SHINSA SERVICE

[YOJIMBO]

Hi, now you can contact me if you need to send your  objects to Japan for shinsa. sword, tosogu, armor

[DTM72]

Yojimbo,

 

Would you please provide details of your shinsa service? 

• Are you bringing them to Japan and submitting the item?
• Who are the items being submitted to? NTHK-NPO, NBTHK?
• What are your fees?

 

 

[suketaka]

Maybe he talk about his service only from Germany to Japan?

[Stephen]

Maybe he should reply to questions if hes offering a service.

[YOJIMBO]

f anyone is interested, write me directly. If you are not interested, ignore it.

[mas4t0]

  On 12/16/2021 at 9:05 AM, YOJIMBO said:

f anyone is interested, write me directly. If you are not interested, ignore it.

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I'd usually expect more transparency and a few references when professional services are being offerered.

[YOJIMBO]

  On 12/16/2021 at 10:44 AM, mas4t0 said:

 

I'd usually expect more transparency and a few references when professional services are being offerered.

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so once again for less understanding individuals:  If anyone is interested, write me directly. If you are not interested, ignore it.

[mas4t0]

  On 12/16/2021 at 12:54 PM, YOJIMBO said:

so once again for less understanding individuals:  If anyone is interested, write me directly. If you are not interested, ignore it.

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I don't know if I'm interested without some more information.

 

Why do you want to keep everything obscured and waste time covering these things privately in PM?

[Lareon]

  On 12/16/2021 at 2:39 PM, mas4t0 said:

 

I don't know if I'm interested without some more information.

 

Why do you want to keep everything obscured and waste time covering these things privately in PM?

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yes, why would anyone trust you with their items if you refuse to even provide name / fees/ information?

[Brian]

Folks...stop it.
His name is in his signature. That is ALL that is required.
If people in Germany or elsewhere want more details...ask him. There is no need for anyone to cross question someone who has been here for 9 years. I can't vouch for the service, but if you want to know more...ask him via pm as requested.
And those on cell who can't see signatures, that is due to space constraints on the tiny screens. I can open it, but then ppl will cry about cluttered screens.
Chill. It's the end of the year. Relax.

[Stephen]

To tidy things up. So you dont think im totally daft.

Buried in settings i had signatures turned off.

Apologize to all especially Simon.

 

[mas4t0]

  On 12/18/2021 at 8:03 AM, suketaka said:

Don´t understand....in can see his name clearly under each post.

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If people click the X to hide them, they have to dig through the settings to get them back.

[uwe]

As already mentioned somewhere on this forum...

I bought 2 armor related items in Japan via his proxi service and I'm just about to purchase a third one.

No problems at all! Smooth handling, good comunication, items well packed and shipment was quite fast. These are my experiences so far!

[DanielM]

Hello, my name is Daniel, new to this forum. I try desperately to find a safe way to send an aikuchi blade to Japan for Shinsa. NBTHK EU told me to contact NBTHK Japan? The blade is in new polish condition and in Shirasaya. TOKEN society of UK has nobody to do that since more than a year? My question is simple has anybody in Europe a recent experience sending a blade for shinsa.

Any information is welcome...many thanks in advance.  Happy new year to all members

[Stephen]

Id contact Robert Hughes

https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/profile/1318-keichodo/

I can get you his FB link if you cant contact him here.

[Gakusee]

Daniel M,

 

Neither the NBTHK nor the To-Ken Society of GB are commercial organisations or professional intermediaries for services such as shinsa, restoration et cetera. They are both non-profit educational membership organisations. So, the To-Ken Society of GB has never had anyone doing the service you describe. 
What you probably mean is that Paul Martin, who used to come back to the U.K. to see family and for returning /taking items, has not been doing it for a while? Paul does these activities professionally and outside of the remit of the To-Ken Society. There have been other people in the U.K. who have done it or can do it (eg a London dealer comes to mind, Eddie Wertheim of the Japanese Gallery, but I know of others do it). 
 

I have sent blades out of the U.K. but not in the last two Covid-defined years, when everything has been three times more difficult than in ordinary times. 
 

I think the way to think about this is:

- which airline and postage method works for one to ship a blade to Japan (eg EMS used to be very good and Parcelforce). One can do it without an intermediary but needs an agent in Japan. 

- can one do the paperwork for such outbound shipping 

- finally, could one get the contact in Japan who will a) clear the blade through Customs and obtain temporary torokusho, b) get permanent torokusho which will be needed for shinsa and the blade’s stay in Japan, c) submit the blade to the NBTHK and deal with the NBTHK on one’s behalf d) de-register the blade with the Ministry and apply for export permit and e) package and ship it back to you. Many people can do all of this in Japan for you. People tend to use dealers for these services but there are other specialists like Paul Martin, Kelly Schmidt, Bob Hughes (Keichodo) etc in Japan who also used to / do that. 
 

So, if you want an end-to-end service, depending on your country of residence, my recommendation would be to get in touch with one of the Nihonto dealers in that country and enquire. If you have contacts in Japan and encumber yourself with shipping and posting to the agent there, they will handle the difficult part. 

 

 

[Lareon]

Just to add. Paul Martin isn't offering his services at the moment until post covid

[YOJIMBO]

Gentlemen, this is my thread 
Create another, and don't write it here. I don't like hacking.

[YOJIMBO]

available again. for better understanding. You will send the sword to Japan yourself. We will take care of the rest of the matter. You get the sword back.
price for one item 200 euros. No discussion here, if you are interested, write me a message.