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  1. Bruce Pennington
    But the look was designed to be seen with scary looking battle armor.
  2. Bruce Pennington
    As one that studies the Mantetsu blade, it is rewarding, in a way, to see one that was in battle. SMR was making 5-6,000 per year, so intellectually, we know they were in the field. But this is a living proof of a Mantetsu in action. Christopher, you can read all about the Mantetsu on this NMB download: Mantetsu - The South Manchurian Railway
  3. Bruce Pennington
    WELL! I'll never be able to look at a formal tachi the same again! That was also interesting to see the paintings showing the saya dressed up like fuzzy tails. Thanks for the video, HB.
  4. Bruce Pennington
    Thanks Steven! I see we have that one in the charts - Aug '43. Trystan brought it to our attention a while back.
  5. Bruce Pennington
    I'm often wrong on the smiths, but it looks like 兼元 Kanemoto to me. There were 3 in Sesko's list using this kanji, and 3 in the RJT list. No date on the other side?
  6. Bruce Pennington
    Steven, Is your star-stamped sword in my files already? If not, can you post photos, please!? Also, out of the 236 star-stamped blades on file, 98 of them were made in 1944 and 1945. So, there were plenty of star stamped blades made after 1943.
  7. Bruce Pennington
    Only thing that would have made it better, is if it had a Mantetsu blade in it!
  8. Bruce Pennington
    @Kiipu found this butterfly mon on a kaigunto HERE
  9. Bruce Pennington
    Here's a butterfly mon on a kaigunto, thanks @Kiipu, posted HERE.
  10. Bruce Pennington
    @Kiipu brought this to our attention, posted by @samurai1 HERE. What would you call this pattern?
  11. Bruce Pennington
    Thanks John! I log them anyway. It could be true for any number of them, or they could all be original.
  12. Bruce Pennington
    "JUN" ? or "Wilson" shop logo?
  13. Bruce Pennington
    Here's a Mantetsu, Ra 858, 1942 Koa Isshin. Thanks @BANGBANGSAN! On this eBay sale:
  14. Bruce Pennington
    Well that throws it all in a tailspin. I only have 1 Kunyoshi on file and he didn't use that "yoshi": The JSI list has 2 Kuniyoshi on file, and I don't see either in Sesko's list: Ono Kuniyoshi Haga Kuniyoshi
  15. Bruce Pennington
    Date side:
  16. Bruce Pennington
    Thanks for the update, Brian. Great to hear you are making progress on healing. As to our behavior - You've trained us well!!! You get all the credit.
  17. Bruce Pennington
    Thanks John! Wow, that Russian site has quite a collection! Here's another kaigunto with mon on THIS PAGE.
  18. Bruce Pennington
    Adding photo and @Nobody's translation "The red kanji on the tsuka are 海軍省 (Kaigun-sho - the Naval Department)."
  19. Bruce Pennington
    Rats. Thanks for checking!
  20. Bruce Pennington
    Yes, the Japanese only offset the machi in Type 95 NCO blades. Offset machi in officer blades is seen only in Chinese blades. Sure would still like to see close-ups of the fittings.
  21. Bruce Pennington
    The backstrap is of a police superintendant. I don't see the pattern sword you have in the reference books, though. Dawson said there was a tremendous amount of variation in swords of that early era, so yours doesn't surprise me. Looks custom. From Dawson:
  22. Bruce Pennington
    Dawson (working from memory) mentioned that there was another one of these out there. I've found it on this Russian Origami-token.ru site. Same anchor on the backstrap, no leather cover, and no anchor on the drag. Blade is slightly different, in the shape of the nakago jiri, and the start point of the bohi. Oh, and the rayskin is black on this one vs the white on the one I have. Mine:
  23. Bruce Pennington
    Here's another, Neil, and it comes with the Iiada latch, too. Found on this Russian Origami-token.ru site.
  24. Bruce Pennington
    Here's a nice one on this Origami-token.ru site (russian)
  25. Bruce Pennington
    John, what shop? How do you identify it? I don't see any logo.
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