Nicholas
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@Rawa thanks. I’ve seen these a few years back when I got the sword and was researching the smith.
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@Rawa the sword I have is different than this example. The sword I own looks more like this
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@Rawa no not that sword. That appears to be a Ikubi kissaki.
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@Kiipu I like it too. I was rather surprised when I got a chance to really take a look at it. Kinda reminds me of horse tooth hamon in some areas. -
Type 98 tsuba off of a Nidai Yoshichika with Hakudo cutting test. Wondering if it’s a name or assembly numbers. Any help would help. Thank you.
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Sharing a sword I recently acquired
Nicholas replied to Nicholas's topic in Military Swords of Japan
@Conway S Showa 19 (1944) my mistake
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Sharing a sword I recently acquired
Nicholas replied to Nicholas's topic in Military Swords of Japan
Appreciate it @John C. -
Sharing a sword I recently acquired
Nicholas replied to Nicholas's topic in Military Swords of Japan
Kore Saku? I took the translation from the Japanese swordsmith index -
Sharing a sword I recently acquired
Nicholas replied to Nicholas's topic in Military Swords of Japan
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Sharing a sword I recently acquired
Nicholas replied to Nicholas's topic in Military Swords of Japan
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Just want to share.. I took a gamble and picked up this sword a few months ago from the son of a WW2 veteran practically sight unseen. The vets son told me the sword has sat in the closet since he could remember. The sword is signed 士魂明督之作 Shigon Akisuke No Saku and dated 1945. A smith I’ve never heard of before nor have I seen another sword made by this smith. The polish and fittings are in excellent condition. The hamon is flamboyant the jigane is tight. any comments are welcome.
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Another interesting sword at the Nihontocraft website. Kotani Takenori (Yasunori) Yasukuni Shrine Tosho Special Order at the request of Vice Admiral Jinichi Kusaka, Commander of the 11th Air Fleet and Commander of the Southeast Area Fleet. October, 1942 https://nihontocraft.com/Takenori_Yasunori_Tachi.html
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I absolutely meant Choji midare. Sorry, typing too fast on my phone. Like I said earlier I believe the sword is in a war time polish that doesn’t help distinguishing the features of the sword.
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I’m assuming it’s a war time polish. Blade is in type 98 shin gunto koshirae. Hamon is chogi midare.
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Thanks @Brian. I spoke to Roger many years ago about the signature on the sword. He was under the impression that it was a possible dai-mei by the 5th gen for the 4th gen Tadayoshi.
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In my opinion the hada on this sword is tighter grained or finer than the sword you posted. It looks similar in my opinion to a really tight ko-mokume.
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Another photo. Different light angle.
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Hard to capture in a picture due to an older state of polish but could this be konuka hada? The sword in question is signed Hizen Kuni Omi Daijo Fujiwara Tadayoshi which would be the 4th generation Tadayoshi. I have reservations on the signature being correct but the sword seems to be well made.
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Takahashi Hidetsugu
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@Bugyotsuji I’m guessing that’s what the 1612 number represents.
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While inspecting the sword further I found the sword registration folded up inside another piece of paper under the snaps of the leather field cover on the saya.
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Thank you @uwe much appreciated
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@nulldevicethank you. hopefully someone can provide some background information on this smith. As I couldn’t find anything searching the internet.
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Looking for help with a translation on a ww2 katana. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
