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Old 5th December 2009, 07:42 AM   #38
Gavin Nugent
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Originally Posted by mross
Gav,
Nice blade. I have a predilection to Kamps and have several, three being of the smaller variety. I did not see any sizes listed, must have missed it, but based on the photo it looks like what I call a boys KP. Judgeing from the handle I would say the son of a very high status person. As to the tag, from the Nihonto world; buy the sword not the story.
Michael
Absolutely Michael,

I didn't even want the story involved in this forum posting but the do gooders and evil lurkers of the world insisted on making there own postings and involving a provenance written on a tag, certainly made for interesting reading but not where I wanted the discussions to go, kind of clouded the sword.
Far too large for a boy, this is massive at over 45inches, the norm being approx 38-39inches in my experience.
I'd be interested to know why at such a size you consider it for a boy?


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