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Old 8th August 2007, 03:03 AM   #1
Antonio Cejunior
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Default Louis Mills large tanto in Muromachi period mountings

Louis Mills is one of the foremost smiths making Japanese style blades in tamahagane and oroshigane.

http://www.dfoggknives.com/images/Millsforge1.jpg

Louis Mills in his traditional type forge.

His production is scarce and this piece was inspired in a Muromachi Period koshi mountings

http://www.arscives.com/bladesign/im...ing-banner.jpg

which has a tiger-eye stone kashira instead of the more traditional wooden piece in which it was inspired:

http://www.arscives.com/bladesign/im...hoto_small.jpg


Here's a picture of the blade

http://www.arscives.com/bladesign/im...left_small.jpg

Entire description and price viewable here.

Thanks for looking
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