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Similar process to Shagreen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shagreen

The Socks and the Watch Thomas!! The Socks and the Watch.......!! Nice armour though

Morning Chaps., I reckon a lot can be learned about this by the quality and dimensions of the en suite Habaki. I'm not sure about the "lacquer", it does not look right for what I guess would have been a clear coating such as Benigara. It looks a tad recent, but it may be the quality of the images.

Hi Mick., No such luck, I regret that my comment regarding surrender labels on Kaigunto was general, not specific. Though you have spiked my interest and I'm going to do some digging regarding Captain Chiyoji Tsuneki. 常木千代治 He does not show up on the Nishida database with that spelling or the likely variants. However he does show in the Etajima class 44 which graduated on November 22nd 1916 http://www.niehorster.org/014_japan/Etajima_Classes/etajima_044.html It states that he was from Hyogo, but his subsequent details are blank. However, I've tracked him down with a mention on the Sasebo Naval Cemetery Memorial website http://burari2161.fc2web.com/sasebokaigunboti.htm Scroll down to the 12th image (Looks like a gold topped Burmese Stupa) I think it's for the Burma Naval Veterans He gets a mention here: 第１７警備隊（メルギー） 　　　司令　海軍大佐　常木千代治　以下　１０８２名 And here: http://www.jacar.go.jp/glossary/term/0100-0040-0170-0020-0010-0010-0010-0010-0030.html Right click Translate to English on both sites will make some semblance of sense: I remember the Phillips sale of the Prince of Wales' Sword. If I recall, word around the campfire back then, it was gifted by HRH pre WW2, thence by descent through the family, finally turning up at Phillips.

Hi Mick., You may find Nishida san's site on the IJN of interest: http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/index.htm It's an extraordinary database, constantly being added to and is a sure way of tracing both Officers, their Ships and subsequent careers Particularly useful if you have the rarest of the rare, a Kaigunto with a surrender label. In fact here's what he has on H.I.M.S. Katori (and Kashima): http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0116.htm

Good morning all., Following on from a recent thread which mentioned the Battleship H.I.M.S. Katori, which was built in Barrow in Furness, U.K.: Here's the Updated information, with thanks to NMB members and Yushukan Museum at Yasukuni Jinja|: Z Lieutenant Commander Kozo Sato I.doc Here's the link to my original thread from 2012: http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/10581-hims-katori-officer-list/ Here's the Wikipedia page devoted to HIMS Katori: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Katori

Good morning Davis, The Katori was indeed built in the United Kingdom, somewhere in my archive, I have a Ship Builders' Menu Card signed in both Kanji and Romaji by the Japanese Naval Officers on the occasion of the formal handover after Sea Trials. I did some research with the help of the Yushukan at Yasukuni Jinja and discovered that many of them went on to reach various grades of Admiral status in the run up to WW2. If I can find it, I'll post some images as a separate thread as it is quite an interesting piece of Military ephemera.

Chaps, I see no reason for a sarcasm smiley, clearly this is was and will be a General's Military Sword.........

Hi John, It's a great book. We've downloaded it and some members who also show up here have enhanced some of the images plus a few more titles from the same period over on The Samurai Armour Forum. BTW The National Diet Library site has recently put quite a few rare titles available online: It works using Kanji or Romaji. Cheers

Good morning all., I have an inkling that the source is not Chinese, but a Sub Continent fairly close by. Rather than advertise the company or companies concerned, try searching images for Indian made Japanese NCO Sword. The results are interesting.

Take a look at the crispness of the Fuchi and the stampings here: http://ohmura-study.net/792.html Also, didn't the original Type 95 Copper Tsuka only have one secure screw at the Kabuto Gane? The secondary screw where one would expect a mekugi ana, was added on the later Aluminium Tsuka models. Also, looking at the extreme close up of the Fuchi area shows something weird, like a verdigris coloured waxy substance has been added in the areas of the Itomaki casting.

The giveaway for me is how deeply indented each the stamps are on the Fuchi.

濃州 Nōshū The old Mino Province (Which I think is now part of Gifu Prefecture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mino_Province This may help: http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/minogend.htm

Hi John, I agree Kuro 黒 Da 田 The motifs displayed appear to be two of the Shochikubai - "three friends of the cold season" - Pine and Bamboo, the missing third being Plum. Maybe that's a hint as to what might have been contained within it........

Could it be that the item is not actually in the seller's possession and the "documentation time" is no more than a polite way of explaining away slow shipping whilst the item is being sent to the seller?

Morita san, would the following scan as more correct 5 7 5 morae format Haiku: "Fuyu Botan Chidori Yo Yuki No Hototogisu" I numbered it Fu Yu Bo Ta N - 5 Chi Do Ri Yo Yu Ki No - 7 Ho To To Gi Su - 5 Am in the correct area please?

Maru - ni Narabi Ougi

Hi Antii, Perhaps try Hishi ni Jyumonji Sangi.

Just a thought: http://www.morplan.com/shop/en/morplan/natural-wooden-bangle-stand-wooden-natural-bangle-stand

Hi Salvatori., If it's not contained within a frame, can you photograph the back of the item?

Good morning Tobias., Looking at image 4, it looks as though sand or grit, maybe even tonoko (powdered dried tofu) has been mixed with the pigment of the fish, to bulk it up and separate it from the ground colour which has the flatness and opacity of a water based body colour or gouache.

Morning all, Just to get things rolling; You have Omote and Ura together with Nagasa printed on the sheet. See if you can find those Kanji.

A quick heads up for anyone missing a year: http://www.Japanese-book.com/item/search.php?md=0906 They were all available at 06.29 UK time.

Good morning Chris and Geraint., Call me Ishmael... But, I can't help but wonder if this has anything to do with early Japanese Whaling??

Hi Klaus, it looks pretty close to the root Ma for Marishiten. This might shed some light: http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/kankiten-idaten-other-tenbu.html#marishiten Cheers