Gilles
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Unfortunately, it is gimei for me. Please have a look at the shinshinto meikan by Markus Sesko. The kanjis are not uniform and the person who carved the mei did not mastered its tool, some kanjis are deep and other are shallow... It is of course my personnal opinion
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Dear Piers, There is no sign of use of seppa. The inner edges of the Hitsu-ana were filed may be to mount it on a sword.... Dear George, I will try to make pictures of the inside edges of the ana. I agree, the tagane marks seem to have a decorative purpose. the tsuba was rusty and I used a deer antler to get rid of it. Thank you for your opinion.
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Any suggestions gentlemen ? The surface seems to be hammered, am I right ????
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Thank you Rich, Could be FUDOMYOO with a little imagination...
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Dear all, I bought this tsuba a while ago. It has a nice bonji carved on it and I like it. It was dated by the seller as end of Edo but I rather think that it is a modern one. I am not a tsuba guy, I really don't know what to think about it and I need your help on this one.
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Some more gentlemen,
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The tsuba is referenced in the excellent book of Richard FULLER, "Japanese military and civil swords & dirks", page 61, plate 77. The tensho script stamps (seal form) read vertically from right to left, TO KYO / WAKA RAI. Richard Fuller stated that it could be a nationalistic phrase, WAKA RAI meaning "young torrent"......
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Dear Brian, I used to have a sword like that with a similar hamon in a shin-gunto koshirae (leather covered saya). The blade was also mumei with a very similar nakago and reputed to be shin-shinto. This one seems to be shin-shinto too. Just my two cents......
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Dear Bruce, I didn't have the chance to see the documentary and the link on youtube does not seems to work anymore, at least for me. I think the the gendaito collectors could be interested in such a book. -
Gentlemen, Reading a book about the Japanese swordsmith Kunihira Kawachi (tittled in french : Le sabre japonais signe du divin), he said that he decided to become a swordsmith after reading a book written by the late Akihira Miyairi tittled "Life of a master swordsmith". Kawachi was so fascinated and moved by this book that he decided to become an apprentice of Miyari and was accepted as such.... I was wondering if this book written in Japanese has already been translated in english ? If not, it could give us, Japanese sword collectors a good insight of the life of a contemporary Japanese swordsmith which by extension can be transposed in the olden days..... What do you guys think about that ? PS : sorry for my english. I hope that you are understanding what I am trying to convey.
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Grey is a great person who sale quality items. I bought several books and tsuba over the years and I was never disappointed.
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I had one like the one at the top in my former collection of Japanese military swords. What you have here, according to me is a very early type of a military kyu-gunto from Meiji era. It is a rather scarce sword and not easy to find in complete condition (leather of the scabbard is rather fragile). I surmise that it was an official type and not a version made by a Han. I did not find any links with the navy and I am more inclined to think that it is an army type. I also think that It's duration as an army model was very short and that it was very rapidly replaced with the army and navy kyu-gunto that we know. Richard Fuller, in one of its books, described that this type of unindentified swords was made for civilian officials which can also be the case.
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Dear all, I love to collect mekugi nuki. Here is my little collection I try to get one of each type. You will see here some common ones, some handmade and a few old ones. Please don't hesitate to sell me some if you don't find them here 😀. PS : sorry for the poor quality of the pictures
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Dear John, You are right, over the years or decades I've handled quite a few guntos but I never saw a sho stamp alone. At least, the swordsmith name is present.
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According to me you have three guys who "worked" on that blade. First the swordsmith. Second a non Japanese wise ass put a sloppy showa, then a third rocket scientist who was non Japanese also and obviously not far from the second ladd added the figure one and three and stopped short not convinced himself of his dexterity. I will add that even the swordsmith kanjis are somewhat suspicious because they are carved quite deep which is not common. You will have to compare with other swords made by the same smith.
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It's shin-shinto to me.
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same for me : fake !!!!
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Indeed, Patrick found an affordable sword.
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Dear Peter, Nice sword indeed. Can you show us the koshirae ?
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Dear Ray, Thank you for the links. Those two swords are nice but over my budget. I may have spotted a couple of such swords more in line to what I am looking for. But I have to wait the end of the confinment to see them in hand..... Dear Alexsandr, That would be a good topic. Give me some time in order to gather more info.
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Thank you Ray, this is quite a good example. Dear Peter, I strive to know more about those swords which were made not a so long time ago. Information are scant......
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Thank you very much John, but they are way too expensive for me.
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Thank you Patrick,
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Dear John, Way too short but in the right time frame (and already sold). Dear Alexsandr, Very close to what I am looking for, I keep that one on line. Thank you very much gentlemen, I resume my search.....
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Dear Greg, I will, if I find this gem.......
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