Hello to all from Kevin

[KRM]

Hello to all,

 

My name is Kevin. I'm 33, married and recently moved to Najio Japan from the USA.

 

My love of Japanese swords began when I found an old WWII wakizashi my grandfather had brought back from the war. I was around nine at the time and was fascinated with it. A year or so later, I was with my mother at a book store in Ft. Worth and saw a copy of the now famous book, “The Samurai Sword†by Mr. Yumoto. My mother gave-in to my begging for the book and the so my fascination grew. However, my resources being what they were at that age and time, my interests were later pulled in other directions and as such, i have never really committed myself to any serious study of the topic. I now find myself in Japan with a lot of free time on my hands, so I intend to make good use of it and start my journey down that long (but fulfilling) road.

 

I recently purchased a Hizento, attributed to the second gen Tadayoshi, Tadahiro (not sure if it is gimei, dai-mei or accurate). I have a few questions relating to the blade, but i'll make a new post for that one as soon as I can get some pictures up.

 

Other interests of mine include drinking (passes the aforementioned free time), Japanese history, Ukiyo-e, Sumi-e and UNIX.

 

I occasionally supplement my (currently meager) income with a few sales to the US and UK, so some of my questions may be of a commercial nature, but I will always state so when asking.

 

Looks like a great forum here and i'm looking forward to learning as much as I possibly can and am hopeful that at some point in the far future I will be able to contribute to the discussions here in a meaningful way.

 

Many Thanks,

Kevin R. Marshall

[Jean]

Hello Kevin,

 

Captain Brian and his moderators crew you on board and so do I :D :D

[Brian]

Yep, welcome Kevin.

Sounds like you have a great opportunity to learn about Nihonto where you are. Check out the forum, meet some members in Japan, and if you can definitely head to the DTI in November where you will see a huge amount of good swords and meet many members from this and other forums.

No problem with commercial motives as long as you let us know like you have done, and i am sure we look forward to seeing what you dig up there.

 

Regards,

Brian

[KRM]

Thank you for the warm welcome.

 

I wasn't aware of the DTI event. It would be great to make it there, but with my budget at the moment, traveling to and staying in Tokyo might not be in the cards (i live in Kansai). That's #$%* shame though as it sounds like a lot of fun (read some of the posts relating to last years event). Maybe i can scrape together some extra cash and make it and if not this year, then definitely the next.

 

Kevin

[Hermes]

Hi Kevin good to see you here, i am new here as well, i think this forum is great, i am learning a lot just reading others threads, there is a lot of experts here that help anyone that needs it, looking forward to your pictures and questions where i am sure i too will learn a thing or two about my love for all that's Nihonto.

 

Cheers!

James

[KRM]

Hi Hermes, thanks for chiming in.

 

I had hoped to get full photos of my recent acquisition up today, but it looks like they'll be delayed a day or two. They'll be up in a few days though i can assure you (still setting up my photo equipment here in my new home). Glad to hear there's someone else new here along with me.

 

Kevin

[Bugyotsuji]

Welcome to the site Kevin. I am in the West of Japan, two or three hours further west from Kansai but the November DTI event looks like something I would hope to be able to fit in. (Not even sure when it is...) If you ever get down this way give me a pm. Where is Najio, BTW?

[sencho]

  Bugyotsuji said:

Welcome to the site Kevin. I am in the West of Japan, two or three hours further west from Kansai but the November DTI event looks like something I would hope to be able to fit in. (Not even sure when it is...) If you ever get down this way give me a pm. Where is Najio, BTW?

 

Kobe area I believe.... little inland I think from that northern setonaikai coast..... East of the bridge though...

 

Welcome Kevin... I have an office in Sakai.. not too far away from you, however I only get down there about once a year! ... where are you from originally?

 

I'll give you a shout when i am next in town and we can go get a pint at the Pig and Whistle pub in Osaka!

 

Cheers!

[KRM]

  sencho said:

  Bugyotsuji said:

Welcome to the site Kevin. I am in the West of Japan, two or three hours further west from Kansai but the November DTI event looks like something I would hope to be able to fit in. (Not even sure when it is...) If you ever get down this way give me a pm. Where is Najio, BTW?

 

Kobe area I believe.... little inland I think from that northern setonaikai coast..... East of the bridge though...

 

Welcome Kevin... I have an office in Sakai.. not too far away from you, however I only get down there about once a year! ... where are you from originally?

 

I'll give you a shout when i am next in town and we can go get a pint at the Pig and Whistle pub in Osaka!

 

Cheers!

 

 

Najio is close to Takarazuka (~20 minutes away). My home is about 10 minutes away from Arima Onsen (semi-famous hot springs). Wish i could give you guys a better idea of where i am in relation to Osaka/Kobe, but i'm not yet familiar with the area outside of my immediate neighborhood. Takes me about 45 minutes to drive to Osaka, assuming traffic isn't ridiculous.

 

I grew up in rural Texas, but have been in Miami since '89, so i guess you would say i am from Miami. I'm always down for a beer, so feel free to contact me when in town (that goes for anyone here). If anyone here needs a place to crash for a few nights while in Japan, and they are in the area, we've got an extra washitsu room that can be cleared out with no problems. I occasionally travel back to the US for a few weeks but more often than not, i'm in Japan, so feel free to contact me at kevin at pipeline.com

 

Thanks to all for the warm welcome.

Kevin