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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;khay, post: 1334425, member: 34520&quot;]That book looks VERY promising, thank you! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And Mokume-Gane does look like it is at least related to the pieces I am looking for - perhaps it was how they were made. </p><p><br /></p><p>Going from memory here, but they were maybe 2-4 inches long, 1/2 inch wide, 1/8 or 1/4 inch thick. They had designs and pictures on them, and in 2008, when I was there, they ranged everywhere from 100-300 dollars (10000-30000 yen) each at the Yamaguchi monthly flea market. I had, previous to going, read of them in passing in one of my japanese history textbooks as well. they were a samurai&#039;s final piece of wealth/money, and even if he was down to just that, he would do everything he couls not to have to spend it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am POSSIBLY mixing it up in my memory with another thing, which was a coin with a hole in the middle shaped for a blade to slip through, and it was seated on top of the hand guard? maybe THAT was the &quot;final&quot; piece of wealth... or maybe one grew into the other, over time, culturally?</p><p><br /></p><p>Sheesh! I am RUSTY on this stuff... and Japanese History was my passion. It&#039;s sad to realize it&#039;s been so many years since I&#039;ve studied it at all, instead working a bland job and living in a rut, as opposed to the life I was trying for and working towards. Blah... lol! Oh well, that&#039;s what plans and dreams do... die, and be replaced with everyday humdrum boring life <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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