Geoffry Persoon

Hello i have post some new pics of the gunto koshirae sir. Best regards

Hi guys you are totally right about the numers of the seppa and tsuba parts. I have also made some pics of the saya. I'll hope you reconize this koshirae maker in your own gunto koshirae. Best regards

Hello guys i will post the pictures one of these days. Thanks everybody

Thank you Juyo. You are the best.

Hello everybody i am Geoffry from Holland. Can anybody help me with the translation of this gunto mei? Thanks to everybody who is helping me out.

Thank you sir. I am happy with this answer sir. It is almost the same blade as the link from ryujinsword back in this topic. Even the rain or small vaines on top of the trees in the hamon are identical sir. It is almost if i am looking to my own sword sir. Thank you Geoffry

Oke sir i am happy with this answer sir. It is almost identical to the sword in the link. Even the little raindrop on top of the mountains in the hamon is visible sir. Geoffry

Thank you sir. I also hope on a genuine gendaito blade. Maybe someone can help me out with this sword. I would like to thank all of you for spending some time on my topic. You are the best guys. Best regards

It is classic ww2. That should be Kanemoto Magoroku 27th generation. Just like the link i received from ryujinswords. But this one is 100% gimei? Because the signature looks the same to me. But i am not a Japanese character professor. So a false ww2 gendaito sword if i am right guys? Can someone confirm this for me please? Geoffry

Much better now i think. Geoffry

Thank you sir i think you are right about ubu-ba. Here is a picture of my blade sir. And the tang was full of thick grease or something. Here is the tang after some sword oil sir.Geoffry

When i bought this sword in shirasaya some years ago there was hardly a hamon visible in this blade. I liked the sword because it is so well balanced when you hold it in your hand. It is very well.made i think and why should a new made gimei sword sell in such a rough condition sir? Because if it is gimei it could only be some years old i think. Geoffry

No it is not shortened sir. And the blade is sharp all the way. There is no section that is not sharp sir. But when i take a good look at the tang i can see the filemarks under the black layer sir. Geoffry

Sorry i do not know what you mean with ubu-ba sir? And what is a gimei sir? Geoffry

Here is a picture of the hanging ball above the hamon. Geoffry

Hello sir, it looks actually very black. Not like a normal tang colour. But i will keep it this way sir. But what i meant was more the shape of the tang is so different from a ww2 sword. Thank you Geoffry

Thank you very much. I think you are right. But the only question that is in my head is the way the tang looks? It doesn't look like a ww2 tang. And even the sword from the link has another tang. So are there here any Kanemoto Magoroku specialists on this forum? Maybe this is the work of another generation. The hamon looks like the sword from your link. Only on my blade there is a hanging ball in the hamon?? Thanks a lot Geoffry

Hello sir this is all there is on the tang. Only these two characters.

I still cannot find this signature sir in Slough's book of oshigata. Geoffry

Thank you sir. I will check John Slough's book for this smith. Perfect

Some extra pictures. Thank you

Some extra information. The blade is 35,4 inches long.

Hello everybody i was wondering if someone could help me with the translation of a gendaito sword? I had bought this katana in a very bad condition some years ago. My friend is doing some sword polishing so i gave him this sword because there was almost nothing to see in this blade. And here it is. For me it is perfect now. The seller told me that this was a showa swordsmith who signed his signature later in the ww2 on a different way. That is the only thing i know. So please help me out guys. Thanks from Geoffry from Holland

Thank you very much. You are the best!