Advice on getting a katana

[Bill M]

Anthony,

For new made swords, these are exquisite. I particularly like Atziluth. The name has deep meaning from something I have been studying for almost 40 years.

Perhaps you are reaching to an ideal to call it that?

Thank you for your response,

Bill Marsh

[Antonio Cejunior]

Originally Posted by Bill Marsh

Anthony,

For new made swords, these are exquisite. I particularly like Atziluth. The name has deep meaning from something I have been studying for almost 40 years.

Perhaps you are reaching to an ideal to call it that?

Thank you for your response,

Bill Marsh

Ah, I see Bill.
The Three of Life and the Kaballah.

Well, it was prompted after I designed the guard, tsuba. It happened that the person who did it is a kaballist, and he was absolutely stunned with the design in terms of numerology. It also stunned me as I was just guided by my own sense of harmony. He then sent me the Kabalistic explanations and I uploaded them for the record.

Hope you find it interesting.

[Bill M]

Thanks for all your input!

Got a modern made one. Good for a starter and will fun to do some chopping and learn a few sword forms while looking at antiques.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...9125&rd=1&rd=1

Turns out that two of the bladesmiths making custom swords mentioned in Antonio's post live near me. I am in contact with them.

I am still very interested in collecting antiques like the swords I already have, but seeing a lot of beauty and fun in the Japanese pieces.

[mross]

Bill,
This is where I started my antique sword collecting. If you want I can fill you in on what I learned. You should have my email.
Mike

[Bill M]

Originally Posted by mross

Bill,
This is where I started my antique sword collecting. If you want I can fill you in on what I learned. You should have my email.
Mike

thanks, Mike, will do.