Military Swords of Japan

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1. Arsenal Stamps. 1 2 3 4 50

   By David Flynn, July 17, 2010
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   • Bruce Pennington
   • July 29

2. Rules for this section - Read before posting or reading

   By Brian, March 14, 2009
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   • Brian
   • August 4, 2020

3. Help with Mei Translation, Comments on Gunto & Hamon

   By Klink, Saturday at 08:58 PM
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   • When Necessary
   • 2 hours ago

4. Tanto marketed as Pilot Hara-kiri dagger 1 2

   By John C, Sunday at 05:30 PM
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   • PNSSHOGUN
   • 4 hours ago

5. Rinji Seishiki Gunto Mei Translation

   By Klink, Sunday at 09:26 PM
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   • Klink
   • 12 hours ago

6. Yasukuni shrine smith Yasuoki

   By Nicholas, Wednesday at 01:48 AM
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   • When Necessary
   • 21 hours ago

7. Canvas Saya Covers 1 2

   By Bruce Pennington, December 28, 2020
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   • Eric_P
   • Yesterday at 01:57 AM

8. Help Identity Our Mon. 1 2 3 4 16

   By IJASWORDS, August 29, 2019
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   • Mark C
   • Wednesday at 03:49 PM

9. Please help me to identify the markings

   By Barny Dots, Monday at 06:54 AM   

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   • manufacture
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   • Shugyosha
   • Wednesday at 07:44 AM

10. Model Meiji 29th Year Naval General’s Dress Sword-A Share & Some Questions

    By Jaydon, Wednesday at 04:11 AM
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    • PNSSHOGUN
    • Wednesday at 04:14 AM

11. Looking for the whereabouts of an important Gunto (1000$ bounty)

    By Hoshi, Saturday at 08:36 PM
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    • Lareon
    • Monday at 03:36 PM

12. Fittings Thread 1 2 3 4

    By Bruce Pennington, December 8, 2023
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    • Scogg
    • Sunday at 01:15 PM

13. Kai Gunto sarute

    By Brian, August 21
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    • Volker62
    • Sunday at 07:14 AM

14. Shigetsugu

    By David Meinhart, August 15   

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    • David Meinhart
    • Saturday at 04:16 PM

15. Clasped Hands Sarute 1 2

    By IJASWORDS, March 19, 2020   

    • tachi
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • Saturday at 01:24 PM

16. Leather combat covers 1 2 3

    By EdWolf, July 19
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    • 3Jean
    • August 22

17. Hayama Enshin photos

    By PNSSHOGUN, August 19
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    • tlzkaasen
    • August 20

18. Unknown stamp

    By Nicholas, August 18
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • August 19

19. Help translating Mei on gunto

    By CNS_44, August 15
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    • CNS_44
    • August 17

20. Shin Gunto Japanese Sword - real?

    By Susana Ferreira, August 16
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    • George KN
    • August 16

21. Show Us Your High Class Gunto 1 2 3 4 24

    By lonely panet, January 24, 2016
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • August 16

22. Help identifying kanji on mei of WW2 naval sword

    By KenandCantrell, August 14
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    • KenandCantrell
    • August 15

23. Help with type 95 gunto

    By CNS_44, August 15
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    • Scogg
    • August 15

24. Military sword? Not sure.

    By Sansei, August 14
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    • Michaelr
    • August 15

25. Type 19 sword with unknown decoration

    By kleber75, August 8
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    • kleber75
    • August 12