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dirk marshall

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  1. This is on a tsuba box with what appears to be the mei of the tsuba can any one tell me what it says
  2. hotoi
  3. different picture
  4. plain but pleasing
  5. carp tsuba Jingo style
  6. thanks, really appreciate it. dirk
  7. Hello, I was wondering if someone could translate the mei. thanks dirk
  8. There are 4 seppa. the first have the pins that protrude into the tsuba the second a standard seppa. The tsuka is numbered as all the seppa are. The blade is tight and there is no room for an additional seppa. There is no hagire or flaw in the blade.
  9. Pictures of sword recovered in battle in new guinea
  10. tang is not dated. it came in high quality shin gunto army mounts with sukashi army tsuba. For some reason it has a mint NCO sword tassle attached to the ashi. dirk
  11. Thank You Mr. Hermann, i found another sword on the internet and the signiture appears to match, I thank you for your response. dirk
  12. there is no stamps as here is a picture of blade
  13. hello, i purchased this sword from a veterns son today. Could anyone tell me what is written on the tang? thanks Dirk
  14. Not sure but possibly to accomodate russo mounts.
  15. Mizuno Masanori WW2 star stamp blade, i know he made swords until 1977. He was born in Meiji 35. He was a student of Sakurai Masayuki and Morida Masamichi. His teacher, Masayuki, was also the teacher of Sumitane Sohei, the living national treasure who passed away recently.
  16. Horimono on sword made by Mizuno Masanori in 1954 a Rikugun Jumei Tosho during WW2.
  17. kashira from former member of parry with kashira sword club
  18. dirk marshall

    naginata

    This is a Naginata made by Kazusa no Suke Fujiwara Kaneshige
  19. I have ivory piano keys for sale which i think you can sell in the US. I still like ivory best for cleaning, works great for cleaning mountains and water ripples Dirk
  20. Sword looks good follage looks better
  21. tsuba
  22. kashira
  23. another set fuchi
  24. Fuchi belonging to the assasin group known as the fraternity of weavers
  25. Duck crossbred with either a snake or dragon
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