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  1. Manchurian Rinji Seishiki Sword

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    31 minutes ago, Conway S said:

    Greetings, 

     

    I thought I'd post one of my recent acquisitions. Perhaps in the same way colorful snakes scare potential predators away with bright colors, this parachute chord wrap scared potential bidders away. The wood core is original, but the same is gone. I'll hopefully send it off to get rewrapped soon. @Bruce Pennington thanks for referencing the hiragana "I" in your previous post. The mune is stamped  い 八八.The tsuba is stamped 7 80 and the fuchi has a faint 4 on the release button prong. 

     

    Conway

     

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    Congrats, you got it for a good deal.

  6. Arsenal Stamps.

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    On 4/6/2024 at 5:05 AM, John C said:

    @Bruce Pennington

    I hope this is another piece of the puzzle. On page 23 of the stamps doc, you note a "KA" symbol with unknown purpose. I found the same mark on a Japanese Red Cross medal. According to Peterson's Orders and Medals of Japan, he says this was used as a kind of mint mark. Unfortunately, he doesn't say from which facility. But if there were a facility that made both swords and medals........

    John C.

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    It could be 力 (Power) instead of  Katakana カ(Ka), as they used on the good luck flag and Senninbari.

     

     

     

     

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  19. Looking for information

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    13 hours ago, Nicholas said:

    Trystan,

        I have read Ohmura and I am aware of what Mantetsu blades are and how many they made. I admit Mantetsu are not my forte when it comes to collecting and I may be learning as I go about them but we can’t say without speculating how many of these presentation swords were made. There is no reference to another one in any books that I’ve seen or from scouring throughout the internet. In my opinion the mei adds provenance which sets it apart from regular Mantetsu blades and for who it was made for maybe the surrender tag will eventually shed some light.

     

    Regards,

    Nick

    Could you post a photo of the tag?

  20. Looking for information

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    17 hours ago, Nicholas said:

    I actually drove to pick up the sword in person last week. Hard to find any information or references. Do you have any ideas on how to proceed about finding out more information about the sword. Who or what it was made for. Are there any more?

    Maybe you should read this info about Mantestu sword  http://ohmura-study.net/998.html

    In my previous response on the other thread, this sword is a presentation sword given to their employee. Apart from the signature (mei) containing that information, it is a standard-made Mantetsu sword. They made around 35000（maybe a little more) Mantetsu swords during 7 years, we are uncertain about the exact number of these swords that were gifted; I speculate not too many, perhaps a couple hundred or so? However, yours is the only one that has surfaced by far.

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