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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 3737941, member: 14873&quot;]Great post Curtis (as always). I enjoyed my years in Japan very much and made many friends there - beautiful country, fascinating culture and history and wonderful people. Like you, I love to visit and research historical sites - it is in my blood also. I lived (Japanese style) north of Tokyo with a superb view of Mount Fuji from my house to welcome every morning. I learned sufficient Japanese to carry on regular conversations.</p><p><br /></p><p>With regard to Samurai swords and their fittings being available in the US and Europe: such vast quantities were made over the centuries that they are readily available today (authenticity is a problem - just like ancient coins there are numerous fakes - beware of eBay!). I purchased all of the fittings and blades that I feature on my website since returning to the US. The primary reference and discussion venue is ……………</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/index.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/index.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>…………… which is a message board similar to our CT - kinda of an equivalent of it for Nihonto.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have produced a website devoted to mostly Edo period (my favorite) Nihonto at ……………</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://jp29.org/nihonto.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://jp29.org/nihonto.htm" rel="nofollow">https://jp29.org/nihonto.htm</a> - please check it out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and great pics and write-up (again, as usual) Curtis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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