lonely panet

a very noble act

ME, hhahahahaq I wish

ko owari for that price

i find it odd, that modern or repro tsuba are getting more comments and attention the a good quality Akasaka. whos toes have i stood on?

Morning lady's and gentlemen, well I have been looking for a idea or meaning of the theme of this tsuba for some 12 months now. I cant figure out the design's meaning, it consists of 2 axes (one broken, and one nicely chipped where the kozuka fits) and 2 rice mallets. this tsuba just returned from shinsa but the papers are months away. regards Hamish PS sorry phone photos

the type 32 is the longest serving, "from 1899 to 1945" most prolific made of all the "gunto family tree" with no true figure ever know with serial number over lapping. I think I read in a book, that this sword never had a "cease of manufacture" order given mis-matched saya if correctly done will have the saya numbers struck off and re-stamped. heaps of variations, It was very easy to find neat examples with original leather finger loop for a good price compared to the over hyped type 95. the tricky part if finding the tassel in good condition ahahahahha

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/13294-type-19-kyu-gunto-dress-swords-i-love-them/?hl=%2Btype+%2Bdress+%2Bswords Here is a topic I started some years ago, before I had young kids hahsha

great photos Malcolm. iv passed by this town 4 times and never new such a nice museum was there. defiantly will make time the next time I go to visit

there yo go, happy to be proved wrong. I was of the understanding that with only Japanese influence in regards to swords was when Chiang Kai-shek was in control of the military, and I assume his love of Japanese uniforms was due to his short term military education in Japan in his youth, as the date you provided was in the same time frame. but to another point approx. 200,000 Chinese fought under Japanese control, from what I have read, and the Chinese goverment had evan purchased panzer-2 of the Germans to fight the Japanese. so anything is possible

IMHO what you speak of is a UNICORN, with very little ways of written documents or proof. all the photos showing chinese solders under Japanese control in uniform are displaying Japanese swords. but happy to open a can of worms and be proven wrong. but i will say this, the sword your showing IMHO is extremely suspect

everyones stated the very obviuous, so ill post a webpage that many peaple use. please compare http://ohmura-study.net/988.html you sword saldy has no theme to it, apart from trying to copy the crossed flag on the back of handle, like the manchuko occupation swords.

if in doubt call it shoami ahahhahahahhaha.

Looks like dirty brass or shibuichi

wow your second photos are totaly differant to the first, look at the glossy black patina of the iron. the first photos iron almost looked reddish. heres a montage of akasaka, all with similar points. so as a student of Akasaka, and in the early stages of learning,would your piece be judged purely on iron?? edit, sorry guys tried 3 times to get the photos the correct way up. don't know why its post them sideways. not even yelling at my laptop solved it so I'm out of ideas

ahhhhh, ny noobness has been shown to the hole world ahahahahha. i await some nice pics

the first in imho is Akasaka possibly 5th gen?????? 2nd I have no clue, looks rather poorly compared to the first must say im enjoying this little quiz

ok cool, it has been 2 or 3 years since my last trip there. they must have had a change of heart over the time. i figured after the hole home made bomb in the public toilets afer years ago they would be more enforcing of the rules. but you got the photo of the Gensuito. get any good up close pics of the blade??

Neil, Using a camera in the war museum is a no no. All the signs how could you miss them

i once had a kojima kanemichi showato with the sho stamp hiden under the habaki. you could check there to rule that out. still imho oily

either "shoshin-mei" or Makirishi-mei they will all be what you call "hand chiselled" so that's not a point to rely on in IJM sword area. going though sloughs book and comparing mei, yours appears to the first of the 2. but this smith is reported to make low to med showato and medium to high gendai. also he was a RJT smith, but your sword isn't dated so if its early 40's or late 30s it may have not legally required a stamp identifying it to be a showato or gendai-to. the hamon IMHO is classic oil temper showato, but don't take my word on it. there are plenty of other members here who just collect IJA smiths and swords. edit-2 more posts before I finished so that will help you

Also a thumbs up from me too, every enjoyable.

tachi mei BI- bizen province SHU OSA- town of FUNE GUESSING kiyo??? smith name ??

From my small knowledge, ko sukashi tends to appear on tosho/katuchi iron plate styles of tsuba while kyo sukashi tsubas hole design revoles around negative relief with the sukashi not the focus point. Would I be making a accurate observation

im saying not akasaka, the ecentirc shape puts me off edit , but the tagane punching looks akasaka-ish, weres a curran when u need one

in modern terms, i think you would call a no-dachi a "force multiplier" hahhahahaha