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As i said it before we need a hall of fame with some of your stories and a picture to remember.

I got the message that Darcy has passed away. And found the thread here. I'm so sad. Darcy was allways helping. A living legend has gone. Ted do you know what was happened?

I found another Koshirae in the net that has also only one mekugi ana. But its only a koshirae with no sword.

Nice one Adam. This is the sword from Brandon? I followed it. Thanks for showing it. This one is a Hizen Kuni Ju Nin Kanemoto Saku And Dated 1944 and was sold from Bonhams.

Sold for 442,13 EUR ~ $496 US Crazy and unbelivable. And the offer says it could be replica.

Thanks a lot Thomas for the explaining. So much details. I checked the mune again and see no other marks. Adam, thank you. I would be pleased if you show me your sword here. I got this picture of the 1965 registration card with the sword.

Thomas the description in the offer is funny. Little damaged and dirty.

From a honorable member of this board i got a late stage akihisa type3 (march 1944) which i searched for a longer time. Thanks for selling it to me. The wooden saya is wrapped with Japanese paper and lacquered with urushi in a leather texture. The tsuka is very light. Over the wood the same is from paper too. Lacquered with urushi black. The ito ist some kind of leather lacquered with red/brown urushi lacquer too. The tsuka has only one mekugi ana. It is fixed with a bamboo peg but i think there was a screw in it because on the other side is a metal sheet with a drilled hole. I have two screw from another type 3 it doesn't fit (to big) The fittings are made from brass with a niage patination. The seppa are metal (no aluminium) with coat of silver. The iron tsuba looks hammered around the nakago ana. The tsuba is patinated black, not painted. The habaki is brass with a wavey texture. The ashu is from blacked patinated iron with a moving ball of iron. The koshirae is very light. Lighter than a standard type 3 The hole for the tassel is not drilled. The blade has some rust spots and signs of threaten to remove them. The status is in wartime polish and it needs a professional polish for further preservation.

Soon Hoo posted on Rays Facebook site an Article of the National Geographic Magazine (March 2022) about a Samurai Festival with portraits. I found they look like really beautifull. I hope you enjoy those pictures like i. found the original article. These samurai devotees bring a cherished culture back to life (nationalgeographic.com)

Those caps on the saya cover are rare. Mostley they have gone. Nice sword. Looks just perfect. Keep an good eye on it.

The pictures you show is a traditional made sword and water hardned.

The condition of these swords is terrible. Many of them have humiditiy storing damage like verdigris and red rust, rotted saya and ito. Maybe they were stored in a tomb?

Interesting sword Stephen.

I think they are all from the same company. The seppa looks all similar and you didn't find that on a origianl sword. WWII Japanese Type 95 NCO Gunto Katana Sword By Tokyo Arsenal Matching Serial # See original listing Condition: Used Ended: Feb 20, 2022 , 2:30AM Winning bid: US $1,025.00 [ 34 bids ] Original type 95 seppa

And another.... But he wrotes - Replica and the price is over 370 EUR now... Katana Schwert Typ 95 NCO „Shin Gunto“ für Unteroffiziere - eGun

The next one... Samurai Schwert - Katana für Unteroffiziere - eGun

GENDAI - TŌ (www-schmucker--info-net.translate.goog) the site is original in german and translated into english with google.

Ah sorry Jean. In my ignorrance and less english i overread it.

On the turtle i think it is damage. Someone tried to remove the habaki from a sword and hammered on it. Its sad. The Turtle and the Horsedragon is the same habaki. The design is on each side. Its the only Horsedragon i ever found. I see this creature not twice. Or is it a Dragon with goat feet? In Bavaria we would say it looks like a "Wolperdinger"

Some of mine out of the box

The bind looks in the same direction for me Jean. Typical chinese style. The seppa is not patinated. The fittings look very cheap. I think its fake.

Erwin your assembling needs just re-work. The small seppa to tsuka side then the boars eye seppa. From swordside the same. The red seppa is allways the first on the tsuba. Nice presentation btw. 👍

Here is a picture where you see it.

Last Stage Type3 Rikugun Jumei Tosho to point that out.

It seems allways a star stamped gendaito in these fittings. Great. Thats a fine sword Eric. Its a true nihonto not massed produced.