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trenchwarfare · 15th July 2009, 01:19 AM

Very interesting piece. Anything is possible when it comes to things like this sword. Lots of goods got traded around the world by salors, and pirates who went around the world. I saw a Katana on ebay a few years ago, that was done-up in a very African style.

mross · 15th January 2010, 09:59 PM

Digging through some old threads and was wondering how this was going?

stephen wood · 16th January 2010, 04:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trenchwarfare

I saw a Katana on ebay a few years ago, that was done-up in a very African style.

...a member of the Arms and Armour Society recently told me that a Japanese Armour had been found on the field of Omdurman...
I think that the writing on the guard is Siddam - the medieval Sanskrit orthography used in Japanese Buddhism...

Jeff Pringle · 9th February 2010, 03:12 PM

It is still resting comfortably on the back burner

I got the blade straight and cleaned it up enough to count the hagire (5) and polished the tip enough to see some nice dark koto-loking steel, decided that I should bring it to the local nihonto club and see what they had to say...then got distracted by some other artifacts

David R · 5th January 2013, 04:41 PM

Any more on this one??

15th July 2009, 01:19 AM	#1
trenchwarfare Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 385	Very interesting piece. Anything is possible when it comes to things like this sword. Lots of goods got traded around the world by salors, and pirates who went around the world. I saw a Katana on ebay a few years ago, that was done-up in a very African style.

15th January 2010, 09:59 PM	#2
mross Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 478	Digging through some old threads and was wondering how this was going?

9th February 2010, 03:12 PM	#4
Jeff Pringle Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 189	It is still resting comfortably on the back burner I got the blade straight and cleaned it up enough to count the hagire (5) and polished the tip enough to see some nice dark koto-loking steel, decided that I should bring it to the local nihonto club and see what they had to say...then got distracted by some other artifacts

5th January 2013, 04:41 PM	#5
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,120	Any more on this one??