If you are buying a katana this week, this is not the right address. If you have been considering a first piece for six months, or an additional piece for two years, please write.

A useful request names the blade, country of delivery, budget range, and what you have already handled. Price is not hidden, but fit comes before negotiation.

Replies arrive within seven days. Some include a private dossier. Some become register applications for early notice and first refusal. Others are honest recommendations to look elsewhere, with names of dealers or shinsa members better placed than I am.