masahiro560

I'll try the method above, anybody else who might endorse this method?

A window would be great, can anyone help me regarding this process?

Thanks alot! :D :D :D :D

btw... to anyone's eyes...

Is there any indicator at all that this blade would be worth a polish?

I may use it for iai -original intention-

Hi all

I've posted the pictures on my photobucket account

http://s277.photobucket.com/albums/kk43 ... 007/Gunto/

Please have a look at them and see if it's a showato or a gendaito

I think there's a straight grain hada but I'm not sure

I've tried taking pictures of the yasurimei I think I've captured them in some of the pics

I think I've also captured the hamon in one or two of those pictures

Thank you

ah, my bad, I mistaked the date he ascended to the throne for his b-day

Agripino Mendoza

Hi!

I'm Agripino Mendoza

I have been studying about nihonto in books and pictures for about five years now

I'm 15 so I'm still learning my english

I'm from the philippines

My Interest in nihonto stemmed from watching anime

It started from shinai to nihonto

But my interest in nihonto gradually seperated from anime

And became a seperate interest outside Japanese Anime

I have been interested in World war II for a long time

and have been fascinated with the many stories about World war II

My uncle was a small boy back then, but he watched many executions on the beach

He always told me how the Japanese used their swords to cut down the heads of many

I still visit that beach until today and could only imagine.....

If only an officer could've left a sword at our old house when they raided it for guerilla info....

I hope we can share our knowledge about nihonto

I own a Mario DeGuzman made iaito (The person who made the swords for Ran and a few hollywood movies) which I find pleasing

I also own a wakizashi made by the same person

And a world war II 1943 Kanenori

All came from my pockets :D

Thank you

Agripino Mendoza

The Seppa, tsuba, fuchi, kashira all showed a serial number after I cleaned a little bit

1012

Pics to come

The Yasurimei is still intact but hard to capture because of the white powder I applied to make the mei visible, so I can only think that the nakago was untouched)

There seems to be a hada but I'm not sure

the Hamon is visible but faded

It is indeed in very poor condition ):

unoiled

no cosmoline

Mune of the nakago exposed to the outside world due to the cracked tsuka

The blade being touched by the shop keeper

The blade being drawn with the edge down

The history of this sword as was told to me was that the antique collector bought it from the United States @.@

other than that

I didn't buy this from ebay but from a known antique collector in my country

(I don't trust ebay for anything except same)

(He was an antique collector more than anything,

Gladly I got this one before he had the chance to "replace" the blade which he did with another perfectly intact gunto koshirae )

In my opinion though

since this was made and finished on the month of december

In the showa era wouldn't that be the month of the "Tenno Tanjobi" or "Tenchosetsu"

I could only think of the fact that certain blades are forged in the traditional way to honor the emperor's birthday

IMO

Pics to follow

Agripino Mendoza

I examine and look at the nakago numerous times...

and there's no stamp on it?

Is it normal for some seki blades to not have a stamp?

there's no showa or seki stamp at all

not the faintest

Is there a meaning behind a no stamp sword?

As far as I know all gunto blades that are non traditionally made have an arsenal stamp

or as far as seki blades go

A seki stamp or a showa stamp

=/ Can the forum members help me on this one?

The blade is mounted in an officer's gunto,

After I cleaned with mild soap I can say the fittings are brass

The Saya color is the green variety with wood liner

Agripino Mendoza

Hi again, I was thinking of cleaning the gunto tsuba, seppa, fuchi and kashira

I wanted to ask the opinion of some of the users if this was as bad as cleaning the nakago of the blade

thanks

Agripino Mendoza

I have taken a picture of the nakago

from what I read

It's

Kanenori

Showa ju hachi nen ju ni gatsu

Showa 18th year (is this 1943 or 1944?) 12th month

Is this correct?

I don't have much information on Kanenori

Could the swords he forged possible be acceptable to be remounted for Iaido?

I am sorry for my bad english ^^"

Agripino Mendoza

I think the tsuba may be bronze or may be copper

Agripino Mendoza

ok, I'll try to take pictures

My camera ran out of battery when I visited the gunto

I will try to take pictures

Agripino Mendoza

Hi I seek advice on a gunto I am about to buy

I found it in an antique shop in a pretty good shape from what I've seen

My eyes tell me it may be a showato

the blade still has lots of niku, (It seems the blade itself was left untouched), from what I've seen it is a healthy blade (not tired at all) due to the amount of niku it has

It has no yokote

It has no bo-hi

I have not seen the nakago because the tsuka was *hammered on* I could not see the nakago

the tsuka was cracked all the way from the fuchi to the kashira so the mune could be seen

the rust looks as though if it wasn't faked (The rust is not active on the mune, it is of blackish color)

It also has none of the type 95 Serial numbers

I can only provide description with words so please forgive me

I will be starting with the mount

The tsuka is made with wood covered w/ same panel wraps (The same has a large nodule near the kashira, the same on one of the sides is starting to crack)

The tsuka has lost it's tsuka ito and is halfway through the nakago (It seems like a past owner has hammered on the tsuka)

The saya is metal w/ one ashi

the obi tori is gone

the saya itself is rusted,

The tsuba is made of copper (There is green patina in the inside edges of the tsuba) It has no holes besides the one where the nakago will go through

There are no serial numbers for the seppa

The locking mechanism of the tsuka isn't functional anymore

I think it is not machine made blade because the mune (Iori mune) is not straight at some points

It also as a hamon that can be seen by further examination of the blade

It is a midare hamon near the habaki and it turns into suguha or a relaxed? notare hamon midway

The blade length is 28

The Nakago length is 8 inches

Thank you in advance, and pardon me for the lack of pictures

-Agripino Mendoza