Jon Bowhay website is online

[blades87]

I have had the distinct privilege to spent a quite a bit of time talking about a whole host of topics outside of the nihonto genre.

 

During the course of our conversations, I learned that Mr. Bowhay was interested in promoting his art on the Internet and I have been working with Mr. Bowhay to develop a website that highlights his talents, promotes his art as a sword polisher (togishi).

 

That being said, I invite all of you to visit Mr. Bowhay's website, http://www.jonbowhay.com. This site is still undergoing some construction, but there is quite a bit of content online and I have a couple of videos posted on YouTube. I will be posting more contenting and videos when I get them converted over.

 

If you have any pictures of restoration work that Mr. Bowhay has performed and would like to share some pictures, please send me a private message.

 

Please enjoy the website.

 

Cheers,

[mdiddy]

Bravo

[jason_mazzy]

Thank you for the information.

[Rich S]

Wonderful, I have added a link to his site on my commercial links page.

 

Rich S

[Brian]

Toby,

Great news, and good to see him online finally.

Just a (not so) small thing...I suggest editing all the "Hoami" school references to Honami

Did Jon move back to Japan now?

 

Brian

[blades87]

Just a (not so) small thing...I suggest editing all the "Hoami" school references to Honami

 

I checked with Mr. Bowhay regarding the spelling errors pointed out by the members of the NMB, which I greatly appreciate. Please feel free to submit suggestions and potential errors to me.

 

From Mr. Bowhay:

 

Both pronunciations: Hoami, Honami are correct. However, the Hon'ami with the apostrophe would be incorrect. Neither Hepburn spelling style (most popularly used) nor the Japanese government spelling style, which differ a bit, accept the apostrophe.

 

The spelling of Igarashi is the correct one. In kanji it means 50 winds. It is a not unusual family name.

 

Did Jon move back to Japan now?

 

Not yet. Mr. Bowhay is still in the U.S.

 

Thanks again for all of the feedback and I have some members who are going to submit pictures of restoration work Mr. Bowhay has completed.

 

There are a couple of articles on the website that I need to fix so that they are readable and I hope to have those articles corrected this weekend.

 

 

Cheers,