Paul Estes

Thank you for the information, I will keep working the research into them. He told me a price for the second one and it feels a bit much for it. The first one I am actually interested in, the blade has some faded etching in it which I need to think and look into. The second one almsot feels slapped together when you look at it and feel it in person. It could just be the age but I am not sure yet. Thanks again.

Hey guys, I am trying to identify a couple blades not only stlyes but possible time periods. I am thinking of buying at least one of them and trying to determine a resonable offer for the owner who doesnt know alot about them. He mentioned something about the civil one for one of them but who knows.

What is the handle length on that? Almost could be used as a cane from the looks of it. But it does look great.

Hey guys, I am looking for someone near Pittsburgh with the ability to reglue a shira saya with the right glue and make a new one for another blade of mine. I ask because I dont have a shop to work in at the moment.

Love it, thought about something of this nature a while ago and never got around to it.

Interested

Tom, Lets not forget you are a great teacher as well...Thanks brother Paul

In my Personal Opinion Tom is THE MAN when it comes to this...ALL of his work if phenome..phenome...Excellent

Looks like I gotta chance as well...sigh... Paul Estes please

Hey, sorry to bother folks, I currently am in the Pittsburgh Pa area and have a Katana that needs HT'd and I no longer have a shop at the moment to work in. I am hoping to find someone with experience in creating Hamon's and a trough big enough to handle a katana sized piece. Thanks in advance...

Is there any paperwork with this blade?

Scrimshaw his teeth while singing the barney song

What does something like that cost?

what does the end product look like

wow so you can actually place twists in the antler....that could be interesting