Stephen

i hope something like that comes into the gun show i have this weekend....IMHO its a Shinto Wakazashi with very nice fittings a real find.

own Joha Stuart is the winner....you got a deal John these sell for three times that at sword shows. Sorry the Dagger book did not make it to the end as i had a offer i could not refuse. as for the rest of you sitters hope you dont go looking for books and find out what was passed up in this sale...also congrats to BenoitD of Canada on the Arms and Armour....it usually sells over 100.00 ...seems the Kanooks are a savy bunch.

the pix show the swords on a sword stand...id say this guy knows what he has...not worth the price on what you have told me...a seki smith... cant see much from the pix ie hada ect. another showato

Oil temper showato

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I bow to the Master 兼式 (Kanenori) 早川 　一 Hai domo!! Moriyama sama!

still around hed know it any seki smiths signed with that nori. Its all good mate...ive put up more misinfo than anyone on the board...nice they let the ol guy ramble on and get away with it.

learning but im a stuck with uji....sorry not any Kanenori that signed that way as far as i can find yet....of course im 99% chance of being wrong but like i said ill stay with Kaneuji. I did find one Kanenori with that nori ...in the 1500s....

like a time machine going back...the photos were outstanding did you take them?

The Sword index shows three none really match Kaneuji (Yoshida) Kaneuji (Noshu) Kaneuji when looking for WW2 smiths i always use Doc Stiens search see below for Kaneuji http://search.freefind.com/servlet/free ... ry=Kaneuji

with my frist translation....Nobumitsu / showa ju ku 1944 always good to get a second opinion.

Kaneuji when you sent it this morning it was sideways and i was on my way out the door...strike Kaneyoshi and use the Uji

you have a nice officer sword and it was meant to be used in battle, I'm sure its got a cutting edge that's sharp, most likely it was oil tempered and put into the war machine, sometimes the tech's signed them and sometimes not. the mounts were late war and not much care or time was taken, the shims...cartoons are they old i.e. from the 40S?... or do you think they were added later. In guntos you have to remember the officers had to buy them so it was what he or his family could pay. lot of different grades of mounts relating to cost. F&Gs book states the stamp is rare to find, so id cherish it as a WW 11 Relic for which it is. btw a fare price for gunto sword nowdays.

the paper label on the saya tells us its from the Seki culinary co...which mass produced blades for the war. most likely showa-to

haiku it was not just a passing nod in time, my 2 cents not a dime.

The flowing iron brush leaves a feeling of inter calm, oh to hold one in my palm, tranquility achieved . SC

Noshu Ju Kunihiro

so poorly cut its hard to tell...most likly a arsenal mass production blade.

Kanenao saku

the habaki might not be true shakudo, but copper with a black patina, i have had this done for one customer as he like the way it looked.

some more books: Four Volumes of Art and the sword http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1 Adding some pix as these books have many Oshigata for you to study.

we should get a fee from Ebay...WTG keep up the good work.

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i got two ebay fraud items shut down today ...this was that Muramasa with the kinpun mei that was a scam a few mo. back...its gone and so is the rip off of showa22's Yasuoki.

once more on ebay...and if you send him 1500 now hell close the auction....this sold awhile back for over 10K...and the beat goes on. http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-ANTIQUE-JAPANE ... dZViewItem