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John C, excellent suggestion! I measured them and the tsuka is about 1.5mm larger; thats probably within tolerances/accuracy that was customary (?) I took off all of the fittings; the screw hole lined up well but the mekugi hole on the blade (rear) was off center to the upper left. It may be possible to insert the peg at an angle to compensate... Bottom line, if I decided to make modifications to improve the fit - the habaki would have to have about 1mm-2mm removed. I am hesitant to do this.... I am thinking that there may be something internal to the tsuka that may be interfering....hmmmmm
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Tensho, I looked at the alignment of the holes and while the screw hole can be aligned, the mekugi hole seems to be off by 1/4" or so It is somewhat difficult to get an accurate picture of the situation, see pic. I would swear on a stack of bibles that this tsuka is original to the sword, so it stands to reason that the habaki may be the culprit. I will have to go through some more examples of late war swords to see if most, if not all, had habakis that matched the shinogi geometry....
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Acquired this sword recently at the SOS show....the tang inscriptions are discussed here https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/48028-late-war-1944-pattern-officers-sword-rinji-seishiki-1940-date-inscription/ Blade measures 27" from tsuba to tip.. This variety has a screw and a peg...and from what I can see - it will be very difficult to get the screw to line up with the embedded nut and the holes...
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I recently purchased a this sword - mei on both sides - however, what I think is a date inscription is very very lightly struck and hard to discern. The maker, on the other hand, is much easier; Kaneyoshi I believe. I can discern 6 mei. to be continued with more pics.... I will post details of the sword in the Military section later....
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ChrisW, I very much suspected this to be a put-together example as it didnt conform to any of the known variations - at least in my 2 references (F&G, Dawson). Thank you.
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This is a bit of an odd bird - although there apparently were many variations of the Kyu gunto. The fittings look somewhat plain - the pattern on the hilt is like police; however there are military 10 petal blossoms. And its shortish - 20" long. Reminds of a police saber lengthwise - 20". thanks in advance.
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First, disclosure - this is the Poulin sword It is definitely welded then filed; was this part of their recycling of otherwise defective swords? Or was it because they had a matching tsuka for the tang and they recycled that??? Pic of tsuka mouth wooden side...number 99 on left; is that a 7 on the right?
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Found another post-war PX/souvenir sword. Typical characteristics; no signature; serial number 99. Two mekugi ana. Naval stamped. Notice the roman numerals on the habaki representing 99 - XIIII XIIII,
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Here is my translation of mei found on a recently purchased kai gunto. Please confirm/correct as needed. This is the first WWII gunto that had the date written in year of imperial rule format - I learned this while using Slough as a guide and old posts on this site. Of the dozens of swords that I have owned, this is the first that had such a date format! (pics taken in different lighting - hence the variance) Thank you in advance.
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Translation assistance for mei - Postwar PX sword
grapppa replied to grapppa's topic in Translation Assistance
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Translation assistance for mei - Postwar PX sword
grapppa replied to grapppa's topic in Translation Assistance
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Translation assistance for mei - Postwar PX sword
grapppa replied to grapppa's topic in Translation Assistance
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Translation assistance for mei - Postwar PX sword
grapppa replied to grapppa's topic in Translation Assistance
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Translation assistance for mei - Postwar PX sword
grapppa replied to grapppa's topic in Translation Assistance