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  1. Hello, has anyone any ideas on age and maker of this sword? It has an Interesting box shaped hamon but it's hard to see as the sword needs a polish. Signature has been read as gimei masamune or masahiro. The habaki seems to have some English engraved into it. Has anyone seen that before? Blade is about 30". Two videos of the blade
  2. Hello Ray, it's good to see a fellow Scot on here. You might have noticed the expert tsuka wrap, Alex's excellent work. (I'm assuming you're the Ray Alex mentions.) I did wonder about the hamon on one side of the blade. I'm very much a novice, but it looks strange to me. Having done 5 minutes research - looking up acid polishing - it does look a bit like that. Are there any other possible explanations?
  3. Hello, I purchased this sword 20 years ago from a knowledgeable friend. He said that he thought it was at least 400 years old (I think because of the style and very rusted tang). I wondered what others thought of it, as I've just had it polished. The hamon is almost a straight line on one side but is large and cloudy on the other. Is this common? Thanks in advance for replies. The blade measures 22 1/2 inches. Another friend suggested it might be a boy's katana.
  4. I'd just like to thank everyone for their contributions. I'll accept it's an oil tempered blade.
  5. I thought that hand forged blades made with foreign steel were also stamped.
  6. Hello, I wondered what people thought of this sword. Is it hand forged? Is there hada? Is the hamon water tempered? I think I see nie, but I'm a novice. Have I got the tang translation correct? Seeing as finding out anything concrete about the swordsmith is difficult, I was curious how people would rate the sword itself. Hard to do using my limited pictures, I know. Tang: Seki ju Mayegawa Kanetsugu saku kore Tang: Seki Arsenal stamp Or Maegawa Kanetsugu? Any ideas what the paint on the tang is? I found this online, but don't have the book to check further: Kanetsugu kan 2726/2727? Kan 2714 seems to be imai kanetsugu, who I assume is a different swordsmith, his signature looks different in Slough p71. imai kanetsugu - Hawley Kan 2714 and Toko Taikan p.95, Slough P.71 I found a source that says there's information on Mayegawa Kanetsugu in "A Guide to Showa Swordsmiths" by Fuller & Gregory - oshigata numbers 35 & 36. Could anyone send me a copy of these pages? I found the following information. Does anyone have these books to check the leads further? (I've ordered Kapp and Yoshihara's). "There are not many KANETSUGU listed in Fuller & Gregory's index though. Mayegawa KANETSUGU is shown working from 1940 through to 1945, so encompassing the period. Other Kanetsugu's listed use a different kanji for "Tsugu", so I discount them. In "Modern Japanese Swords and Swordsmiths, From 1868 to the Present", (2002) Kapp & Yoshihara, p212 & 213, they list 209 smiths working in Seki in 1944. Only two KANETSUGU of which only one has the correct second kanji." "Finally, in "An oshigata book of Modern Japanese Swordsmiths 1868-1945" (2001) John Slough, p71, he shows a star stamped gendaito by Imai KANETSUGU (correct kanji), which got me thinking. It is dated 1944 AND dated January (ichi gatsu) like Maux's sword. Further challenging the dating myth! I am not convinced it's the same smith, but I'll add it to the mix. He was a Rikugun Jumai Tosho, so unlikely to have produced a Showato (non traditional sword). However, the most interesting thing I found as a footnote in Slough's book on the page concerning Imai KANETSUGU was the following snippet, "Some Showa period swords with the mei KANETSUGU were in fact signed by Kiribuchi Kanetomo". Further research needed!"
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