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Yoshihide
(Yoshi) Ishagura 

21
July 1970 to 11 May 2014

I
am saddened to lose a friend like Yoshi. 
I first met him while selling at the Cow Palace gun show in San
Francisco in  1998.  He was very inquisitive about the Auto Mag
and asked very intelligent questions regarding the mechanical operation and
timing of the cycling sequence of the gun. 
Not the usual questions about Clint using the gun in Death Wish.  We had several phone conversations and I eventually
met him again in Moro Bay while I was attending a wedding.  I sold him some XP parts and a barrel.  

Brian
is right in settling your gun affairs before you die.  I am disappointed that Yoshi didn't write
down the history of the items I sold him. 
That polished stippled frame he had was the one used in the advertisement
"We're Making It".  All the
parts used in the ad were included with the sale and are now lost to
history.  

Yoshi
had many burdens to bear besides not being in his native country, Japan.  He wore his hair real long and besides his
accent, he had a lisp.  He had a mixed
race marriage which is not accepted in Japan. 
Some speak well of the dead even though they may have been an A-Hole in
real life.  This was not the case with
Yoshi.

In
April of 2013, Yoshi helped me sell at the Big Reno Show in Reno, NV.  I told him he was my first choice as he was
honest and was a bit of a celebrity in the AM world.  He had half of the table to sell some
Japanese knives.  Only one hillbilly cut
his finger before we could stop him from running his fingers across the blade
of one of Yoshi's knives.  

He
loved  American culture and picked my
brain about desert trips, ghosts, camping and other adventures.  

This
was my last communication with Yoshi just after the Reno show.

"Hi Bruce,

Glad to hear
that you made your trip home safe. It was a whole new experience to me and I
liked it. Thank you for paying for the table and the room, and pulling me in to
this. And don't worry about my bad dreams.

It's a
reflection of how I enjoyed various conversation with you.
For the next
show, as long as its within driving distance, I'm looking forward for it.
However, I will not have enough time to make adjustments to my day job for the
one in May 18-19 at Flagstaff. It would be nice if I can plan 2 months ahead.

By the way,
below is a link to a video clip that I talked to you. Enjoy.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVS1UfCfxlU

Yoshi"

The u-tube clip
was an advertisement the he felt was the funniest ever.

I don't know
how he died but it was too early.  God
hold your hand over Yoshi.

Bruce Stark