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  1. Bruce Pennington
    I have a large number of Kanemune on file. He must have been a prolific smith! 44 of them. Quite a number of the blades are in civil fittings, too. He must have had a sword shop or 2 buying his blades.
  2. Bruce Pennington
    Always a good thing, and expands your understanding of our hobby!
  3. Bruce Pennington
    A good discussion of a variation, possibly early version, of the patented drag posted by @RobCarter3 here:
  4. Bruce Pennington
    Thanks guys! Any idea why that first kanji is different than the one on JSI? I can't copy & paste as the whole page is a photo. JSI - Nengo Page
  5. Bruce Pennington
    John, @PNSSHOGUN, will enlighten us!
  6. Bruce Pennington
    I don't see this date kanji on the JSI page. Help, please?
  7. Bruce Pennington
    Ok, thanks guys! Not something I normally pay attention to.
  8. Bruce Pennington
    Thanks guys!
  9. Bruce Pennington
    Also, a late-war 95, with cloth-wrapped tsuka. No photo of stamp, but descriptions says Jinsen: At this AUCTION.
  10. Bruce Pennington
    Bubba at work: Found at this AUCTION.
  11. Bruce Pennington
    Why would a blade have two names on opposite sides?
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  13. Bruce Pennington
    Comes with the patented drag, not common on kaigunto, as well!
  14. Bruce Pennington
    Wow, 15,000 swords.....
  15. Bruce Pennington
    That makes more sense, thank you!
  16. Bruce Pennington
    Ha! No it's at auction, and needs rescuing!
  17. Bruce Pennington
    Is this Kanenori?
  18. Bruce Pennington
    Better be ready, Marvel Movies are going to be knocking at your door Super Translator Man! Thank you my friend.
  19. Bruce Pennington
    Thanks!
  20. Bruce Pennington
    Found him! "TOSHIMASA (敏正), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Toshimasa” (敏正), real name Asai Eikurō (浅井栄九郎), born January 15th 1886, student of Watanabe Kanenaga (渡辺兼永), he worked as guntō smith and died October 25th 1958, ryōkō no retsu (Akihide)"
  21. Bruce Pennington
    TOSHIMASA (俊正), dated 1942 Large Seki stamp of the Seki Cutlery Manufacturers Association. They were inspecting blades in the Seki area for quality. Should be a nice looking showato (non-traditionally made blade).
  22. Bruce Pennington
    Anyone make out that date? Closest I can see is ' Tem-mei (1781) 68 But that doesn't make any sense.
  23. Bruce Pennington
    We have seen a few variations of this design, however, this one’s really, really nice!
  24. Bruce Pennington
    I've never heard them called anything else.
  25. Bruce Pennington
    Interesting. It's mismatched in number as well as arsenal. That's a Tokyo 1st saya.
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