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Gunto by Kaneuji


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Hello everyone,

 

Just added this Gunto to my collection. 

 

It is signed (Yoshida )Kaneuji and dated 1943. It probably is a machinemade, or at best a semi-handmade blade(?). There is a very, very faint hamon present that cannot be seen by the camera. And I think I can see some hada(Konuka), but it can also be that my eyes and brain that are fooling me, so dont trust me on that one ;)

 

Above the date on the tang there might be a faint stamp(I think), or a mistake in the steel? I can't make out what stamp it can be, if it is a stamp at all.

 

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Cheers,

David

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David,

The rust layer obviously makes the stamp ID difficult, but I’m leaning to a “Na” of the Nagoya arsenal, so not like to be gendaito.

 

Hi Bruce,

 

Thank you for your thoughts about the stamp. I wasn't opting for it to be a Gendaito, there isn't such quality in this blade. Even a newbie like me can tell :)

 

I also see alot of blades(machine and handmade) that are signed from this smith with a Kakihan, or 'personal seal'. Why and when would a blade be given such a seal?

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David,

 

Maybe some of our Nihonto experts can fill us both in on that question. The practice goes back before WWII, but I don't know how far. I have just begun collecting them, and don't know much about their use. I have noticed some blades, by the same smith, where one will not have a kakihan and another will.

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