira appropriate to era before sending it for wrapping, any help is apprieciated. Nagasa = 46.5 cm Sori = 1.2 cm Peter

Hello Guys Thank You all for looking, also big thanks to Mariusz and Christian, i did hear they where popular in victorian times but thought they had been brought to the west by travellers at that time, didn,t know they where mass produced, again if theres a market for it out come the fakes, they didn,t cost much so cheap lesson learned, gotta love the NMB for an education Peter

Hoping these come out a little better as the message board won,t except pics from my digi camera and i don,t no how to sent it, thanks for looking and for any help you gents might add, Peter

Hi Guys, i hope you can help identifing these kozuka handles i picked up, i hear it was a big thing to put cutlery blades into them as 2 of these do, any help on age style well anything would be helpfull, many thanks, Peter

Hi Brian, my blade maybe was not as straight forward as most, my polisher had informed me long before i got it back with a sortness in mono uchi area due to some sort of re heat issue some time in the distant past, so the hamon looses some of it,s power in that area, as for the yokote there wasn,t one visible, and the kassaki well that was so badly pitted i didn,t think much could be done in that area, in saying all this, also because of all this, he cut the price a lot from his original estimate, i have to say you are right about pictures being deceptive and i,m no photographer, i hope this clears things up a little, Peter

Hi guys, Thanks for the input but i hope it was just my bad photo skills so took a few more for you look at, fingers crossed, Peter

Thanks Mark, i can see now why you like them i never thought the hamon or kassaki would come out so well as the kassaki was not looking so good and was badly pitted, the shirasaya just adds to the beauty and gets it out of the military mounts it was in, thanks again for your input on the Bungo Tomoyuki was very helpfull, as are all the gents on the Board, Peter

thanks Stephen, i,m well pleased the pics don,t do it justice, there should be before pics on the board somewhere, Peter

Hi Guys, i posted this sword some time ago on the NMB and since then it has been away to polish so as promised the new pics, Peter

Thanks Brian, i thought i,d through that one in as i searched the board for a gloves topic , thanks again, peter

Hi Guys, As i sit patiently on the delivery of my sword from polish a thought crossed my mind,( rare i know) are gloves recommended for handling a blade , ALWAYS? if so what kind and material? Peter