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Post by Lord Newport on Jan 25, 2020 3:14:05 GMT
Sadly, I was informed today that Kieth Larman passed into eternity this morning at 1025 hrs. PST. www.summerchild.com/summer.htmlThis as the culmination of a long illness that began with a sever case of pancreatitis that shut down his kidneys. He has been in an induced comma for some time and his wife made the decision to remove him from life support this past weekend, slowly declining and passing today with family by his side. I got to know Kieth through my Sensei (Tony Alverez Sensei / Senpokan Dojo) and my friendships with Ted Tenold ( www.legacyswords.com/ ) and Howard Clark ( www.mvforge.com/ ). Kieth was a great friend of the American JSA. His talent in the polishing and mounting of Japanese style blades was unsurpassed. He was always supporting the JSA community, donating polish/mount jobs for the many blades donated by Howard Clark over the years given as prizes to the overall winners of Tai Kai's around the US. Keith and Ted were the best polisher's to send your L6 blades to for mounting and polishing. To anyone involved in the American JSA community and particularly here in Southern California, Keith was a constant presence at JSA competitions, encouraging all from the sidelines and offering his customers and friends a quick "tune up" / honing of their competition blades on site. He will be missed by all who knew him. God speed! |
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Post by loveofswords on Jan 25, 2020 4:10:04 GMT
Rip Keith .
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Post by randomnobody on Jan 25, 2020 4:12:31 GMT
I've been out of Japanese sword stuff for so long now, but Keith Larman was one of the biggest names I knew. I didn't know he was sick, that's awful. What a huge loss for the sword world.
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Post by JH Lee on Jan 25, 2020 4:42:22 GMT
The man was a tremendous resource... always willing to share his knowledge and experience with others. Rest in peace, Keith. My thoughts and prayers are with your family tonight.
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Post by stormmaster on Jan 25, 2020 4:45:20 GMT
rip, im not super familiar with the famous katana guys but even ive heard of him, a loss for everyone in the community
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Post by RaylonTheDemented on Jan 25, 2020 4:49:29 GMT
I know the name and reputation but am not familiar with it or the man's works. Nonetheless, RIP and condolences to family and friends.
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Post by reptaronice1 on Jan 25, 2020 4:51:42 GMT
Don’t know him but my condolences
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Post by treeslicer on Jan 25, 2020 5:01:58 GMT
I've always appreciated his web site. He'll be missed by a lot of sword folk.
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Post by pvsampson on Jan 25, 2020 6:11:44 GMT
That would have been a difficult decision to make. Sad,yet his family had time to prepare and say goodbye. May they find solace at this time.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Jan 25, 2020 9:12:31 GMT
I'm so sorry to hear that. Quite a surprise to me. :(
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Post by Madmartigen on Jan 28, 2020 11:48:07 GMT
This is really sad. I've known and appreciated Keith for almost 20 years (old SFI). He was a great guy and incredible source of knowledge. He will be really missed. Condolences to his family.
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Post by pgandy on Jan 28, 2020 12:53:11 GMT
I had no dealing with the man but find this regrettable. My condolences.
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Post by captainharlock on Jan 28, 2020 17:52:01 GMT
Sad to hear. I remember him form the days of sword forum international where he was a regular poster and extremely knowledgeable. His swords that he polished were exquisite and he an eye for making swords a work is art in his mountings. The sword world lost a legend.
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Post by mrsmitty on Jan 28, 2020 18:11:17 GMT
RIP in Keith. I had Keith do some work for me on a Howard Clark L6 katana about 10-11 years ago. The work was superb. My condolences to his family and friends.
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Post by Lord Newport on Jan 28, 2020 19:19:43 GMT
Sad to hear. I remember him form the days of sword forum international where he was a regular poster and extremely knowledgeable. His swords that he polished were exquisite and he an eye for making swords a work is art in his mountings. The sword world lost a legend. In addition to his polishing and mounting business, Keith worked at Bugei Trading and was involved in the design and quality control of their swords... He contributed a lot to the JSA community and will be missed by all who knew him. |
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Post by captainharlock on Jan 28, 2020 19:59:40 GMT
Sad to hear. I remember him form the days of sword forum international where he was a regular poster and extremely knowledgeable. His swords that he polished were exquisite and he an eye for making swords a work is art in his mountings. The sword world lost a legend. In addition to his polishing and mounting business, Keith worked at Bugei Trading and was involved in the design and quality control of their swords... He contributed a lot to the JSA community and will be missed by all who knew him. Yeah, I Remember that which is why I bought a bugei bamboo as my first sword. And you certainly correct, he will be sorely missed. |
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Post by Lord Newport on Jan 28, 2020 20:12:42 GMT
In addition to his polishing and mounting business, Keith worked at Bugei Trading and was involved in the design and quality control of their swords... He contributed a lot to the JSA community and will be missed by all who knew him. Yeah, I Remember that which is why I bought a bugei bamboo as my first sword. And you certainly correct, he will be sorely missed. I just bought a Bugei Bamboo. What are your impressions of it? I have owned / handled the Samurai, Crane, Shobu and Dragonfly in the past. Is it the same blade as the samurai? |
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Post by captainharlock on Jan 28, 2020 20:23:36 GMT
Yeah, I Remember that which is why I bought a bugei bamboo as my first sword. And you certainly correct, he will be sorely missed. I just bought a Bugei Bamboo. What are your impressions of it? I have owned / handled the Samurai, Crane, Shobu and Dragonfly in the past. Is it the same blade as the samurai? It’s nice for what it is. It’s a production piece. The furniture is really nice and the blade is very nice with it’s etched enhanced Hamon. It’s has a folded blade but not folded in a traditional way that you see in a nihonto but I still found it pretty to look at. I never cut with it. I just cleaned and oiled it every few months. I loved it and I owned a samuari And a shobu at one time, which those two ended up being sold and I kept the bamboo. Believe the samurai and the bamboo have the same blade or at the very least, very similar. |
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Post by Lord Newport on Jan 28, 2020 20:31:47 GMT
I just bought a Bugei Bamboo. What are your impressions of it? I have owned / handled the Samurai, Crane, Shobu and Dragonfly in the past. Is it the same blade as the samurai? It’s nice for what it is. It’s a production piece. The furniture is really nice and the blade is very nice with it’s etched enhanced Hamon. It’s has a folded blade but not folded in a traditional way that you see in a nihonto but I still found it pretty to look at. I never cut with it. I just cleaned and oiled it every few months. I loved it and I owned a samuari And a shobu at one time, which those two ended up being sold and I kept the bamboo. Believe the samurai and the bamboo have the same blade or at the very least, very similar. Thanks.. that's what I thought. I have owned/own a number of Japanese and Japanese style blades and not too concerned about the hamon or the activity in the bamboo blade as I have that covered wth other swords. The Bamboo will be a "beater" and live on a wall rack.  |
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Post by zabazagobo on Jan 29, 2020 2:20:50 GMT
This is very sad news. He was a great contributor to the community and offered a wealth of knowledge. He will be missed.
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