Filming At The Tampa Sword Show

[Ray Singer]

If anyone happened to see the television crews filming at this past Tampa show, here is the episode:

 

http://m.pandora.tv/?c=view&ch_userid=monako5&prgid=54786222

[Curran]

Thanks for the link.

The Tampa images are more than half in. Some good shots of Arnold, Danny, and a few others.

[BIG]

Too bad, Pandora link is not working for me...

 

Best Regards

[Guido]

Too bad, Pandora link is not working for me...

 

Use a VPN - there are lots of free ones, like Hotspot Shield, which even is available in German.

[Brian]

Starts at 16:00
Wish I knew what they were saying. Interesting show.

[BIG]

Thanks. works now !

 

Best Regards

[SAS]

Fun watch, once in a while i could even get a sense of what was going on

[singlechange]

Ray, Thanks for the link to the Japanese tv program. Interesting to find out that the Truman Library in Kansas City is caretaker for the Masamune waki. 

 

Robert

[Greg F]

Thanks for sharing this Ray.

 

Greg

[Stephen]

Just took time to watch, like others sure would like some translation, Note to self if ever in KC stop by Truman presidential library and show the director how to draw the Masamune on its mune. Other note in event of the apocalypse beat feet down there to retrieve it...LOL. 

[Tony C]

Does anyone know what sort of koshirae was shown at 10:13? Looks like an aesthetically refined 'tactical katana' .

[SAS]

x2 on the drawing of the Masamune.....I actually cringed when i saw him draw it sideways and saw the condition of the polish......

[Ichi]

Hi Brian,

 

Translating this TV episode: there is this PC game about the Japanese sword and samuras that ignited the sword boom among young Japanese girls.  In the opening scene, the curator of the sword museum mentioned that this exhibition drew 40,000 visitors which he had never seen before.  The sword boom among the Japanese took place 40 years ago.  Would this be an another sword boom?

 

The story goes on to the missing 78 national treasury after the WW2.  Speculation is that they ended up at the so-called "Akabane-to" where GHQ confiscated over 2 million nihon-to.  Akabane is the area north east of Tokyo.  Most of those swords were taken back to the States as souvenir. 

 

And there is this Tampa Show.  Also, the interview with Mike Yamazaki who has been studying the Akabane-to for over 30 years in LA.

 

 The Masamune waki was donated by the Japanese ship tycoon to the General who passed it on to the President.  

 

It was an interesting flick.  Thanks, Ray.

 

Erol

[Brian]

Wow...so it is estimated that 2 MILLION swords were confiscated??
Phew....

[Stephen]

Garandious 

 

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