Nihonto Culture

[Nicholas Fu]

Hello Friends of the Nihonto Community!

I'd like to share something with everyone today.  
I absolutely in love with the world of Nihonto.  I believe that alot of you can relate, that it is addicting.

Although I am no scholar or expert, I enjoy learning and reading and collecting and learning new things about everything Nihonto related.    

I've read and heard that in Japan that the culture and the craftsmen are struggling and have heard many of them say that they would hope that more people, in and out of Japan to become more aware, and learn about Nihonto.  After contemplating, I decided that I wanted to help as well as just share my passion with as many people who would be willing to listen.

Anyways, I started a website/blog called Nihontoculture.  Very lucky to get such a cool domain, hehe. 
My goal with this website is to just share, write, educate on anything Nihonto related.  I was partly inspired by Paul Martin, who has been promoting the world of Japanese swords to outside of Japan for years.  He has helped me with many of my commission orders as well as many other purchases and services Nihonto related, as well as educating me on the cultures of Nihonto.
 I hope that it will be an entertaining read for seasoned nihonto people, and hope that it might interest new people into the world of Japanese swords.

The site has been lived for about a week, but I hadn't announced it to the community yet as there wasn't much content on there.  But I recently posted a post that documented my Nihonto Japan holiday back in Nov 2022 which I hope that you guys might find interesting or an entertaining read.

please go check it out at www.nihontoculture.com and if you'd like you can follow on instagram @nihontoculture

I hope this is ok to promote it here on the forums.

Thank you.

[Brian]

Good luck, looks good. Have added it to the links page.

[Nicholas Fu]

Thanks so much Brian!

[b.hennick]

Great start Nicholas! I look forward to seeing more.

[Baba Yaga]

"I've read and heard that in Japan that the culture and the craftsmen are struggling and have heard many of them say that they would hope that more people, in and out of Japan to become more aware, and learn about Nihonto."

 

I don't have a gripe with the skill level, or the 2 year waiting time of restoration, or 30 year restoration devaluation but...