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Hello, sencho san, What is "Velasis C.M" ???,and may be another guy. Yes, i have published list of lost National treasure swords and important art swords. It is recorded in an old publication of the Ministry of Education.

Hi The signature of long blade says "Kobayashi kawachi no kami KUNISUKE" 小林河内守国助 Date can't see well.

Stephen san, After that, Mr.Compton got the medal from the emperor. Hi, The book [Fact and Fundamentals of Japanese Swords] that Mr.Martin had translated arrived today. I think that this book is a very good textbook to the Japanese sword hobby for the beginner.

Hi,Charlie One book is still in stocked on AMAZON.JP. http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/switch-langu ... uage=en_JP

Hi. The mei says "Takatsune ".孝恒

Hi, Today,I ordered to Amazon the book that you translated. When the book arrives, I up-load the photo. :D Hi, Of course,i know difference among the national treasure, the important cultural treasures, and importan　art treasures. I am referring the swords taken away outside the country from Japan just after the WW2 ends. Hi, "Treasure hunters" in this forum member might surely discover treasure-swords at the garage sale in around the small country town in the U.S.

Thank you very much for sharing the photograph. :D I am living in the city where Mr.Homma was born. I think that missing important-art-treasure-swords(Juyo bijutsu hin) still exist quietly somewhere in the U.S.

Great work!! , nice Katsu-Mushi (tombo) .

Congrats to Mr. Hallam.

Hi, Attached a photograph of a Tachi-swod is a picture postcard that the Terukuni shrine(in Kagoshima prefecture) issued in around 1933. The Mei is Kunimune(Bizen) that was National treasure(under old law). Unfortunately, this sword had missed after the end of the war of WW2. And the story that Dr. Walter A. Compton discovered this Tachi-sword in the United States is very famous. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/25/news/ ... gewanted=1 Famous sword collecter of Dr. Walter A. Compton 1963 and presented the blade as a gift to the Tokyo National Museum. And, this Tachi-sword was specified for the national treasure again under a new law.

Hi, I also confirmed this. They said that they had not used the black.

hi, Though about ten years of the start of the system were blues,All the numbers are reds now. (Tokyo) No related to, only RED.

Hi, I called to the Tokyo Prefectural Education Board in the Tokyo Metropolitan Office today. They said the red numbers on Torokusho is quite unrelated to the import. :D

Hi, The last character means half. 1/2 bu. So, nagasa is 1 shaku 4 sun 7.5 bu. sanjuro san, kanteisho

Hi, um..let me see...,I like before one (aikuchi koshirae).

The link well worked. Ohhh, Kaigun-to...

Thanks for sharing Stephen. :D I like to see such a documentary film. The armband was "Kenpei" military police. So, NCO...??

Hi, Thank you many replies. OOOHHHH, OMG. I did't know Dr.stein's the link. Because this link page has no kanji, So i add smith name Kanji to my Excel.

Hi, I am feeling that i can not easily look up swordsmith name in a [Gengai Toko Meikan](in Japanese) by Ono. Therefore, it might be more difficult for the English speak person to search for sword-smith names with this book. So, I am making English INDEX names of the swordsmith by Excel for this Forum Members. Please tell me, should I also put swordsmith name by Kanji in this INDEX? Or no Kanji?

Hi, Mr.Guido Schiller is in Beijing China now. :D

Hi, Zanshin san, Wow! It is the big photo-books on the highest class swords by Mr.Honma Junji(Kunzan). Very nice!!

Hi, Zanshin san, Many of used bookstores in Japan do not accept shipping to foreign countries.(?) ...I think. What book did you E-mail to the shop(genkido)? :D

Congratulations. :D

Nice tsuba! Myochin Munetane.

Hi, Your blade is WW2 period sword. I have no data about this smith 定年.