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Thanks Dave That is the closest yet and I think I can see the buckle flap Just need one with a view of the swivel and we have nailed it

I wonder if it possible to put this to bed? Synopsis of the post This this style was used by officers in both IJA and IJN (land garrison troops). A few pics of the one i have. It has two buckle prongs- not three, or the middle stud. It came with a sword captured in New Guinea. It looks like a British style Sam Browne belt The clasps look inexpensive. In addition, the edges of the leather are not finished, which generally means made somewhere other than Japan. Yes, it looks pretty new. What the original seller probably meant is that it is a modern reproduction belt that can be used to hang a traditional Nihonto. In this case, it looks like it can be used to hang a Tachi. The Japanese usually used different belts to hang gunto, and this doesn't look like it would be very effective for hanging any kind of a Katana or Wakizashi. Should work on a Tachi, though this is hardly a traditional belt. Maybe was made in Japan post war to wear a Tachi ceremonially, say at a shinto temple. Reminds me of a police duty belt; especially the 3 hole design The Sam Brown belts are regulation as per the naval landing force uniform regulations set forth in 1933. They are supposed to be worn by all NLF officers, even when the sword is not in use. They had already become a defacto standard by at least 1927, as almost every NLF officer in Shanghai had one. 1) Standard European Sam brown belt 2 )Late Japanese belt 3) Made in China as a repro 4) Made in Asia 5) Japanese WWII sword belt Please vote for your choice

Maybe not the best polisher but a headline that grabs your attention. I enjoyed watching it and wondered who the reporter is Evidently a German living in Japan

Hi Chris Nice job I look forward to seeing the results using two bulbs

Just for fun

I knew about Chokara as it is a common theme and this was reminiscent of this theme

There will certainly a story there and I'd like to know the theme

That's the closest match so far

I will restate it came from a collector who knew his stuff, for example he did have a couple of complete uniforms It does seem Europeanish All the hangers have a slit on one side so they could be removed. The swivel clasp looks very European What I can't fathom out is the unusual tong under the buckle

Conway I do a search on San Brown belts and see if can find a match

Hi Please help with the translation of this mei on a WWII arsenal blade

Thanks for the honest feed back I am disappointed as I bought it on trust but sometimes you pay to learn especially if it something out of ones expertise

That's good news - thanks

I took ages to sort out as I think I sorted my spreadsheet my a single column rather than the whole spreadsheet so nothing matched up correctly My Dropbox is full so I'm using MS One-Drive If someone can try the link to see if it works OK Anyone with the previous sale PDF should delete and replace it with this one Please state the 'T' number if you have an interest in any of my tsuba https://1drv.ms/b/s!...3V5-5vm8ce8?e=m87YEl Grev

Hi I wonder if anyone can help with this sword belt? It was purchased from a well known dealer in all nihonto but passed away quite some time ago The label states: WW2 Japanese officers leather belt with sword hangers The only book I have with sword belts is Military Swords of Japan 1868 - 1945 by Fuller and Gregory This belt is not shown in this book

Any idea why the habaki was moved foreword? Looks like it was moved a similar distance as the distance between the securing pins At least it wasn't shortened

It has been oiled

I think there is a barrier between the castle walls and a moat/river

It maybe because of the cross over of styles with these later tsuba that it makes it difficult to attribute a school. A bit like later Japanese swords which originally followed the six tradition styles. Looks very grainy but that may be just the image

Is this a castle wall and river?

Nice

Money no object then there is also Ford Hallam

I just checked my records and I bought just over 30 tsuba from Peter These are a small selection from Peter. The first one papered to ko Umetada which is a rare attribution from a normally non-committal panel

I'd be surprised if anyone posted on his behalf. He didn't like anyone to have images of his items prior to a sale

I'll try the uchiko