Nihonto Club Japanese Sword Information Exchange

First a quick hello to all, I've enjoyed surfing through the pages of info and pics of your collections.

I’m wondering if anyone has any advice on how to recognise if a signature is gimei..? The reason I ask is that I’m waiting for a katana to arrive with the below pictured mei to arrive.  read more »

Gentlemen.
I recently acquired an unusual naval dirk with a family mon on the hilt. According to Hawley and other sources.
this mon was shared by five families. A thorough examination of the records of the Japanese Naval Academy,
from its inception, revealed two officers with family ties to the mon. They were Admiral Kyuji Kubo and Admiral Shinpei Asano. Kubo had an illustrious career, having been Captain of the aircraft carrier Kaga and the battle-  read more »

Hi everyone, first time user!

I am currently living in Japan and I am in search of an authentic samurai sword as a gift to someone close to me at home. I have looked up several websites in search of some but everyone seems to want you to pay for it and then you get it (which would be okay - but I still haven't seen it - so its a bit risky)  read more »

Hi everybody!
I am new here and new to sword collecting. I have a question hope some experienced collectors can help me.

I'm thinking of purchasing a sword, one with a NBTHK cert. As I am buying it online and the sum is quite big I want to know what's the possibility of landing a fake NBTHK cert? Is there any way of veryfying the authenticity of the cert? Can I write to the society for verification, I mean, has there been instances where fake certs were encountered?  read more »

Hi. I've just joined this "club", so hello to all. I started collecting and the study of Nihon-to in 1984, but sort of got out of it about 2001 (sold most of my collection and much of my reference material).  read more »

Great to see Dr Richard Stien making some very valuable contributions, Richard has such a great knowledge and can contribute so much in all our endeavours to learn more and help in the learning about the Japanese Sword and its place in the history, the history of the sword throughout the world, many thanks Richard, please keep adding to our knowledge,
regards
John