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| Description | Welcome To NIHONTO.US A site offering quality swords and tosogu ` SUPER DUPER SALE Tanaka Masatoshi Keio Ni Tora-bo (1866) Yokoya Yurakusai Sekibun CLICK ITEM TO VIEW NEW LISTINGS: June 28 - New Information on Dragon On Waves Tsuba June 27 - Gendai Kanesada Added to Super Duper Sale June 24 - Aiguchi Added to Super Duper Sale June 20 - THIRTY DAY SUPER-DUPER SALE June 13 - Sale Jumyo Katana June 9 - Hamano Nara Fuchi-Kashira SOLD June 2 - Oil Painting by Walter Quirt Added to Art Page May 29 - Tea Bowl by Sachimori Additional information May 28 - Tea Bowl by Sachimori Boxed & Hakogaki May 27 - Kaeri Zuno & Kurikata Tadpoles SOLD May 26 - Hamadashi Tsuba SOLD May 22 - Shinto Wakizashi May 20 - Omi Ju Kaneiye Tsuba May 19 - Four Tsuba Cut to the Bone - I am as serious as a heart attack about wanting these out the door - all good, all consignments. May 10 - Mempo SOLD May 6 - Dragon On Waves Tsuba Reduced & New Pictures May 3 - Tachikaneguchi Tsuba Back on the market April 30 - Link to Joshu Kaneiye Tsuba April 28 - Omodaka & Chrysanthemum SOLD March 28 - Statue by Alonzo Hauser Recovered & Relisted - Chinese Namban Tsuba SOLD - Matsudaira Mon Sukashi Tsuba March 15 - Kyo Sukashi Chrysanthemum Tsuba March 11 - Jumyo Katana March 10 - Dragon Tsuba With O-kozuka Hitsu SOLD - Owari Sukashi Matsudaira Mon March 9 - Higo Yatsuhachi Tsuba SOLD March 8 - Ko Bizen Tomasa March 7 - Higo Kamiyoshi Fukunobu Tsuba Definitive Attribution March 6 - Tachikaneguchi Tsuba New information March 4 - Goto Tokujo Solid Gold Menuki March 3 - Tachikaneguchi Tsuba SOLD March 2 - Bitchu Aoe Nagatsugu Naginatanaoshi Katana REDUCED - Higo Kamiyoshi Fukunobu Tsuba February 19 - Kyoto Mon Sukashi Tsuba February 18 - Namban Dragons Tsuba SOLD - Higo Kamiyoshi Fukunobu Tsuba - Hosokawa Mon Kozuka SOLD February 3 - Discovery Of Real Sword Cut On Tsuba SOLD February 3 - Gendai Okuda Kanesada REDUCED January 31 - Higo Yatsuhachi Tsuba SOLD January 30 - Muromachi Kagemeshi Tsuba - Kyoto Tamba Yoshimichi - Shodai January 24 - Higo Kamiyoshi Fukunobu Tsuba January 22 - Bitchu Aoe Nagatsugu Naginatanaoshi Katana SOLD January 9 - Kaga Arihira Katana January 5 - Uda Katana December 20 - Kyoto Tamba Yoshimichi - Shodai December 16 - Goto Yatagarasu no zu Tsuba SOLD - Bitchu Aoe Nagatsugu Naginatanaoshi Katana November 29 - Kyoto Tamba Yoshimichi - Shodai November 26 - Tachi November 24 - Gendai Okuda Kanesada November 19 - Yamashiro Kuni Ju Fujiwara Nobu / Katana November 16 - Chikushi Ryokai Naginatanaoshi SOLD - Daido Tanto SOLD November 3 - Kanefusa Aiguchi REDUCED - Sukemitsu Aiguchi REDUCED October 23 - Jingasa Hosokawa Mon REDUCED October 18 - Japanese Swordsmiths 2 Vols. by Hawley SOLD October 16 - Kozuka by Goto Renjo, 10th Mainline Master October 15 - Walter Compton Sale Catalogs I & II October 13 - Taiheisei Tomonaga Wakizashi SOLD October 12 - Utsushi By Yoshikazu October 11 - Goto Denjo Kogai October 4 - Masanori Tsuba SOLD September 22 - Chinese Duck Kogai September 18 - Hosokawa Tadamasa Katana September 8 - Shoami Ikeda Tsuba September 5 - Naohide Katana SOLD - Kogatana With Horimono August 26 - Mihara Naginata Naoshi SOLD August 25 - Yanagawa Naomitsu SOLD August 21 - Higo Jingo Tsuba SOLD - Nobuhide Kama Yari SOLD August 20 - Dragon On Waves Tsuba August 19 - Higo Yatsuhachi Tsuba SOLD - Sendai Shakudo Tsuba SOLD August 18 - Goto Hokkyo Ichijo Futokoromono August 17 - Koto Tanto SOLD August 14 - Akao Boat Rudder Tsuba August 13 - Yanagawa Naomitsu Fuchi-Kashira SOLD - Nara Shigemitsu Tsuba SOLD July 4 - Mihara Naginata Naoshi SOLD June 19 - Nobuhide Kama Yari SOLD June 10 - Akasaka Godai Tsuba REDUCED June 8 - Nara Shigemitsu Tsuba SOLD May 25 - Higo Tsuba SOLD May 19 - Tosogu Gokebori Meihenshu Sei SOLD May 18 - Mino Kinko Tsuba - Nihon To Koza - Translation SOLD May 17 - Yokoyama Sukenaga Katana SOLD - Crab On Bamboo Menuki May 16 - Tosogu Machibori Meihenshu Sei SOLD May 15 - Kaga Yoshiro Muromachi Tsuba SOLD - Kosan Oshigata May 11- Kanshiro Eagle & Monkey Tsuba - Akasaka Godai Tsuba Let me introduce myself, my name is Andrew Quirt. Some may know me from my tongue-in-cheek articles, s well as some of a more serious nature, that have appeared in various sword club publications. I have been collecting and dealing in Japanese swords and tosogu for the pat forty plus years. I served on he Board of the JSS/US for eight years; have been a member of the NBTHK for more than thirty years; was the vice president in charge of the Americas for the European section of the NBTHK for three years; and working with Robert Benson, Paul Davidson, Mike Yamasaki, and others, and with the good will and efforts of Yamanaka San, Suzuki San, both of whom now deceased, and Tanobe Michihiro San of the NBTHK, was able to help form an American Branch of the NBTHK, (NBTHK-AB) in late 2002, which exists today as a non-commercial organization to promote the preservation, study, and appreciation of Japanese swords and their accoutrements. Nihonto.us is an independent commercial site that is neither associated with, nor endorsed by, any of the organizations with which I am or have been associated. Andrew Quirt & Gassan Sadatoshi - 42nd NBTHK Convention - Tokyo Terms of Sale * Normal shipping through the post office and insurance are included in the price. * Federal Express, DHL, UPS, etc. will incur extra shipping charges. * Three day, no penalty, inspection on every item. * Returns must be in the same condition as shipped. * Actual shipping costs will be charged on returned items. * In the event that a returned item was paid for with a credit card or wire transfer, the actual processing fees will be charged. * And, no, you do not have to offer a reason for return. If you simply did not like the item is reason enough. Pictures and content may not be copied without the express permission of Nihonto.us | This meta description is 8353 characters in length. 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| <meta> keywords | October 12 - Kaga Masakuni Katana October 10 - Suketsugu Katana Reduced October 7 - Armor Additional Information October 6 - Armor Reduced October 5 - Shoami Cherry Blossom Tsuba - Tanto Tsuba - Wakizashi Tsuba October 3 - Warning: Bad NBTHK Papers September 22 - Momoyama Heianjo Tsuba - Katchushi Mushroom Tsuba September 19 - Mihara Katana SOLD September 15 - Inshu Kanetsugu Katana September 7 - Tsuba Bunchin (calligrapher's paperweight) September 6 - Chinese Landscape Tsuba SOLD September 3 - Sentoku Tsuba - Ishime Tsuba SOLD August 27 - Early Muromachi Tsuba SOLD August 23 - Settsu Sukeharu Katana SOLD August 17 - Mumei Mino Katana Pictures Added August 4 - Hisamichi SOLD August 2 - Mito Sage Tsuba - Kyo Shoami Ho-o Bird Tsuba July 30 - Akasaka Bamboo Tsuba - Bizen Shoami Tsuba - Bushu Masasada Tsuba - Choshu Tomonobu Tsuba July 28 - Bizen Norimitsu Uchigatana SOLD July 27 - Bizen Shoami of Mt. Fuji - Eagle in a Pine Tree Tsuba July 26 - Armor Price Reduction July 24 - School of Natsuo Tsuba July 23 - Tetsugundo Naofusa Tsuba SOLD - Bushu Ito Cherry Blossom Tsuba - Bushu Ito Kiku & Sakura Tsuba July 20 - Shigemitsu Tsuba Additional Information July 14 - Hizen Fish Tsuba SOLD July 14 - Eisho Sukesada Wakizashi SOLD - Katana Signed Minamoto Kiyomaro SOLD July 9 - Katana Signed As Kozuke Daijo SukesadaSOLD July 8 - Pilgrimage Theme Kozuka - Ito Sukashi Kikusui Tsuba July 7 - Silver Kozuka SOLD July 5 - Bizen Katsumitsu - Saijosaku SOLD July 4 - Miyoshi Nagamichi Katana SOLD - Takada Noriyuki Hitatsura Wakizashi Reduced - Tosho Tsuba June 22 - Katana Signed Minamoto Kiyomaro SOLD June 18 - Suketsugu Naginatanaoshi DISTRESS SALE June 16 - Shigemitsu Tsuba Additional Reference June 15 - Ame Ryu Tsuba SOLD May 27 - Monju Shigesada Wakizashi May 26 - Mumei Shinto Katana May 24 - Bungo Takada Munekage May 20 - Samenori Aiguchi - Late Shinto blade CORRECTED LISTING May 19 - Samenori Aiguchi - Late Shinto blade May 18 - Goto Enjo Mitsutaka Split Kogai May 10 - Ryokai Tanto - Osafune Sanemitsu Katana SOLD May 9 - Omiya Morishige Kin Zogan Mei May 6 - Hizen Fish Tsuba - Satsuma Chrysanthemum Cup Tsuba SOLD - Kikusui Sukashi May 1 - Akasaka Sukashi Tsuba Godai Reduced April 30 - Unshu Muneyoshi Katana & Koshirae Reduced April 20 - Osafune Shigezane Naginatanaoshi Katana SOLD April 17 - Yakuoji Suketsugu Naginatanaoshi Reduced April 16 - Takada Noriyuki Hitatsura Wakizashi March 23 - Three Replacement Tsuba March 22 - Kinai Horse Tsuba March 12 - Yakuoji Suketsugu March 11 - Bishu Sadatsugu Wakizashi March 4 - Yakuoji Suketsugu March 4 - Yakuoji Suketsugu Naginatanaoshi March 3 - Morimitsu Gendai Wakizashi - Ebony Tanto Koshirae - Tachikaneguchi Tsuba - Dragon in The Rain Tsuba February 28 - Mogarashi Soten Kinko Tsuba SOLD February 27 - Kaga Zogan Kinko Tsuba On 2/23/14 Two Gunto Stolen Minneapolis Area Showato Page February 18 - Ashu Yasuyoshi Katana SOLD February 13 - Morimitsu Gendai Wakizashi REDUCED February 12 - Russet Iron Armor February 8 - Nagahiro Uchigatana SOLD February 7 - Hisamichi Koshirae Pictures SOLD - Mumei Wakizashi in Koshirae February 6 - Tamba no Kami Minamoto Hisamichi SOLD February 5 - Showato Page added February 4 - Silver Mounted Hamadashi - Katsumitsu & Harumitsu SOLD January 26 - Silver Fuchi-Kashira January 21 - Awataguchi Tadatsuna Naginata SOLD January 17 - Unshu Muneyoshi Katana & Koshirae January 16 - Morimitsu Gendai Wakizashi January 14 - Mitsuzane Uchigatana Kanteisho SOLD January 12 - Morimitsu Gendai Wakizashi January 7 - NTHK Kanteisho Received For Horii Toshihide January 5 - Nagahiro Uchigatana in Gunto Koshirae SOLD December 29 - Osoraku Tanto Attributed to Ujifusa SOLD December 9 - Mitsuzane Uchigatana SOLD November 25 - Horii Toshihide katana SOLD November 23 - Ko Mihara Wakizashi November 2 - Soshu Wakizashi SOLD November 1 - Uda Kuninaga Tanto October 29 - Draconian Cuts: Kagemitsu & Shinshinto Katana SOLD October 29 - Matchlock by Shimatani Kihachiro October 22 - Muromachi Katana Signed Kagemitsu SOLD - Time To Move It Along Sale Mounted Mumei Shinshinto Katana SOLD October 22 - Yoshida Kanekado - Gendaito October 19 - Kajiyama Yasunori Tachi October 14 - Ashu Yasuyoshi Katana SOLD October 9 - Kaneharu Wakizashi in Higo Koshirae SOLD October 5 - Kyo Sukashi Chrysantemum Tsuba October 3 - Hideaki (Toshihide) Mikasa Price Adjustment October 2 - Hideaki (Toshihide) Mikasa Battleship SOLD September 24 - Gimei Hizen Tadayoshi Katana SOLD September 11 - Mounted Mumei Shinshinto Katana SOLD September 8 - Bitchu Yasuhiro Wakizashi (Nidai) September 5 - Ko Mihara Wakizashi - Nakayama Yoshikazu September 3 - Momoyama Ko Kinko Tsuba - Aizu Kanetomo Katana SOLD August 29 - Osaka Magistrate's Sword by Kodama Tsunenaga - Yanagawa Fudog Fuchi-Kashira SOLD - Mounted Mumei Shinshinto Katana August 28 - Namban Dragon Tsuba - Likely An Import SOLD - Dragon & Kiri Kozuka SOLD - Aizu Kanesada Katana - Jo Saku SOLD - Third Generation Shimizu Jingo Tsuba SOLD - Hirata Hikozo Tsuba SOLD August 23 - Selection of Three Kozuka - One Signed Ishigoro Moritsune SOLD - Selection of Eight Replacement Kozuka SOLD August 22 - Horii Toshihide katana SOLD August 16 - Mounted Mumei Shinshinto Katana August 15 - Nobukuni Tanto SOLD August 13 - Shinchu Dragon Tsuba August 11 - Rare Myochin Fireman's Ax SOLD August 9 - Aizu Kanesada Katana - Jo Saku SOLD August 7 - Signed Koto Tachi SOLD July 24 - Iron Pastoral Scene Tsuba FRAUD WARNING SOLD July 20 - Heianjo Triple Tomoe Tsuba SOLD July 19 - Edo Hojoji Katana Reduced SOLD July 17 - Yoshioka Terutsugu July 4 - Yoshioka Terutsugu Correction to identification of mon. July 3 - Yoshioka Terutsugu Relisted & Reduced - Along with a tale of woe June 28 - Mempo - Decorative June 27 - Early Lacquered Nagamaki Tsuba SOLD June 23 - Very Early Lacquered Tachi Tsuba June 20 - Shinchu Namban Dragon Tsuba SOLD June 17 - Harima no Kami Teruhiro No longer available June 16 - Kamakura, Yamato Sanemitsu Tachi SOLD June 9 - Canton Namban Tsuba SOLD June 5 - Harima no Kami Teruhiro June 3 - Harima no Kami Teruhiro & Edo Koshirae May 23 - Large Ko Tosho Tsuba SOLD May 19 - Iron Pastoral Scene Tsuba SOLD May 18 - Ko Shoami Tsuba May 17 - Kiminori Tsuba - Nagoyamono Tsuba Reduced SOLD May 12 - Addition to Umetada Sheet Gold Tsuba SOLD - Aizu Kanetomo katana SOLD May 10 - Edo Hojoji Katana SOLD - Katana Signed Kunihiro SOLD May 9 - Mori Daimyo Nobukuni Katana May 7 - Myochin Ceremonial Fireman's Ax SOLD - Sasaki Ippo - Bail Out Sale SOLD May 6 - Tsuka / Ko Kinko F-K / Shakudo Menuki May 5 - WWII Jungle Cover for Katana SOLD May 4 - Shibuichi & Wakizashi Tsuba - Yamagane Ko Kinko Tsuba - Muromachi May 2 - Review of The April Chicago Sword Show - Kabuto Hachi Needs a New Home SALE - SOLD April 30 - Godai Jingo Tsuba April 23 - Hirata Hikozo Tsuba SOLD April 22 - Higo Jingo Shinchu Water Dragon SOLD April 21 - Higo Jingo Dragon Tsuba SOLD - Kabuto Hachi Needs a New Home SOLD April 20 - Hizen Tadahiro Tsuba SOLD - Rare Owari Tanto Tsuba April 17 - Momoyama Owari Tsuba April 16 - Third Generation Shimizu Jingo Tsuba April 10 - Heianjo Matsudaira Mon Tsuba SOLD April 1 - Koto Mumei Wakizashi for Martial Artist SOLD March 27- Shinshinto Aiguchi - Good koshirae SOLD March 16 - Two Higo Kamiyoshi Tsuba SOLD March 10 - Higo Hayashi Tsuba SOLD March 8 - Shinshinto Aiguchi - Good koshirae SOLD March 6 - Shigeiye Shinsaku Addtional Information SOLD March 5 - Ko Senjuen Tachi SOLD - Early Kyosukashi Tsuba March 4 - Strong Akasaka Tsuba March 3 - Shigeiye Shinsaku Wakizashi SOLD March 2 - Muromachi Jidai Kabuto Hachi SOLD March 1 - Izumi Shinsaku Sukashi Tsuba February 28 - Yoshioka Terutsugu, Seventh Yoshioka Master - Recommended Translations by Marcus Sesko February 27 - Umetada Sheet Gold Tsuba SOLD February 26 - Chinese Xian Feng Zhong Bao 50 Cash Coin SOLD February 16 - Large Well Done Nagoyamono Tsuba SOLD - Masayoshi Serpent Tsuba SOLD January 30 - Hizen Tadamasa Katana - Blow out Sale SOLD January 3 - Sasaki Ippo Yoroidoshi SOLD December 30 - Shakudo Horse Menuki SOLD December 15 - Matsudaira Mon Sukashi Tsuba December 14 - Muneyuki Shakudo Tsuba SOLD - Dragon on Waves SOLD - Akao Boat Rudder Tsuba SOLD December 10 - Hamano Noriyuki - Murakami Jochiku SOLD December 8 - Tsuchiya Morichika Tsuba - Ko Mino SOLD December 3 - Higo Kamiyoshi Fukunobu Tsuba SOLD November 21 - Hidari Kaneyasu Katana SOLD November 18 - Early Edo Waki Goto Menuki & Kozuka November 17 - Kaneiye Style Tsuba - Large - Ito Sukashi Tsuba November 12 - Kyoto Tamba Yoshimichi SOLD November 10 - Sukemitsu Aiguchi SOLD November 9 - Lark and Crescent Moon Tsuba November 8 - Shakyamuni Buddha Menuki SOLD October 22 - Meibutsu Token - Homotsu no Nihonto SOLD October 20 - W. 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Compton Catalog - Japan Gallery Exhibition SOLD October 18 - Crow and Crescent Moon Tsuba October 17 - Sasaki Ippo Yoroidoshi SOLD October 14 - Matchlock - Munekage 1658 SOLD October 13 - Kuroi Raku Chawan SOLD - Akai Raku Chawan SOLD October 7 - Crow and Crescent Moon Tsuba - Nara Shibuichi Tsuba SOLD October 4 - Jumyo katana SOLD September 25 - Hosokawa Tadamasa REDUCED SOLD September 22 - Navaho Ganado Rug - Older September 16 - Ko Ichimonji Price Reduced SOLD September 14 - Hojoji Masahiro September 13 - Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke September 11- Mumei Koto Uda Tanto SOLD September 9 - Hojoji Masahiro - Sho Dai Wakizashi September 7 - Ko Tosho Tsuba August 12 - Yagyu Distant Pines Tsuba SOLD August 10 - Momoyama Kokinko Sanmai Tsuba SOLD August 9 - Akasaka Anchor Tsuba SOLD - Geometric Pattern Kinko Tsuba SOLD August 8 - Mounted Koto Wakizashi SOLD - Hawk and Chidori Tsuba SOLD August 7 - Large Jumon Sukashi Tsuba SOLD July 21 - Mumei Shinto Mino Wakizashi SOLD June 13 - Jumyo Katana SOLD June 9 - Hamano Nara Fuchi-Kashira SOLD June 2 - Oil Painting by Walter Quirt Added to Art Page No Longer Available May 29 - Tea Bowl by Sachimori SOLD May 28 - Tea Bowl by Sachimori Boxed & Hakogaki SOLD May 27 - Kaeri Zuno & Kurikata Tadpoles SOLD May 26 - Hamadashi Tsuba SOLD May 22 - Shinto Wakizashi SOLD May 20 - Omi Ju Kaneiye Tsuba May 10 - Mempo SOLD May 6 - Dragon On Waves Tsuba SOLD May 3 - Tachikaneguchi Tsuba SOLD April 30 - Link to Joshu Kaneiye Tsuba April 28 - Omodaka & Chrysanthemum SOLD March 28 - Statue by Alonzo Hauser Recovered & Relisted - Chinese Namban Tsuba SOLD - Matsudaira Mon Sukashi Tsuba March 15 - Kyo Sukashi Chrysanthemum Tsuba SOLD March 11 - Jumyo Katana SOLD March 10 - Dragon Tsuba With O-kozuka Hitsu SOLD - Owari Sukashi Matsudaira Mon March 9 - Higo Yatsuhachi Tsuba SOLD March 8 - Ko Bizen Tomasa SOLD March 7 - Higo Kamiyoshi Fukunobu Tsuba SOLD March 6 - Tachikaneguchi Tsuba SOLD March 4 - Goto Tokujo Solid Gold Menuki SOLD March 3 - Tachikaneguchi Tsuba SOLD March 2 - Bitchu Aoe Nagatsugu Naginatanaoshi Katana SOLD - Higo Kamiyoshi Fukunobu Tsuba SOLD February 19 - Kyoto Mon Sukashi Tsuba February 18 - Namban Dragons Tsuba SOLD - Higo Kamiyoshi Fukunobu Tsuba - Hosokawa Mon Kozuka SOLD February 3 - Discovery Of Real Sword Cut On Tsuba SOLD February 3 - Gendai Okuda Kanesada January 31 - Higo Yatsuhachi Tsuba SOLD January 30 - Muromachi Kagemeshi Tsuba SOLD - Kyoto Tamba Yoshimichi - Shodai January 24 - Higo Kamiyoshi Fukunobu Tsuba SOLD January 22 - Bitchu Aoe Nagatsugu Naginatanaoshi Katana SOLD January 9 - Kaga Arihira Katana WITHDRAWN January 5 - Uda Katana SOLD December 20 - Kyoto Tamba Yoshimichi - Shodai SOLD December 16 - Goto Yatagarasu no zu Tsuba SOLD - Bitchu Aoe Nagatsugu Naginatanaoshi Katana SOLD November 26 - Tachi SOLD November 24 - Gendai Okuda Kanesada SOLD November 19 - Yamashiro Kuni Ju Fujiwara Nobu / Katana SOLD November 16 - Chikushi Ryokai Naginatanaoshi SOLD - Daido Tanto SOLD November 3 - Kanefusa Aiguchi REDUCED - Sukemitsu Aiguchi REDUCED October 23 - Jingasa Hosokawa Mon REDUCED October 18 - Japanese Swordsmiths 2 Vols. by Hawley SOLD October 16 - Kozuka by Goto Renjo, 10th Mainline Master SOLD October 15 - Walter Compton Sale Catalogs I & II October 13 - Taiheisei Tomonaga Wakizashi SOLD October 11 - Goto Denjo Kogai SOLD October 4 - Masanori Tsuba SOLD September 22 - Chinese Duck Kogai SOLD September 18 - Hosokawa Tadamasa Katana SOLD September 8 - Shoami Ikeda Tsuba September 5 - Naohide Katana SOLD - Kogatana With Horimono SOLD August 26 - Mihara Naginata Naoshi SOLD August 25 - Yanagawa Naomitsu SOLD August 21 - Higo Jingo Tsuba SOLD - Nobuhide Kama Yari SOLD August 20 - Dragon On Waves Tsuba SOLD August 19 - Higo Yatsuhachi Tsuba SOLD - Sendai Shakudo Tsuba SOLD August 18 - Goto Hokkyo Ichijo Futokoromono August 17 - Koto Tanto SOLD August 14 - Akao Boat Rudder Tsuba SOLD August 13 - Yanagawa Naomitsu Fuchi-Kashira SOLD - Nara Shigemitsu Tsuba SOLD July 4 - Mihara Naginata Naoshi SOLD June 19 - Nobuhide Kama Yari SOLD June 10 - Akasaka Godai Tsuba REDUCED June 8 - Nara Shigemitsu Tsuba SOLD May 25 - Higo Tsuba SOLD May 19 - Tosogu Gokebori Meihenshu Sei SOLD May 18 - Mino Kinko Tsuba SOLD - Nihon To Koza - Translation SOLD May 17 - Yokoyama Sukenaga Katana SOLD - Crab On Bamboo Menuki May 16 - Tosogu Machibori Meihenshu Sei SOLD May 15 - Kaga Yoshiro Muromachi Tsuba SOLD - Kosan Oshigata SOLD SOLD May 11- Kanshiro Eagle & Monkey Tsuba SOLD - Akasaka Godai Tsuba Let me introduce myself, my name is Andrew Quirt. Some may know me from my tongue-in-cheek articles, as well as some of a more serious nature, that have appeared in various sword club publications. I have been collecting and dealing in Japanese swords and tosogu for the past fifty plus years. I served on he Board of the JSS/US for eight years; have been a member of the NBTHK for more than forty years; was the vice president in charge of the Americas for the European section of the NBTHK for three years; and working with Robert Benson, Paul Davidson, Mike Yamasaki, and others, and with the good will and efforts of Yamanaka San, Suzuki San, both of whom now deceased, and Tanobe Michihiro San of the NBTHK, was able to help form an American Branch of the NBTHK, (NBTHK-AB) in late 2002, which exists today as a non-commercial organization to promote the preservation, study, and appreciation of Japanese swords and their accoutrements. Nihonto.us is an independent commercial site that is neither associated with, nor endorsed by, any of the organizations with which I am or have been associated. Andrew Quirt & Gassan Sadatoshi - 42nd NBTHK Convention - Tokyo Terms of Sale * Normal shipping through the post office and insurance are included in the price. *Unfortunately, the costs of shipping have so increased, that I can no longer continue my policy of paying S & H. * Federal Express, DHL, UPS, EMS, etc. will incur extra shipping charges. * Three day, no penalty, inspection on every item within the United States. International shipments on a case by case basis. * Returns must be in the same condition as shipped. * Actual shipping costs will be charged on returned items. * In the event that a returned item was paid for with a credit card or wire transfer, the actual processing fees will be charged. * And, no, you do not have to offer a reason for return. 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