Japan News
- NRA declares bankruptcy; plans to incorporate in Texas
- Pelosi calls for prosecution of any Congress members who might have helped pro-Trump siege
- Biden unveils plan to speed U.S. COVID-19 vaccine rollout
- Korea Town
- Canada keeps end of Sept COVID vaccination target despite Pfizer delay
- Trump plans to depart Washington the morning of Inauguration Day
- EU states warn of risks to vaccination credibility as Pfizer slows supplies
- Pence calls Harris to offer assistance ahead of U.S. power transfer next week
- Abbas announces long-awaited Palestinian elections
- WhatsApp to delay launch of new business features after privacy backlash
-
Content Count
94 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
2
mecox last won the day on December 3 2020
mecox had the most liked content!
Community Reputation
112 ExcellentAbout mecox

-
Rank
Chu Jo Saku
Contact Methods
-
Website URL
http://www.users.on.net/~coxm/
Profile Information
-
Gender
Male
-
Location:
Queensland, Australia
-
Interests
Swords (Mino; Kyushu, gunto), tsuba (iron sukashi)
Profile Fields
-
Name
Mal
Recent Profile Visitors
The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.
-
Kokuhō, Jūyō Bunkazai, Jūyō Bijutsuhin Index
mecox replied to Jussi Ekholm's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
Congratulations, an impressive compilation. -
I have found this John Slough book both interesting and very useful and am aware of how much background checking and cross-checking is required. But I did find a very minor error that I had to check to save confusion. Results of 1941 6th shinsakuto exhibition for Shinoda Ujifusa and Niwa Kanehisa (pages 218, 219, 227, 233) they are listed as from "Aichi" when it should be "Gifu".
-
Akamatsu Taro Kanetsugu in beautiful Koshirae
mecox replied to E_Arroyes's topic in For Sale or Trade
Fully agree with Jean-Pierre. That is a very nice sword and typical of the Kimura Akamatsu Taro group and by the leader of the family. -
maybe KUNI UJI SAKU......useful to see the whole nakago. Older sword? with a creeping tateware?
-
Emergency Late War Officer Gunto
mecox replied to Bruce Pennington's topic in Military Swords of Japan
Looks like menuki also is replacement and also the kabuto gane looks like a gunto saya kojiri? -
Attention Mantetsu Owners: A Survey
mecox replied to Bruce Pennington's topic in Military Swords of Japan
Bruce that mei cutting on the winter blade looks pretty rough......more like a copy? -
Attention Mantetsu Owners: A Survey
mecox replied to Bruce Pennington's topic in Military Swords of Japan
Date is Showa Mizuno-e Uma Haru Spring (March-April) year of Horse (1942) Below date: Taka Nobu Yaku Kore (Takanobu Yaki-iye Kore) "Takanobu did the yaki-ire" -
Great to see......it was mine and I sold it 2 years ago. What an excellent description !!
-
Kogatana by Kimura Kanemitsu of Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Pref
-
Why not the large Fijian war club called a "wau"
-
Ron, here's some tanto koshirae with similar concept.
-
Yes I am referring to registered at prefecture level for a Torokusho. We seem to see some WW2 swords now with stamps, which I dont think was the case 3-5 years ago.
-
I am interested to see recently (last 6 months) gunto on some Japan based auctions that have Torokusho and have stamps. There were two with Sho/sakura stamp and also this Amahide on Yahoo Japan. The sword is shingunto with leather/wood saya, has a long mei plus the "Ama" kokuin, but at the top of the nakago are 2 small stamped squares. They look like top half of a "Seki" stamp. It has a torokusho dated Reiwa 2 July (that is 2020). The paper lists the mei and in brackets "kokuin" but does not mention the stamp/s. The mei includes "kitau kore". Was this a "recently found" sword? Does this mean Japanese regulations are now more flexible?
-
The Kanezane is typical mei (old form of "zane") and his kokuin. The Kanehisa looks to be O-Sawa Kanichi Kanehisa who was a co-student of Kojima Kanemichi with Kanezane, but the kokuin would be unrelated to this. This kokuin clearly has the 2 kanji of his swordsmith name. Not clear: Kanehisa was a student with Kanezane in the Kanemichi Mon