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[Antonio Cejunior]

Hi Mark,

I feel I'm very fortunate to be in this forum where intelligent things are said in a most urbane and civilized way. This is a fantastic place.

Thank you for your words of encouragement

Easy Rider was a historical movie and I feel some nostalgia when thinking about it. We are really an accumulation of information stored like many windows opened in a computer where we bring them back and forth. They may have different subjects, but they are all displayed in the same type of windows.

Thank you for reminding me about the edged weapon and about the decorative motives. In fact I feel ignorant on the aspects of ethnic design concerning the motivations that gave birth to different designs. I must immerse myself in the anthropology and ethnology books.

My issue here is mainly the way the others see swords. I guess as a Museum man in a small city, I'm a bit concerned, but I always headed into things I believe. One only has to be able to be didactic enough.

Actually the tsuba was done some years ago, hence the review and the description of the numerological readings in my earlier post. It is interesting how thinks work. There are pre-connections, and then suddenly there are connections.

Allow me to tell another experience. My debut as a fashion designer happened in 1990. Before that I spent a wonderful vacation in Morocco and was touched by the wool or was it cotton (?) large overcoats some of the Moroccans wore.
Then I designed this:



based (I was convinced) on those overcoats. I used leather.

Suddenly, some 8 years ago, I jumped from my seat while watching For a Fistfull of Dollars. There was the real root of my design. That huge leather coat Clint Eastwood wore. How we are fooled by ourselves...

Same applies, now for edged weapons, to this Hybrid Tanto
I cannot satisfy myself with apparently purist repetitive things. They have to intersect in cultures, and needless to say where, in this piece.

Oh, thanks for forwarding something for me

Very best,
Antonio