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Lovely, can we see photos of the blade ?

Thanks for ruining the thread

you really need to stop confusing the two lol

This is Kajiyama Yasunori (Yasutoku) not Kotani Yasunori

Thank you very much The one from aoi is mine and I noticed that the mei was thicker than other of his mei and very unusual so I was surprised. The one is very similar. Here's a comparison from left to right : Mine dated October 1936 - The one from Twitter dated February 1937 - Usual mei (thinner) dated July 1936 (sanmei)

This is Kajiyama Yasunori (Yasutoku) not Kotani Yasunori

So... Anyone has early dated Yasunori signed blades ? not takenori please. Looking to study Found only 2 dated 1936 one is mine and other is from Sanmei https://www.sanmei.c...92337_S8875_PUP.html

I think title is : 新型軍刀制定の栞 but I can't find author nor date

Expensive yes, but I think mantetsuto with the Manchuria Railroad company stamp are quite rare, aren't they ? maybe wrong

Ikeda Yasumitsu dated Showa 12 (1937) for sale here : https://www.jauce.com/auction/m1108303859

Yasuhiro kinsaku for those interested here : https://www.jauce.com/auction/n1119395672 (very expensive tho)

Hello, Signed "Noshu Seki ju Kojima Katsumasa saku" Mass produced gunto blade, non traditional forged blade

Thank you very much, Here you go + here : https://imgur.com/a/qFmrOSC

Received this beauty from aoiart yesterday, had to share. Photos here : https://imgur.com/a/7Cuq5YM Kotani Yasunori 靖憲 Showa 11 Nen 10 Gatsu Kichijitsu 昭和十一年十月吉日 (October 1936) Desc from aoiart : Blade length: 69.2cm (27.2in) Sori:1.8 cm or 0.7in 780g Shape: This work is longer than normal Yasukuni sword and looks very powerful. Jigane: Koitamehada is grained well. Hamon: Niedeki Gunome midare with Choji, you can see Sunagashi and Kinsuji in the blade. With gunto koshirae

You can uploads images on https://imgur.com/upload

Yes that one is a chinese repro, pretty obvious, I hope nobody will fall in

Hello, Please look at your PMs. thank you

Hi, Yes it's a real type 95 NCO machine made shin-gunto. If you want do educate yourself take a look at here : http://ohmura-study.net/957.html#6http://ohmura-study.net/957.html#6

Nice story and a gunto in awesome condition

Hello, You must have seen this beautiful muramasa tanto for sale : https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/t794351476 just sold for 300 000 yens I got few questions, knowing the tanto is not NBTHK certified, what shows that it is 2nd Gen Muramasa if it is ? Gunome midare perfectly executed ? What prove the authenticity of his history ? Seller says it was handed down as a relic of the famous general, Yukimura Sanada. Rokumonsen ? Or is it gimei ? I assume that could be a museum piece, what would be the real value of this ? Thank you

Thank you very much for taking the time to help me Pietro, will get this one for sure.

Oh ok I see thank you for your comments. I will have to get more experience.

Thank you Brian, the seller wants 290$ for them so I think it is a good deal. I know they are not fantastic but they look to be good exemples of intersting kozukas. Is it difficult to date them ? I would be glad to educate myself. Thank you for your comment Pietro.

Hello, I would like to educate myself about kozuka, do you guys have good articles to read please ? Because watching masterpieces sublime work from yuhindo without knowledge is a bit useless. Also I'd like to buy these but I don't know what is the real value. Thank you

Hello Rodriguez, You should take a look at this : https://www.experts-cnes.fr/actualites-experts/secrets-dexpertise-presente-par-frantz-fray/ . (in french)