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- Birthday 05/26/1974
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Gendaito, shinsakuto & tsuba
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Francois R.
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Is it possible to see the opposite side of the tsuba ?
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Good news about EMS
francois2605 replied to Ken-Hawaii's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
My understanding is that the shipping to Europe stopped because of the situation in Ukraine so it normally shouldn't resume before the war ends -
Inner notes inside a kiribako tsuba box
francois2605 replied to francois2605's topic in Translation Assistance
Excellent, thank you so much for this information, Piers. I would have never guessed ! -
Hello gentlemen, Several months ago, I bought a tsuba on Buyee and the box's lid contains long handwritten notes. I was wondering if someone could translate them. Thank you very much for your help For those interested, this is the corresponding tsuba.
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Another Type 3 gunto by RJT smith Zuiho
francois2605 replied to zuiho's topic in Military Swords of Japan
Hello William, that's a nice Type 3 you have here. Some minor remarks regarding your description: Shin-gunto refers to a type 94/98 koshirae, yours is a type 3. The sugata is shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune only describes the geometry of the sword's back. The nagasa is too long and cannot be correct, gunto normally have a length between 60 and 65 cm. You probably measured the total sword length which isn't the nagasa. -
Your sword is gorgeous, it looks very powerful with its long kissaki. Are you alluding to a kinnoto in your description ? I remembered (from Aoi Arts pictures) that kinnoto had an extra long nakago (among other things) that I can't see on your sword so I checked Markus' encyclopedia of Japanese swords and I don't think your sword qualifies as one: the nagasa should be at least 80 cms and the nakago is too short (once you've seen a kinnoto nakago, you just can't forget it).
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My Japanese Sword and it's a Gunto
francois2605 replied to Erick_151's topic in Military Swords of Japan
Hello Erick and welcome to the board and this hobby Have you already removed the tsuka (handle) ? It would be helpful to see pictures of the nakago (tang) and if there is a mei (signature). At first glance, the hamon looks very nice. I also like the habaki with the 2 different metals (that's a good sign IMO). The tsuba is unusual for a shin-gunto, maybe that is a civil variant ? Others will be able to tell. If you remove the tsuka, you may find matching numbers on the tsuba, seppa (washers) and tang. The color of the sarute tells me it's not original to the koshirae. Edit: Bruce Pennington maintains a very useful reference document Stamps of the Japanese Sword listing the different types of stamps one can find on military swords. -
Could this be a typo ? Hard to believe the book sold for that much
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Thanks for sharing, this sword is absolutely stunning
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newly Ichi Ryushi in Typ 3 Gunto Koshirae
francois2605 replied to Volker62's topic in Military Swords of Japan
Very nice sword, Volker It ticks a lot of my boxes: nice hada, gunto 3 koshirae and Nagamitsu sword. -
newly Ichi Ryushi in Typ 3 Gunto Koshirae
francois2605 replied to Volker62's topic in Military Swords of Japan
Bruce, Nagamitsu = "Ichihara Ichiryushi Nagamitsu" as per http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/naga.htm