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  1. Bruce Pennington
    Thanks for the video, Dee! They had me at "Samurai Swords" - looking at 13 gunto. Only 2 waki were likely old blades. In spite of the inaccuracies, I couldn't stop watching. Heck, there were 15 swords to drool over for 18 minutes! What's not to like!
  2. Bruce Pennington
    Thanks Mal! The reason I pinged you on it, if you are tracking them anymore, is it is the earliest "NA" stamp I have now on file, and the second earliest double inspector-on-mune (earliest being a 1935 KO HO on mune).
  3. Bruce Pennington
    I understand the "2600" year, but the last 2 kanji mean something, right? On a Kanenobu blade with "NA HO" on the mune @mecox
  4. Bruce Pennington
    Thanks Alex, good video! He cracks me up how he makes of point of pouring the whiskey every video!
  5. Bruce Pennington
    I know I've seen one of these lately but cannot find the discussion. Here is an old blade in WWII fittings. Mumei, but with the Tokugawa mark. Found at this Collectors Armory California sale site. Odd that it's mumei and odd placement on nakago
  6. Bruce Pennington
    Bingo! Thanks guys! Here's one from Japaneseswordindex.com:
  7. Bruce Pennington
    A 1941, large Seki stamped blade
  8. Bruce Pennington
    A mumei duplicate #36 on this http://Collectors Armory California site:
  9. Bruce Pennington
    Excellent! Thanks Ray! I at first looked for "Kane", but couldn't find one in the JSI list. I should have checked Sesko's: "KANESHIGE (金繁), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Kaneshige” (金繁), real name Takasaki Saburō (高崎三郎), born June 9th 1917, student of Kojima Kanemichi (小島兼道), he worked as guntō smith and died July 10th 1963, posthumous Buddhist name Shaku Kyōshin (釈教真), ryōkō no retsu (Akihide)"
  10. Bruce Pennington
    Little help, please? "Kin" is the only kanji I can recognize. It's on a large Seki-stamped Type 98. Not dated.
  11. Bruce Pennington
    @Seriouss14 Ravi, Steve has a nice Navy Takayama sword for sale:
  12. Bruce Pennington
    Here's a unique one posted by rfleming32 on this Wehrmacht-awards Thread.
  13. Bruce Pennington
    Here's a good link for caring for your blade: Sword Care - Japaneseswordindex.com
  14. Bruce Pennington
    It is definitely a WWII blade. The large Seki stamp was only used between 1940 and 1944. Most blades with date, bearing the stamp were made in 1942. Posting a couple of photos for posterity.
  15. Bruce Pennington
    That's cool, Sam! Did you get a reading on that mon?
  16. Bruce Pennington
    Did some digging in Sesko's list. He doesn't have any Kanesada using 兼㝎, not that this by itself is conclusive, but he actually has one using the exact same full mei as the one in your link: "KANESADA (兼定), Kanbun (寛文, 1661-1673), Musashi – “Bushū-jū Izumi no Kami Kanesada” (武州住和泉守兼定), “Kanesada” (兼定), “Izumi no Kami Minamoto Kanesada” (和泉守源兼定)"
  17. Bruce Pennington
    Got it, Mal, thanks! I'm still only half-way through Part 1! I like your writing, and your research is incredible. Much appreciated!
  18. Bruce Pennington
    Mon on a kaigunto owned by @mdiddy posted HERE.
  19. Bruce Pennington
    Here's one on a Tenshozan Forge kaigunto, owned by @mdiddy Matt, source - @mecox Mal's Japanese Naval Swords, Part 1
  20. Bruce Pennington
    Thanks Brian! I obviously failed to read the Operating Instruction booklet!
  21. Bruce Pennington
    Excellent, thanks! BTW, I use the term in the most academic sense - that I am totally uneducated about so-and-so - ignorant of needed knowledge.
  22. Bruce Pennington
    I keep seeing that someone here or there has changed the Thread title, but I cannot see how that is done, or what to click on to change a title.
  23. Bruce Pennington
    Forgive my ignorance, but all I know about "Kyu" is it means "old" as in Kyu-gunto vs Shin (new)-gunto. Does this mean something else?
  24. Bruce Pennington
    A clarification by @uwe : "Not Kiku, Bruce, but “Kyū-Mon” (or hoshi ). Can’t tell if Hosokawa-kyū, Kokumochi-kyū or Maru ni kyū, though…"
  25. Bruce Pennington
    That's quite a sword, you have there Sam! We could use a clear photo showing the blade, but from what I can make out, it does resemble this Murata-to on this Ohmura Page
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