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I no not recall ever running across section 11 第十一條 of Heiki saiyō kensa kitei 兵器採用検査規程.
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Type 98 Ikkansai Kunimori katana for sale
Nicholas replied to Nicholas's topic in Swords and Edged Weapons
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Type (Tachi, Katana, Wakizashi, Tanto, Naginata, Other) : Katana Ubu, Suriage or O-Suriage : Ubu Mei : (Signature) : Toto Junin Ikkansai Kunimori Kin saku Era/Age : WW2 Shirasaya, Koshirae or Bare Blade? : Type 98 gunto koshirae Nagasa/Blade Length : 25 3/4 inch Hamon Type : saguha Jihada : itame Flaws : none Sword Location : New York, USA Will ship to : anywhere in USA Payment Methods Accepted : PayPal Price and Currency : $1800 Other Info and Full Description : Hi all, this is my first time posting anything for sale here. Please bear with me. I have for sale a katana signed Toto Junin Ikkansai Kunimori Kin Saku also known as Yasuhiro of the Yasukuni shrine. Kunimori is the name Yasuhiro used after he left the Yasukuni shrine and was forging swords at Okura Tanrenjo. If you research these swords there is a lot of debate whether these swords are true Gendaito or not with many people taking both sides. I myself believe they are true Gendaito and doubt Yasuhiro would make anything less. The sword is in decent origin polish with some staining. No nicks or chips in the blade.
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Nice garage sale find with a cool ww2 story
PNSSHOGUN replied to Jonas Ne's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
If you can get the name of the Vet you could potentially check the veracity of the story from the ships records. - Yesterday
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After the war started for a while there were absolutely no direct flights from most EU countries and I had to receive and ship probably a dozen packages for various collectors. Most countries had to use a connect flight through Dubai or something of the sort, sometimes with a stop in Thailand or alike. If one has to fly over Emirates or Thailand one might as well stop on the way, the economics of fly through all the way till Tokyo makes sense only for a very major route... Even today I suspect unless you are using one of the largest European airports there are no direct flights and shipping anything interesting has its issues. I don't know about weapons side of it, knowing Japanese sensitivities it might be an issue, but then again - many EU collectors do suffer or suffered. Which helps us the US sellers! Weapons-related are things like limits imposed on shipping to Poland of large quantities of things like Chinese drones or certain chemicals.
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Thanks Ray, now that you have it highlighted I agree with your assessment.
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Nice garage sale find with a cool ww2 story
John C replied to Jonas Ne's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
It's a decent find. The wooden habaki were common on these. Made for soldiers or sailors. John C. -
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Fortunately, getting the swords out of Japan is easier than getting them into the country.
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備前國長船住源八良祐定 = Bizen no Kuni Osafune-jū Genpachirō Sukesada [Note: Markus Sesko‘s Swordsmiths of Japan has him listed with the spelling 源八郎] 横山上野大掾藤原祐定 = Yokoyama Kōzuke no Daijō Fujiwara Sukesada 合作 = made [this] together
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Hi, Latest news, shipment from Japan to Poland indeed is banned. I'm not sure about reasoning behind this (different versions) but one is sure, not allowed to ship (at least swords) to Poland. Topic can be closed for the moment. Thank you all for help.
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Cut of Nakagojiri. Hamon runs into the Tang. Hi gets flatter on one side and the mekugiana punch in the Hi that was filed flat afterwards.
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Sanity check, Kunimichi or address?
new2nihonto replied to new2nihonto's topic in Translation Assistance
Thank you very much Thomas! This is great, I will reach out to to Dan. -
Nice garage sale find with a cool ww2 story
Jonas Ne replied to Jonas Ne's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
Yep, it came in Shira-saya with a wooden habaki attached to the shira-saya. As you said the nakago seems poorly shapen and the file marks also seem almost random (where they can be seen). -
Nice garage sale find with a cool ww2 story
ROKUJURO replied to Jonas Ne's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
It seems it is one of the cheap TANTO that were made for the war. They are often called 'pilot TANTO' or 'SEPPUKU TANTO'. They look quite nice when in good polish as yours is, but the NAKAGO is very crude, compared with that of a carefully made TANTO of the SAMURAI era. Anyhow, a nice find and a good story! There is probably no KOSHIRAE but a simple SHIRA SAYA? -
That looks like shinshinto. For whatever reason Suishinshi Masahide rendered Hosho style in this way with drastically different steel layers and everyone else in shinshinto seemed to follow. It reacts well to white light (directly from above), reacts well to sidelight, its relatively insensitive to all conditions. Challenges begin when its Kamakura, complex utsuri, nioi based hamon with plenty of ashi.
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Kashu Ju Kanewaka Katana NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon with Koshirae
zdenek-s replied to zdenek-s's topic in Swords and Edged Weapons
Price dropped to €8750 + PP fees + shipping costs. Bank to bank transfer is prefered and free of charge. -
I recently purchased this tanto at a garage sale. The seller is the son of a WWII medic and his father told him the story of how he obtained it. I took this with a grain of salt but nonetheless interesting. During an air attack on US ships a Japanese pilot was shot down and crashed onto the deck of US ship. The pilot was still alive when found with the tanto in his stomach. He later died of the injuries and the sellers dad took this home. It looked authentic (was covered in thick old oil) so i bought it for 100$ took it home and here it is cleaned up.
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The Mysterious "w" Stamp!
Bruce Pennington replied to Bruce Pennington's topic in Military Swords of Japan
Those are great, David, thank you! @Kiipu I haven't charted the blades with the "M/W", but looking over the files, it's clear they were used in earnest after the Army took control of all sword production in 1942. The stamp is seen on Mantetsu blades from the beginning of production in 1942, through the first quarter of 1944 On signed blades, we see it from Spring 1943 through Spring 1944 Yoshiharu (11 blades) Spring '43 - 4 blades Autumn '43 - 2 Spring '44 - 3 Takehisa (10 blades) Autumn '43 - 8 blades Spring '44 - 2 Tenshin 1945 - 1 blade With the exception of the Tenshin blade, it's interesting to note that all the stamped blades use the seasonal notations on the date, including the Mantetsu. Obviously, they are seen on Type 19s and Type 95s, but I have no dates for those. -
What else? Suriage or o-suriage?
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Tokubetsu Juyo and Juyo Token Nado Zufu Bound Editions
bigjohnshea replied to bigjohnshea's topic in Books
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The Mysterious "w" Stamp!
tbonesullivan replied to Bruce Pennington's topic in Military Swords of Japan
These are the best I could do! Markings on all the fittings, including the tsuka and scabbard lock. the "&" symbol is clear. -
Suishinshi Masahide made in 1806 WW2 samurai sword info
Rivkin replied to footslime69's topic in Nihonto
Don't know about the signature but horimono looks too crude. One can try using one of NTHK shinsa in the US or have someone submit it to NBTHK in Japan. -
To my old eyes, it looks like the chiri on the bo-hi hi narrows down and disappears at the bottom of the nakago. Also, can't be sure, but perhaps the soe-hi narrows down faster than the bo-hi. Dan K