A winter journey to Japan

[BIG]

Read the story about swords and burgers. Did the currant economic slum reached the markets and the twilight swords came over?

 

https://www.sword-buyers-guide.com/antique-samurai-swords.html

 

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[Ken-Hawaii]

An interesting look at how a business model  made an abrupt change. Someone should probably point him to NMB, so that he'll learn something.

[Blazeaglory]

As soon as he started hitting that blade with the uchiko, I cringed and stopped watching.

 

Well, now I want to make a aikuchi koshirae for my wakizashi and go to Japan NOW because it's cheap to fly and buy blades.

 

Can anyone see the date on that green paper?

[Jussi Ekholm]

I do think it was/is bit unfortunate stumble by Paul who has done lots of good stuff over the years for replica collecting community with SBG. Lots of misinformation in there and I do genuinely think that his business partners in this "Blades of Japan" thing might have told him some half truths etc. duped him a bit. I tried to correct him on the info regarding the Kanemitsu tanto, that it is not THE Kanemitsu on the SBG thread. I do believe he could connect martial artists to Japanese craftsmen / 2nd hand modern martial arts swords from Japan. Unfortunately most of the stuff they have are Old NBTHK papered stuff or JTK papered stuff, and well I do think the associates in Japan have their hands on that...

 

Not wanting to throw Paul under the bus but I cannot really accept that venture of selling those blades to collecting newbies. I did point out the affordable second hand martial art sword route as more legitimate option several times but I know the markup in there is small.

[EastCoast]

What is this machine polishing he mentions??? There is also a machine-hybrid option!?

 

NBTHK Option = $1000.00

 

Just wow!

[BIG]

Hi James, don't know it's a NBTHK option..

 

https://www.tojiro-Japan.com/open-factory/knife_factory/

 

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[SAS]

The SBG is actually promoting machine buffing of swords    

[Brian]

Somewhere on this forum is a topic about an actual Japanese sword polishing machine that was developed in Japan. Actually polishes with stones etc...but automated.
Yes...anyone remember that?

[EastCoast]

For $750+ you can have your green papered sword polished by a machine. For an extra $1000.00 they will submit it to NBTHK shinsa. I'm not sure what to be more upset with, the polishing or the crazy mark up for shinsa.

[SAS]

As a former surfboard hand shaper, i remember when shaping machines using CNC started taking over the main market; i hope that this is not the beginning of the same thing for swords....the art and craft of both fields is exacting and physically demanding, and it would be a shame for machines to take over and lose the soul.

[EastCoast]

Brian - you have a link?