Nihonto Club Anyone ?

[Juanito]

Greetings all - I haven't tried this before so I thought I would right now - slap bang in the middle of Expat Life...

IS anyone interested (here in capital) in being part of a Nihonto group that meets perhaps once a month ?

I will include some ''sword porn'' pics right now for those of you who don't know already what Nihonto is all about

John.

 

[Joe]

Is this like Fight Club but with swords? If so, I'm in!

 

[Juanito]

I know that Hybrid Ambassador will be a taker for sure - we will be in our permanent long term apartment in Belgrano next month and as of February I think would be a good time to start the Buenos Aires Nihonto Society off with its inaugural meeting and sake drinking session (although I think beer and vino tinto will work just as well...

I do NOT have a lot with me - but I have brought to Argentina certainly the finest papered katana I have seen in this country and a couple of very fine koto tantos as well (all in fresh polish) - so those swords alone afford everyone a wonderful opportunity for some up close and personal serious sword kantei - and I certainly have the beginnings of a decent Nihonto library and a local swordsmith who produces some wonderful shinken and other pieces as well...

Ikkimasho...

 

[Juanito]

Um sorry Joe - the katana you are looking at is 350 years old and razor sharp - if USED to fight it would certainly cut one (or more) human bodies in half with a single stroke - but it might also damage the edge or polish of the blade and I would then have to send it back to Japan for a fresh polish which is very expensive Yes, for the average Argentine lawyer or landlord I would make an exception to the rule but otherwise... lol

 

[Juanito]

PS For those who are interested the sword pictured is my Higo mounted Shinto Seki school katana with Fujishiro kanteisho - one of my prized possessions She is more of an uchigatana to be correct but perfectly suited to the two or three schools of swordsmanship I have studied... With a nice long wakizashi to go with her Musashi-sama himself would be quite happy I think

 

[GS_Dirtboy]

Is this where we all dress up like wizards and warlords and go to the park and act out scenes from The Lord of The Rings?

I call Gandalf!

 

[Juanito]

lol No - its for people who are Japanese sword nuts like me lol

 

[Juanito]

PS IF enough of us are interested we could get serious and call it something like the ''Buenos Aires Nippon Token Kai'' - just a thought

 

[Juanito]

(このフォーラムを読んでどんな日本アルゼンチン人々のために私は、私たちの日本刀鑑賞会への参加をご招待したいと思います。)

 

[ghost]

(このフォーラムを読んでどんな日本アルゼンチン人々のために私は、私たちの日本刀鑑賞会への参加をご招待したいと思います。)

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