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1,5,6,10,11 had mei. The list had total 26 name ,13 officers and 13 NCOs.I ONLY post all NCO 's.No photo of the swords.

Here is 昭和21年3月第110師団步兵第163联队残留隊私物軍刀移譲者名簿 1946 March 110 Division 163 regiment remaining troops surrender privately owned Gunto owners name book.110 division was surrendered to KMT army in 河南省洛陽地區 He Nan province Luo Yang area. Ouf of all 26 names ,13 of them are NCO(軍曹 曹長 伍長）.I think the new Mu mei blade could be Arsenal Blade(造兵刀）.Two of Gunto ordered from 偕行社. Kaikosha (偕行社, Kaikōsha) is a Japanese organization of retired military servicemen whose membership is open to former commissioned officers of the JASDF and JGSDF as well as commissioned officers, warrant officers, officer cadets, and high-ranking civil servants who served in the Imperial Japanese Army. Since 1 February 2011 Kaikosha has been a non-profit organization described under Japanese law as a public interest foundation (公益財団法人). The original Kaikosha was founded before World War II as an organization exclusively of active-duty commissioned officers and warrant officers in the Imperial Japanese Army for mutual aid, friendship, and academic research, but was re-founded after the war to represent formerly high-ranking army officials. The organization's name means “let’s go together” or “we shall fight this war side by side,” and derives from a line in an old Chinese poem recorded in the Book of Odes. I'm posting one of my 陸軍偕行社 ordered Gunto made by 兼道 for reference. New/Old Mei Rank Owner 1.新 三品義明 曹長 船越利明 2.古 無銘 軍曹 組藤圭次 3.新 無銘 軍曹 梶山友一 4.新 無銘 軍曹 井上馨 5.新 偕行社 軍曹 渡邊信也 6.古 大和守安定 伍長 田中晃 7.新 無銘 軍曹 水谷石男 8.新 無銘 軍曹 稻田重夫 9.新 無銘 軍曹 旭政一 10.新 偕行社 軍曹 工藤虎士 11.新 藤原助定 曹長 吉川繁春 12.新 無銘 曹長 河田謹一郎 13.新 無銘 伍長 青木友明 #6 田中晃 Tanaka Akira had a Koto,maybe from his family.Tanaka is a popular family name in Japan and usually a wealthy family.

I want to buy one of this book

John Maybe that's not wear but mod?

Yes ,all brown is for 军属Gunzoku. As confirmed in this thread https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/Japanese-militaria/what-were-regulations-army-civilian-employees-carry-swords-701783/

Bruce The tassel looks like it's for 军属刀。

昭秀 starts as an assistant of 笠間繁繼 in his teenage year, makes this long sword need be very skillful, it seems hard to believe it's the very first sword he made.Just my 2 cents.

That one with Bohi looks like Zuohei-to.

家兄定吉君征清役凱旋紀念 Commemorate to my brother Sadakichi's triumphant return from the Sino-Japanese War(campaign of Qing Dynasty). Akihide was born in 1879, the Sino-Japanese War is from 1894-1895, he should be 16 years old when the war over，maybe this sword took him one year to finish?

Has anyone noticed early Mantetsu's Pierced Tsuba is thicker than regular Tsuba? What's the difference between early official Mantetsu fitting and later 98 fitting used on Mantetsu?

Bruce Do you have this one?昭和庚辰春 1940 Spring,と 四一。

Or the one with Wavy hamon😃

I think most of 武久 are the #4 Han-tanren to。

Takehisa +1

You know I will post all photos if I have it😃

Bruce Do you have ヨ 一一？

Bruce Here is 7 more for you. 4 昭和辛巳春 1941 Spring,2 昭和癸未春 1943 Spring,1 昭和甲申春 1944 Spring.These photos are all I have. 1.ネ 三四七 1941 2.ヨ 二三四(Only has one photo) 1941 3.タ 三0五 1941 4.ツ 一九八 1941 5.ユ 一一五 1943 6.ヱ 六五 1943 7.(イ)五二六 1944

Thomas My friend（772） and mine（663） NCR sword both has numbered habaki. There is another NCR sword I saw with no Ser# on habaki, and a bare blade without fitting has # on habaki, owner said it's an NCR sword... That makes 3 out of 4 has Ser# on the habaki

Yes，the Polish version is also good.

I Heard this version is from India, a lot better than this Chinese one.

Please study this link http://ohmura-study.net/790.html It's very useful

Unfortunately, this is not original Type 95 NCO sword, it's a copy.

Thomas Do you have photo for them?I knew a guy had NCR sword also,I will ask hime and see if his habaki numbered.

Bruce Thomas already post the link ワ 六 = WA 6　No pictures. http://ohmura-study.net/222.html ワ 一三四 = WA 134. https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/28631-railway-swords-stamps/?do=findComment&comment=290148 ワ 一五八 = WA 158. https://yakiba.com/Kat_Mantetsu4.htm https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/26165-attention-mantetsu-owners-a-survey/?do=findComment&comment=265512