Sword and Same Book by Henri Joly 1913, republished 1979 torrent

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At first glance it may appear that some pages are missing, I can assure you that the only missing pages are totally blank pages,
these blank pages are pg 144 of sword and pages 1 and 2 of same

This is a reasonably rare, but very interesting book on the Japanese sword

By Joly and Hogitaro. 1913 or 1979 (reprint date)

This book is roughly divided into three parts -

Part 1
The first part is a book called Honcho Gunkiko Volume 8, Honcho Gunkiko was a series written several hundred years ago and volume 8 deals with the japanese sword

Part 2
On page 63 there is a list of appendices and frankly these are far more interesting than the main text, the appendix on making swords is an absolute gem containing highly detailed information about the making of these swords

Part 3
Part two ends on page 176, then the counting restarts at page 3 - Introduction to Same, part 3 is all about "same" which is the making of handle wrapping for japanese swords

There is a lot of info on Japanese Swords in this book that you won't find anywhere else in English.

The first part is by Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725), a Privy Councilor to the Shoguns, and the third part is by Inaba Tsurio, a dealer of same’ (ray skin), written in 1777. The 1st is the history of the sword and a whole lot more; the 3rd is absolutely everything there is to know about the different rays that were harvested for their skin and how those skins were used

Enjoy