drb 1643
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Hi All, I’m hoping for some guidance and information about this sword. I believe it’s a showato oil quenched but would love to know the smith and an approximate value. There is some damage to the tsuka wrapping but overall it’s in very nice condition and all the seppa numbers match.
Any input and opinions are very much appreciated.
Thank you very much,
Tom
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Thanks David, great idea!
Tom
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Hi All, as the title says I’m looking for a brown cloth sarute. Preferably a used one with some age to it. Please let me know if there’s anything available.
Thanks very much,
Tom
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You can see in the picture I posted of the inspection stamps on the mune how nicely the sword fits into the saya without a habaki. It’s a very nice fit without any wiggle. When the tsuka is assembled the whole unit locks up perfectly with the saya again without any play. Bruce, as far as the paint goes, it does look period when you inspect it in hand. IMHO I believe this sword was never issued this late in the war and was taken care of post war.
Thanks everyone for a great discussion on these hybrid 95’s.
Tom
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This is the only one I have Trystan. The other one I posted a few years back is no longer available, but yes it also had no habaki and the extra hole. That one was also mumei with no date or other stamps.
Sorry,
Tom
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12 hours ago, Dave R said:
Personal opinion, I think the date of the blade is a clue here. The bombing campaign had obliterated most of the factories in Japan by this time with the result that production was dispersed to the extreme, and handwork was replacing machine production.
Someone got a very nice (replacement) blade almost by accident, because that was all that was available.
Regarding the polish, another signed and dated gendai field pickup from the Pacific campaign was found to have been finished on a buffer during production in Japan. Desperate times, desperate measures.
I’m wondering Dave if these mounts were all that were available for this smith at this time?
Tom
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Hi All, the reason I started this thread was because I have a very similar sword by the same smith in duplicate mounts. I just wanted to find out more information about it. To have two swords fabricated by the same smith during the same time frame in duplicate mounts I think is more than a coincidence. I’ll have to attach pictures in separate posts.
Thanks
Tom
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8 hours ago, Kiipu said:
Are you referring to this sword or to some other? The blade was made by 紀政次 in April 1945.
*MINTY AND RARE* WWII Japanese Samurai Sword SHIN GUNTO WW2 KATANA GENDAITO NCO
Yes, that’s exactly the sword I am referring to.
Thank you all very much for your help.
Tom
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Since the auction has ended I wanted to post the eBay number 374139642890, and hear what the members think about this item.
Thank you all for any information,
Tom
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It also looks like the scabbard May have be renumbered to match.
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Run Forest run!
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Does the mei look funny to anyone or is it just me?
Tom
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/234534657756?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=1cqLZpPhR4y&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=EMAIL
Since this auction is over I’m posting the link. I’m wondering what the consensus is, original Minatogawa?Thank you for any information.
Tom
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Can't wait to see them Mike!
Tom
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Yes Tbone it turns out this same dirk was already posted. See the thread above posted by Manuel. What goes around comes around!
Tom
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Thank you all very much, great information! It's very interesting how some smiths had aliases. As far as the date goes I thought those two little ticks were part of the next kanji. Thanks again for everyone's help.
Tom
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Thank you very much Manuel. I really appreciate your help and the extra information.
Tom
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Help please with Kai gunto
in Military Swords of Japan
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Thank you very much Trystan. That was fast!